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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

Written by Michal Nemejovský

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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