Solved Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings
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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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@Obsolesce Someday I will get to deploying salt stack. #pipedreams #onemanarmy
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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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I tried getting one going a couple years ago and still have a dormant VM on one of my hosts.
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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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@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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@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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@scottalanmiller I setup a fedora server last night and started installing salt.
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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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@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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Still can't get these GPP to work, although, I am now getting an error in the GPR- 0x80070002
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I am trying to see if I can use PS to create the shortcuts. Not sure how to get this path to work with the quotes it needs.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --incognito --proxy-server=squid1.domain.com:3128 --user-data-dir="%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Squid1\User Data"
This is the template I am using.
# Create a Shortcut with Windows PowerShell $TargetFile = "$env:SystemRoot\System32\notepad.exe" $ShortcutFile = "$env:Public\Desktop\Notepad.lnk" $WScriptShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell $Shortcut = $WScriptShell.CreateShortcut($ShortcutFile) $Shortcut.TargetPath = $TargetFile $Shortcut.Save()
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@wrx7m said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:
I am trying to see if I can use PS to create the shortcuts. Not sure how to get this path to work with the quotes it needs.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --incognito --proxy-server=squid1.domain.com:3128 --user-data-dir="%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Squid1\User Data"
This is the template I am using.
# Create a Shortcut with Windows PowerShell $TargetFile = "$env:SystemRoot\System32\notepad.exe" $ShortcutFile = "$env:Public\Desktop\Notepad.lnk" $WScriptShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell $Shortcut = $WScriptShell.CreateShortcut($ShortcutFile) $Shortcut.TargetPath = $TargetFile $Shortcut.Save()
Took me a minute, but got it working. The template you are using doesn't account for arguments. Give this a shot:
$TargetFile = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" $args = '--incognito --proxy-server=squid1.domain.com:3128 --user-data-dir="%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Squid1\User Data"' $ShortcutFile = "$env:UserProfile\Desktop\chrome1.lnk" $WScriptShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell $Shortcut = $WScriptShell.CreateShortcut($ShortcutFile) $Shortcut.TargetPath = $TargetFile $Shortcut.Arguments = $args $Shortcut.Save()
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@FiyaFly said in Creating a Shortcut for Chrome Incognito with Proxy Settings:
$TargetFile = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
$args = '--incognito --proxy-server=squid1.domain.com:3128 --user-data-dir="%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Squid1\User Data"'
$ShortcutFile = "$env:UserProfile\Desktop\chrome1.lnk"
$WScriptShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
$Shortcut = $WScriptShell.CreateShortcut($ShortcutFile)
$Shortcut.TargetPath = $TargetFile
$Shortcut.Arguments = $args
$Shortcut.Save()The arguments is what was needed. Thanks!
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Circling back to GPP. Thanks to @FiyaFly , who was able to help me out with the syntax for the fields. Do not use quotes in the target or start in paths.
Target Path:C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
Arguments:
--incognito --proxy-server=squid1.domain.com:3128 --user-data-dir="%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Squid1\User Data"
Start in:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\
I also used the create option and desktop (standard, not all users desktop).