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      black3dynamite @wrx7m
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      @wrx7m said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

      @wrx7m said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --incognito --proxy-server="http://squid.domain.com:3128" --user-data-dir="%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\ChromeProxy01\User Data"

      I created a script that I placed on a server share. I then manually created a shortcut to it on the desktop. When running, it launches Chrome in icognito and connects to the proxy server correctly. However, the CMD windows stays open and says

      CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current directory.
      UNC paths are not supported. Defaulting to Windows directory.

      I have tried adding @ECHO OFF and used PUSHD to create a mapped drive to the sever share, but it still does that. Any suggestions?

      Have you tried creating the shortcut using Group Policy Preferences?

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        wrx7m @black3dynamite
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        @black3dynamite said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

        @wrx7m said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

        @wrx7m said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --incognito --proxy-server="http://squid.domain.com:3128" --user-data-dir="%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\ChromeProxy01\User Data"

        I created a script that I placed on a server share. I then manually created a shortcut to it on the desktop. When running, it launches Chrome in icognito and connects to the proxy server correctly. However, the CMD windows stays open and says

        CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current directory.
        UNC paths are not supported. Defaulting to Windows directory.

        I have tried adding @ECHO OFF and used PUSHD to create a mapped drive to the sever share, but it still does that. Any suggestions?

        Have you tried creating the shortcut using Group Policy Preferences?

        I just tried that. It isn't creating the shortcut. It says it is applying the policy, but shows under computer configuration, even though I have the shortcut in the User Configuration.

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          black3dynamite @wrx7m
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          @wrx7m said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

          @black3dynamite said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

          @wrx7m said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

          @wrx7m said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --incognito --proxy-server="http://squid.domain.com:3128" --user-data-dir="%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\ChromeProxy01\User Data"

          I created a script that I placed on a server share. I then manually created a shortcut to it on the desktop. When running, it launches Chrome in icognito and connects to the proxy server correctly. However, the CMD windows stays open and says

          CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current directory.
          UNC paths are not supported. Defaulting to Windows directory.

          I have tried adding @ECHO OFF and used PUSHD to create a mapped drive to the sever share, but it still does that. Any suggestions?

          Have you tried creating the shortcut using Group Policy Preferences?

          I just tried that. It isn't creating the shortcut. It says it is applying the policy, but shows under computer configuration, even though I have the shortcut in the User Configuration.

          b76586ac-dffc-478d-b4d9-5fac82a23a51-image.png
          5858e83b-4765-47f6-ba60-d30266be998f-image.png

          I've had more success using Replace instead of Create. When I used that policy it was linked at the domain level but my security filtering applied to users in a specific group only.

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            wrx7m
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            I tried replace, create and update and also turning off item level targeting and setting security filtering to Auth users. Still doesn't work.

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              wrx7m
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              OK. Finally got it to show up. I had to move the shortcut creation to Computer configuration and set the "Location" to "All Users Desktop" for it to show up. However, when running the bat file, it still opens a CMD window. This one is all blank. I tried adding exit to the script, but it doesn't close the window.

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                wrx7m
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                OK. Finally. It pops up briefly and closes as the Chrome windows opens. The bat file would be -

                @ECHO OFF
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --incognito --proxy-server="http://squid.domain.com:3128" --user-data-dir="%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\ChromeProxy01\User Data"
Exit

                If anyone can figure out a way to get a regular shortcut to run with those parameters, I would appreciate that.

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                  wrx7m
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                  Managed to create a shortcut manually with the Windows wizard. Right-click>New shortcut. I modified the syntax to exlude the quotes around the proxy server and removed the http://. This is the syntax I put in the path field:

                  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --incognito --proxy-server=squid.domain.com:3128 --user-data-dir="%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\ChromeProxy01\User Data"

                  After finishing, it automatically filled in the "Start in" field with

                  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application"

                  It also grabbed the Chrome icon.

                  Unfortunately, I still can't get the shortcut created using GPO. It just won't create it.

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                    wrx7m
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                    I guess I can create a logon script that runs a robocopy to copy the shortcuts from a share to the users' desktops.

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                      Obsolesce
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                      Why are you shortcutting to a script and not Chrome shortcut with those arguments?

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                        wrx7m @Obsolesce
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                        @Obsolesce said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

                        Why are you shortcutting to a script and not Chrome shortcut with those arguments?

                        Windows wouldn't let me create a shortcut with the initial arguments in that syntax. Per the second to last post, I have since been able to create the proper syntax for the shortcuts. I had to remove the http:// and quotes around the proxy server option.

                        My problem now lies in how best to deploy the Chrome shortcuts. For whatever reason, a GPO doesn't create the shortcut. The same GPO will create a shortcut to the script, just not the specialized Chrome shortcut.

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                          Obsolesce @wrx7m
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                          @wrx7m said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

                          @Obsolesce said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

                          Why are you shortcutting to a script and not Chrome shortcut with those arguments?

                          Windows wouldn't let me create a shortcut with the initial arguments in that syntax. Per the second to last post, I have since been able to create the proper syntax for the shortcuts. I had to remove the http:// and quotes around the proxy server option.

                          My problem now lies in how best to deploy the Chrome shortcuts. For whatever reason, a GPO doesn't create the shortcut. The same GPO will create a shortcut to the script, just not the specialized Chrome shortcut.

                          SaltStack would deploy it with its eyes closed and no arms or legs.

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                            wrx7m @Obsolesce
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                            @Obsolesce Someday I will get to deploying salt stack. #pipedreams #onemanarmy

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                              scottalanmiller @wrx7m
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                              @wrx7m said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

                              @Obsolesce Someday I will get to deploying salt stack. #pipedreams #onemanarmy

                              It's So fast to deploy. Totally worth it.

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                                wrx7m
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                                I tried getting one going a couple years ago and still have a dormant VM on one of my hosts.

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                                  wrx7m
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                                  Now that the bulk of this project is done, I might be able to dedicate some more time to getting Saltstack going. Although, I just found out they are planning an e-commerce site launch for one of our brands and didn't include me in the initial phases. #ThisPlace

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                                    black3dynamite @wrx7m
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                                    @wrx7m said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

                                    @Obsolesce Someday I will get to deploying salt stack. #pipedreams #onemanarmy

                                    SaltStack is awesome for a one man army.

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                                      scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
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                                      @black3dynamite said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

                                      @wrx7m said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

                                      @Obsolesce Someday I will get to deploying salt stack. #pipedreams #onemanarmy

                                      SaltStack is awesome for a one man army.

                                      The fewer people you have, the more important efficiency is!

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                                        wrx7m @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller I setup a fedora server last night and started installing salt.

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                                          Obsolesce @wrx7m
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                                          @wrx7m said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

                                          @scottalanmiller I setup a fedora server last night and started installing salt.

                                          What happened? Dnf install salt-master got hung up and didn't finish?

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                                            wrx7m @Obsolesce
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                                            @Obsolesce said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

                                            @wrx7m said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:

                                            @scottalanmiller I setup a fedora server last night and started installing salt.

                                            What happened? Dnf install salt-master got hung up and didn't finish?

                                            lol - I installed it but still need to configure it.

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