Can't make Discover working unless ExtensionInstallBlocklist RegKey value is deleted

Question

Hi Guys I hope you are all well. I am writing because of my recent issue with MS Edge Discover. In my organization MS Edge is managed by GPO and I can't enable Discover - button is greyed out. I have added ExtensionID: ofefcgjbeghpigppfmkologfjadafddi to ExtensionInstallForcelist and added HubsSidebarEnabled key with "1" value but without effect. The only solution that works is to remove: reg key ExtensionInstallBlocklist that is configured to not to allow installation any extensions except these configured in ExtensionInstallForcelist. I reset Edge for couple of times etc. Am I missing something? Thanks and best regards Damian

Answer 1

Hi @DamianL

If you open edge://sidebar-internals/ and search for "Discover", you'll find there're two extensions about Discover. You need to include these two extensions' ids in ExtensionInstallForcelist: ofefcgjbeghpigppfmkologfjadafddi and nkbndigcebkoaejohleckhekfmcecfja.

So if you want to enable Discover button, you need to set the registry keys like this:

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