Issue 357510 in chromium: Can't install Extensions on Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Host using User Profile Drives

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Status: Unconfirmed
Owner: ----
Labels: Cr-Platform-Extensions Pri-2 Via-Wizard Type-Bug OS-Windows

New issue 357510 by belze...@gmail.com: Can't install Extensions on Windows
Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Host using User Profile Drives
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=357510

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML,
like Gecko) Chrome/33.0.1750.146 Safari/537.36

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Run a Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Session Host
2. Configure User Profile Drives for the Session Collection
3. Install Google Chrome on the RDSH
4. Try to install an Extension

What is the expected behavior?
Extension will Install normally

What went wrong?
Error - "Could not install package: 'COULD_NOT_GET_TEMP_DIRECTORY'".

WebStore page: Any Extensions - Doesn't matter which one

Did this work before? No

Chrome version: 33.0.1750.146 Channel: stable
OS Version: 6.3
Flash Version: Shockwave Flash 12.0 r0

I have read about this issue in various forms, and fixes have been put in
over time for different versions of this.

My understanding of this issue is because the Google Chrome User Data
folder is on an NTFS Junction Point (Mounted Drive), this is common place
for Windows Server 2012 R2 RDSH Servers now that use User Profile Drives.

User Profiles Drives is the successor to Roaming Profiles.

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Comment #1 on issue 357510 by belze...@gmail.com: Can't install Extensions

on Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Host using User Profile Drives
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=357510

Picture of Error Attached - Taken from RDSH Server.

Running under a normal (Non-administrator) User Account.

Attachments:
Chrome_Error.png 289 KB

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Updates:
Status: Assigned
Owner: asar...@chromium.org
Labels: Cr-Platform-Apps

Comment #2 on issue 357510 by mgi...@chromium.org: Can't install Extensions

on Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Host using User Profile Drives
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=357510

Antony, I see you are the owner for app installation. Would you be able to
take a look at this?

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #3 on issue 357510 by asar...@chromium.org: Can't install

Extensions on Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Host using User Profile
Drives
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=357510

Is this the same problem as Issue 49530 ("Extension installation fails if
there is no path from a drive letter to chrome's profile that does not
include a junction or symlink, such as a mount point.") ?

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #4 on issue 357510 by belze...@gmail.com: Can't install Extensions

on Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Host using User Profile Drives
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=357510

Hi Antony,

It very well could be the same issue, but I can't be sure myself. I did
come across that issue, however it related to Windows 7, whereas this is
with newer technology in Windows Server 2012 R2 specifically for Remote
Desktop Session Hosts.

How the User Profile Disks works is that the RDSH has access to a share
where it stores a VHDX (Virtual Disk) file per user. When the user logs
onto the RDSH it mounts the folder where their profile would normally be
and uses that for it's duration.

When they log off it dismounts the volume.

Has many benefits over roaming profiles (Holding the default browser for
starters, more settings stored, etc), but also significant impact on speed
(Roaming profile - 30+ sec logon/logoff, UPD - 5 sec logon/logoff).

I guess the problem is, this is the recommended way Microsoft want us to go
now, and if a customer wants to run Chrome, then our hands are tied as we
can't help them bar ask them to use Chrome on their local workstations
instead.

Cheers,
Ben

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Updates:
Owner: mi...@chromium.org

Comment #5 on issue 357510 by asar...@chromium.org: Can't install

Extensions on Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Host using User Profile
Drives
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=357510

I don't have the bandwidth to work on this in the short term, so handing
off to miket to decide priority and possible assigment.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #6 on issue 357510 by mav...@gmail.com: Can't install Extensions on

Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Host using User Profile Drives
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=357510

I can confirm this issue still exists on Windows 2012 R2 terminal servers
using User Profile Disks. If necessary I can provide additional information
and run tests.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #8 on issue 357510 by rva...@chromium.org: Can't install

Extensions on Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Host using User Profile
Drives

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=357510

This sounds like a dup of bug 49530. I'll leave merging to you.

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Updates:
Status: Duplicate
Mergedinto: 413889

Comment #9 on issue 357510 by w...@chromium.org: Can't install Extensions on

Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Host using User Profile Drives
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=357510

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