You can silently install Grammarly for Microsoft Edge on multiple computers at once using a managed software solution or deployment mechanism.
Deploying Grammarly for Microsoft Edge Using Group Policy (Windows)
Prerequisite: Download the Edge Administrative Templates.
You will need to fill in the required fields and click the Get Policy Files button:
- Open Group Policy Management.
- Create a new GPO for the policy (or add to an existing policy).
- Right-click your GPO and select Edit:
- In the “Group policy management editor” window that appears, expand the Computer/User configuration tree on the left-hand side, depending on how you wish to configure your policy.
- Right-click on Administrative templates and select Add/Remove Templates:
- Click on Add.
- Browse to the templates you downloaded in Step 2 and open the “msedge.adm” template that is relevant to your operating system and language:
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Once uploaded, expand to the following path (may vary depending on your OS) on the left of the Group policy management editor: Computer/User configuration > Policies > Administrative templates > Classic administrative templates > Microsoft Edge > Extensions
- On the right-hand side, select Configure the list of force-installed extensions.
- Right-click and select Edit:
- Mark the Enabled button.
- Click the Show… button.
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Under the Value column, enter the following:
kbfnbcaeplbcioakkpcpgfkobkghlhen;https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx (This is the Google Chrome–ased extension, which will also work on MS Edge v77+)
Note: Make sure you have no blank spaces in the Value box below. - Click OK and then click Apply.
- Back in the Group Policy Management window, assign this policy to users/computers as normal.
- Users affected by this GPO should now see the Edge extensions installed and enabled automatically (once the GPO has updated on their machine).
Deploying Grammarly for Microsoft Edge Using Registry Key (Windows)
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Find or create the following key in the registry:
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32-bit Windows:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Edge\Extensions
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64-bit Windows:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Edge\Extensions
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32-bit Windows:
- Create a new key (folder) under the Extensions key called “cnlefmmeadmemmdciolhbnfeacpdfbkd”
- In your extension key, create an "update_url" property and set it to this value: "https://edge.microsoft.com/extensionwebstorebase/v1/crx"