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How to turn off the annoying notification before opening a document in Chrome

So that you avoid these precious extra clicks

Michal Nemejovský avatar
Written by Michal Nemejovský
Updated over a week ago

Do you want to get rid of the message that appears in Google Chrome version every time you want to open a document in SingleCase?

This happens because before using the so-called external protocol, which is also used to open documents, Google Chrome shows the following or similar confirmation dialog:

Guide for Windows

  1. Close all Chrome windows.

  2. Download the .reg file from this link:​https://webdbg.com/dl/ShowExternalProtocolWarningBypassCheckbox.reg

  3. Double-click the downloaded file and accept all warnings. This will insert the following keys into the Windows registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]
"ExternalProtocolDialogShowAlwaysOpenCheckbox"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome]
"ExternalProtocolDialogShowAlwaysOpenCheckbox"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Chromium]
"ExternalProtocolDialogShowAlwaysOpenCheckbox"=dword:00000001

You can then launch the browser again and open the document from SingleCase. The confirmation prompt will appear again, but it will now include a checkbox to save the rule.

Steps for Apple macOS

  1. Close Chrome if it is running.

  2. Open Terminal.

  3. Type the following command in it:defaults write com.google.Chrome URLWhitelist -array singlecase://*

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