Chrome shortcuts, bookmarks

[mrmr]

Hello all,

Apologies for the noob question, Just trying to find out way to deploy Google Chrome for a small business with all the bookmarks toolbar settings pre-installed.

Also would appreciate a list of any generic software that can be installed automatically in a hands-off manner with NTlight And where to get these downloads.

Your hope is appreciated, We have to do this ourselves as our IT support tries to profit of problems instead of offering solutions

 

[garlin]

NTLite software is normally used to prepare Windows install images, and to deploy apps as part of the clean install.

It's not a software deployment tool for existing live systems. My experience with IT is that it's doubtful they want you to be involved with installing Windows without them. If your project involves wiping PC's and building a new Windows on it, NTLite can be used.

I don't know your situation, but when your IT isn't helpful then consider why are they even there, and not replaced by someone else?

 

[mrmr]

It is a small business, our IT support is casual ad hoc contract.

We are just looking for clean installs for new starters.

 

[garlin]

I don't use Chrome but it appears you can copy someone's existing Chrome settings folder to the image's Default User profile. Hopefully someone who's done this before can help out.

For installing 3rd-party apps, I would use a Chocolatey install script for these reasons:

- Chocolatey supports a wide range of common software apps.​

- Chocolatey knows how to automate the installs, so you're not spending time on research and testing.​

- Your IT folks can quickly understand what's been done, and not worry you've messed up.​

After you prepare your NTLite image, copy one of the available PowerShell scripts for Chocolatey and add it to Post-Setup (Before logon).

All you need to do is first edit the existing script, and update the list of 3rd-party apps to install. Then File / Add the edited script to Post-Setup with no other provided options.

To find software apps in Chocolatey's Package repository, search:
Chocolatey Software | Packages

When you find an app, like Google Chrome, look for the install line for the package's name ("googlechrome"). Don't worry about the exact version of the software, Chocolatey will usually find the latest app version.



Open the script with Notepad, and insert that exact packagename into the $Packages list.

$Packages = @(
    'adobereader'
    'googlechrome'
)