Install and configure Google Chrome 43 silently using SCCM

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The following process has been tested and confirmed working with Google Chrome 43.x and ConfigMgr / SCCM R2.

It does the following tasks:

Install Google Chrome silently
Set Google Search as the default search engine
Set Google Australia as the default home page
Does NOT set Google Chrome as the default browser
No ‘Getting Started’ page
No ‘Auto Update’
Remove desktop shortcut

Full Download: ChromeSilentInstall.zip

Download the latest version of the MSI install file fromhttp://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?msi=true
Create a text file called install.cmd and copy in the following information

msiexec /qn /norestart /i "%~dp0GoogleChromeStandaloneEnterprise.msi"
if exist "c:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\master_preferences" copy /y "%~dp0master_preferences" "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\master_preferences"
if exist "c:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\master_preferences" copy /y "%~dp0master_preferences" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\master_preferences"
reg add HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Update /f /v AutoUpdateCheckPeriodMinutes /d 0
sc stop gupdate
sc config gupdate start= disabled

Create a text file called master_preferences and copy in the following information

{
"homepage" : "http://www.google.com.au",
"homepage_is_newtabpage" : false,
"browser" : {
"show_home_button" : true,
"check_default_browser" : false,
"window_placement": {
"bottom": 1000,
"left": 10,
"maximized": false,
"right": 904,
"top": 10,
"work_area_bottom": 1010,
"work_area_left": 0,
"work_area_right": 1680,
"work_area_top": 0
}
},
"bookmark_bar" : {
"show_on_all_tabs" : true
},
"distribution" : {
"skip_first_run_ui" : true,
"show_welcome_page" : false,
"import_search_engine" : false,
"import_history" : false,
"create_all_shortcuts" : true,
"do_not_launch_chrome" : true,
"make_chrome_default" : false
}
}

Copy the MSI install file, master_preferences and install.cmd to your software package share
You can now create your SCCM package or deploy the software by using install.cmd

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