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'Send to Chrome' button in IE, adds chrome2:// protocol to Windows
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chrome2_protocol.reg
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\chrome2]
@="URL:Chrome Protocol Helper"
"URL Protocol"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\chrome2\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe,0"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\chrome2\shell]
@="open"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\chrome2\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\chrome2\shell\open\command]
@="C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command \"& { param([string]$url); &'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe' -- ('\\\"{0}\\\"' -f $url.Substring(10)) } '%1'\""
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IE 'Send to Chrome' bookmarklet
// in desktop IE and metro IE - create a bookmark with the line below
javascript:document.location=("chrome2://"+document.location)
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yzorg commented Jan 29, 2014

Need to use a Chrome protocol handlers instead. Much easier to administer and install: http://metadataconsulting.blogspot.com/2013/05/chrome-this-page-wants-to-install.html

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