ClickOnce fails in Chrome and Firefox
yodurr opened this issue · 6 comments
Running the clickonce installer fails to start in Chrome. It's a known issue and the workaround is to use Edge. I didn't see an issue for it so adding the issue here.
@yodurr thanks for raising this.
This has been a known issue for a while, and it comes down to the fact that Chrome removed support for NPAPI:
https://blog.chromium.org/2014/11/the-final-countdown-for-npapi.html
It is my understanding that ClickOnce relies on this in order to function, and as a result, fails. As a result, I don't think that there is much that Boxstarter itself, can do to work around this.
@Redsandro has created a Google Chrome extension (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/windows-remix-clickonce-h/dgpgholdldjjbcmpeckiephjigdpikan) which adds support for ClickOnce back into those browsers, however, this would need to be installed, prior to trying to access a Boxstarter URL.
@yodurr did you have any suggestions on how to workaround this in another way?
no, it still doesn't work. Am using the scripts on aka.ms/devsetup
As far as I understand it this is a browser issue and outside of Boxstarter. Not sure what we can add to that. I know there are plugins for Chrome and Firefox - I have no experience of them so cannot make any recommendations.
I was hoping you were going to come back with a 'yeah, and here is a fantastic plugin that works really well' ... :(
At some point, IE will be dead and the Edge that runs with NPAPI will also be dead, replaced by the Chromium Edge. https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-building-chromium-powered-web-browser-windows-10