Overview
When M-Files link which is starting with m-files:// is opened in Google Chrome browser, the browser asks "Open M-Files Desktop? A website wants to open this application" and gives two options: "Open M-Files Desktop" or "Cancel". User might want to skip this dialogue and open the M-Files Desktop program directly. See the screenshot below.Solution
You can whitelist M-Files URL addresses with a following registry setting:Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome\URLWhitelist (create key URLWhitelist if it does not exist)
Name: 1 (add 2, 3… if necessary)
Type: REG_SZ
Value: m-files://* (make sure you include the asterisk as the last character)
There was information that Google would have renamed the URLBlacklist and URLWhitelist configurations on Chrome version 86 as URLBlocklist and URLAllowlist, but URLWhitelist seems to work at least with some 86.x version and with 87.0.4280.88.Type: REG_SZ
Value: m-files://* (make sure you include the asterisk as the last character)
See the screenshot below.
You should add the URLWhitelist registry setting first and see if the browser behaves as you would want to. Another related and possibly useful registry setting which has an effect at least with some Google Chrome versions is:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome
DWORD ExternalProtocolDialogShowAlwaysOpenCheckboxExternalProtocolDialogShowAlwaysOpenCheckbox registry item to see if it changes the behavior to suit your user preferences.
