Meeting Won’t Launch from Google Chrome in zoom app

It is possible to launch the Zoom Client in Google Chrome by using the Launch Application option. You might have selected “Do Nothing” when you were selecting “Remember my choice for all links of this type”, which in turn results in Chrome remembering that it will not launch Zoom when you make this request.

Instructions

The following instructions will guide you through the process of removing this setting and allowing the applications to launch again.

Windows

• It is time to close Google Chrome.

• You will find the default folder at this location: C:/Users/[USER]/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default in File Explorer.

• The Preferences file should now be opened in a text editor such as Notepad or another similar program.

• There will be a line in “protocol_handler” within “excluded_schemes” that will be named “zoommtg” – search for it or look for it there and remove it:

• The file should be saved and closed.

• Relaunch the Zoom meeting and start the meeting.

macOS

• Click on the close button in Google Chrome.

• You will need to click Go on the desktop and then click Go to Folder… from the upper left hand corner of the screen.

• Find the library by searching for ~/Library

• Whenever you want, press the application support icon in these folders and scroll down to Google, Chrome, and Default.

• Use a text editor such as Mac TextEdit or another text editor to open the file Preferences.

• There will be a line in “protocol_handler” within “excluded_schemes” that will be named “zoommtg” – search for it or look for it there and remove it:

• The file should be saved and closed.

• Relaunch the Zoom meeting and start the meeting.