To use the Geolocation Redirection feature with Chrome, you must enable the VMware Horizon Geolocation Redirection Chrome Plugin.

Prerequisites

Install and Configure Geolocation Redirection.

Procedure

  1. On your Active Directory server, download the https://dl.google.com/dl/edgedl/chrome/policy/policy_templates.zip file.
  2. Unzip the chrome.admx file and copy it to %systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions folder on the your Active Directory server.
  3. Unzip the chrome.adml language resource file and copy it to the appropriate language subfolder in the %systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions\ folder on your Active Directory server.
    For example, copy the en_us version of the chrome.adml file to the %systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions\en_us subfolder on your Active Directory server.
  4. On your Active Directory server, open the Group Policy Management Editor and navigate to the Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Google Chrome > Extensions folder.
  5. Open the Configure the list of force-installed apps and extensions group policy setting and click Enabled.
  6. Click Show, type lndponbebpocehnoblfgdfeiegeaokcf;https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx in the Value text box, and click OK.
  7. To save your changes, click OK.
  8. To verify that the VMware Horizon Geolocation Redirection extension is installed on the remote desktop, perform the following steps.
    1. Connect to the remote desktop and start Chrome.
    2. Type chrome://extensions in the Chrome address bar.
    3. Verify that VMware Horizon Geolocation Redirection appears in the Extensions list.