I am building an app that requires the user to change a Chrome setting. It will be more convenient to send the user directly to chrome://settings instead of having them open it manually via the menu, but when I try and open it directly or through a hyperlink on a web page, it always goes to about:blank#blocked. I have tried this on Windows, MacOS, and ChromeOS (including through a link in a TextView in an Android app), but the result is the same. Is this possible, or is it completely blocked for security or some other purpose?
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Jaidev Ramakrishna
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i'll save you the trouble and let you know its not possible, and yes you're right due to security reasons
mikoto dread
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For Chrome on my local machine chrome://settings/ works. Well surely not impossible but still not that easy maybe this helps
https://support.google.com/chrome/a/thread/11564174?hl=en
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Are you able to open it through a hyperlink embedded in a web page? – Jaidev Ramakrishna Mar 05 '20 at 00:18