Teaching Chrome to Trust Zoom

Do you find yourself joining Zoom calls a little more than usual these days? Wondering if there is a way you could teach Chrome to trust Zoom and stop asking you if you wanted to open the link?

Where did the ‘Always trust…” checkbox go?

Unfortunately, ever since Chrome 76 the option to trust certain application links was removed and you are now no longer presented with a checkbox to trust Zoom. For many, this means hunting and clicking twice for every meeting you join, which is annoying. Thankfully there are steps you can take in macOS, Windows, or Linux to fix this issue.

How to fix (Mac)

From the macOS terminal paste and run the following command (one line) and then restart Chrome

defaults write com.google.Chrome ExternalProtocolDialogShowAlwaysOpenCheckbox -bool true

How to fix (Windows)

Using a text editor of your choice, create a file called chromefix.reg with the following content

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome]
"ExternalProtocolDialogShowAlwaysOpenCheckbox"=dword:00000001

Then run this file by loading it into regedit.exe

How to Fix (Linux)

Create the following folder

mkdir -p /etc/opt/chrome/policies/managed/

Create and edit a JSON file called managed_policies.json

vim /etc/opt/chrome/policies/managed/managed_policies.json

In this JSON file, put the following content:

{
    “ExternalProtocolDialogShowAlwaysOpenCheckbox”: true
}

Back to Normal

Once you have restarted Chrome, the next time you click on a Zoom link you should now have the option to trust application links once again. Click the box and enjoy the sweet sweet bliss that is having one less thing to click on.

The return of the checkbox, and my sanity

References:

• Original Problem Post: https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/14193532?hl=en