I am attempting to deploy Chrome and have followed Jay Michaud's guide found HERE.
I have created my JSON file corresponding to Chrome's most recent provided information on doing so found in the links provided in Jay's guide. I minify/compact my JSON and run it through JSLint and everything checks out as fine. I then proceed with the Windows Installer Transform operation and, after doing this, attempt to install Chrome in my Dev VM. Chrome installs successfully, however, upon opening Chrome the second time, I am greeted with the Welcome Screen requesting sign-in. Upon opening Chrome the third time I am greeted with the ever annoying "Make Chrome your default browser" bar. I'm at a complete loss on 1) How to prevent the Welcome Screen, and 2) How to prevent the Default Browser Check. My JSON is available here on PasteBin: Chrome Master Preferences File
Additionally, here is an install log: Chrome Install Log
My primary object is to at least get rid of the default browser prompt. I can deal with the welcome screen, but it would be nice to forego it as well. Any ideas on how to make this happen?
Note that I have tried creating the First One File in %localappdata%\Google\Chrome\User Data
, but that doesn't work either. Also note that my plan is to deploy this via Intune, so I have some limited ADMX capabilities for managing Google Chrome, but nothing to prevent icon creation as well as a handful of other things. Thought I'd deploy Google Chrome via the Win32 App method after having used a transform operation as a result of Intune's limited capabilities.