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I am not sure if this is handled differently on a Mac or on a PC. If I click on some links on Google Chrome, it automatically starts an app. This is probably is some setting inside of Google Chrome instead of on the Mac, because if it is a different user profile on the same Google Chrome, it'd ask what to do.
How'd you change which default program to use or unset it so it'd ask you every time?
You can try using the AppleScript found on this page.
I just tried it out and it perfectly works fine in Chrome 12.0.742.122.
It's extremely easy to set up:
OpenUrlInNewChromeWindow
In Chrome, go to Settings > Show advanced settings... > Privacy > Content settings... > Handlers > Manage handlers... and a window will pop up showing active and ignored protocol handlers. The macappstores protocol handler should be in the "ignored" list. Hover over it and click the X to delete it.
An alternative: try downloading and installing RCDefaultApp – it's a preference pane that lets you adjust protocol handlers, default apps for certain file types, etc. Once installed, go to System Preferences > Default Apps > Apps and you should see "App Store" in the list. Select that and make sure that all of the checkboxes in there (for macappstore, macappstores, etc.) are checked.
Best Answer
When a HTTPS site tries to open a URL scheme that Chrome itself cannot handle (and doesn't have special modals like
tel:), Chrome prompts to always let a site handle that scheme.Checking the box will mean that type of link will always open with that app.
There is an open bug regarding the inability to reverse this decision with plenty of discussion.
Chromium has a CL to add scheme settings but without any approvals:
https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/2204825
You can disable sites from becoming handlers using the option at chrome://settings/handlers, but that is only an on or off choice for the entire scheme handling system.