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Release Notes
- 2023.4.0
- 2023.4.1
- 2023.4.2
- 2023.4.3
- 2023.4.4
- 2023.4.5
- 2023.4.6
- 2023.4.7
- 2023.4.8
- 2023.4.9
- 2023.4.10
Getting Started
- Introduction
- The User Interface
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Signing in to Your Account
- Configuring Studio Settings
- Project Templates
- Creating a Basic Process
- Creating a Basic Library
- Tutorials
Setup and Configuration
- Hardware and Software Requirements
- Install Studio
- Activate Studio
  - About Licensing
- Update Studio
- Command Line Parameters
- Supported Applications and Technologies
- Enabling Gmail for Email Activities
- Opting Out of Telemetry
- Studio Executables
Automation Projects
- About Automation Projects
  - About the Windows - Legacy Compatibility
  - About the Project.Json File
- About Publishing Automation Projects
- About Libraries
  - Loading Web Services in Libraries
  - Activities Generated from Web Services
- Designing Automations
- Managing activity packages
- Configuring Activity Project Settings
- Signing Packages
- Governance
- Importing Entities
- Modern Design Experience
- Linking a Project to an Idea in Automation Hub
- Using the Data Manager
Dependencies
- About Dependencies
- Managing Dependencies
- Project Dependencies Mass Update
  - Mass Update Command Line Parameters
- Missing or Invalid Activities
Types of Workflows
- Sequences
- Flowcharts
- State Machines
- Global Exception Handler
- Workflow From a Template
- Forms
File Comparison
- About File Comparison
- Comparing Files
Automation Best Practices
- Workflow Design
- UI Automation
- Project Organization
- Automation Lifecycle
- Methodology for reusing UI components
Source Control Integration
- About Version Control
- Managing Projects With GIT
- Managing Projects With TFS
- Managing Projects With SVN
- Workflow Diff
Debugging
- About Debugging
The Diagnostic Tool
- About The Diagnostic Tool
Variables
- Managing Variables
- The Variables Panel
- Types of Variables
- UiPath Proprietary Variables
Arguments
- Managing Arguments
- The Arguments Panel
- Using Arguments
Imported Namespaces
- About Imported Namespaces
- Managing Namespaces
Trigger-based Attended Automation
- Trigger-based attended automation
- Overview
- Tutorials
Recording
- About Recording
- Recording Types
- Automatic Recording
- Example of Automatic Recording With Basic and Desktop
- Example of Automatic Recording With Web
- Manual Recording
UI Elements
- About UI Elements
- UI Activities Properties
- Input methods
  - Chromium API
- Example of Using Input Methods
- Output or Screen Scraping Methods
- Examples of Using Output or Screen Scraping Methods
- Generating Tables From Unstructured Data
- Relative Scraping
Control Flow
- About Control Flow
- Control Flow Activities
Selectors
- About Selectors
- UI Explorer
- Selectors With Wildcards
- Full versus partial selectors
- Dynamic Selectors
- Fuzzy Search
- RegEx Search
- Non-greedy search
- Case-sensitive selectors
Object Repository
- About Object Repository
- Creating an Object Repository
- Reusing objects and UI libraries
Data Scraping
- About Data Scraping
- Example of Using Data Scraping
Image and Text Automation
- About Image and Text Automation
- Mouse and Keyboard Activities
- Example of Using Mouse and Keyboard Automation
- Text Activities
- Example of Using Text Automation
- OCR Activities
- Installing OCR Languages
  - Installing an OCR Engine and Changing the Language
- Image Activities
- Example of Using OCR and Image Automation
Citrix Technologies Automation
- About Citrix technologies automation
- Configuration steps
- Example of automating a Citrix App
- Known issues and limitations
RDP Automation
- About Native RDP Automation
- Configuration Steps
- How Native RDP Automation Works
- Example of RDP Automation
- Known Issues and Limitations
Salesforce Automation
- About Salesforce Automation
- Support for Salesforce Lightning Interface
SAP Automation
- SAP WinGUI
- SAP Fiori
  - About SAP Fiori Automation
  - Identifying SAP Fiori Elements
- SAP WebGUI
VMware Horizon Automation
- About VMware Horizon Automation
- Configuration Steps
Logging
- Studio Logs
- Setup Logs
- OCR Diagnostic Logs
- Logging Levels
- Types of Logs
- Protecting Sensitive Information
The ScreenScrapeJavaSupport Tool
- About the ScreenScrapeJavaSupport Tool
- Argument Descriptions for the ScreenScrapeJavaSupport Tool
The WebDriver Protocol
- About the WebDriver Protocol
- Configuration Steps
- Known Issues and Limitations
Test Suite - Studio
- Introduction
- Application Testing
- Testing project templates
  - Test Automation Framework
  - SAP Testing Project
- Test Cases
- Data-Driven Testing
- RPA Testing
- Execution Templates
- Test Case Templates
- Test Explorer
- Mock Testing
- API Test Automation
Extensions
- About extensions
- SetupExtensions tool
- UiPath Remote Runtime
  - Troubleshooting
- Extension for Chrome
- Extension for Edge
  - Group Policies
  - Troubleshooting
- Extension for Firefox
  - Troubleshooting
- Extension for Java
  - Troubleshooting
- Extension for Silverlight
  - Troubleshooting
- Extension for Citrix
  - Troubleshooting
- Extension for Microsoft Remote Desktop and Apps
  - Configure the UiPath Remote Plugin for custom remote applications
  - Troubleshooting
- Extension for VMware Horizon
- SAP Solution Manager plugin
- Excel Add-in
Troubleshooting
- About troubleshooting
- Microsoft App-V support and limitations
- Internet Explorer X64 troubleshooting
- Microsoft Office issues
- Identifying UI elements in PDF with Accessibility options
- Repairing Active Accessibility support
- JxBrowser applications troubleshooting
  - User Events Monitoring
- Automating Applications Running Under a Different Windows User
- Validation of large Windows-legacy projects takes longer than expected

Studio User Guide

Last updated Nov 18, 2024

Extension for Chrome

Important: UiPath Inc. and its affiliates do not process, use, access, or store any customer data when using this product.

Important:

Chrome is resuming the transition to MV3 extensions. Chrome will begin disabling Manifest V2 extensions in pre-stable versions of Chrome (Dev, Canary, and Beta) as early as June 2024, in Chrome 127 and later.

Enterprises using the ExtensionManifestV2Availability policy to ensure the continued functioning of Manifest V2 extensions in their organization will have one additional year – until June 2025 – to migrate the Manifest V2 extensions in their organization. Browsers with the policy enabled will not be impacted by the rollout of the deprecation until that time.

See the full timeline for the Chrome migration to MV3 extensions here.

The UiPath Extension for Chrome MV2 installed by older versions of UiPathStudio.msi will stop working in Chrome. We highly recommend upgrading your UiPath Studio and Robot installations before this happens.

The UiPath Extension for Chrome MV3 is available starting with the following UiPathStudio.msi versions:

2022.10
2022.4
2021.10.8+
2020.10.14+
2019.10.9+

These versions can be downloaded from:

Product Downloads in the UiPath Customer Portal.
Resource Center in the UiPath Automation Cloud. To access Resource Center you need to login in your Automation Cloud Organization and click the Help button on the left navigation bar.

This extension helps you create browser automations in Google Chrome.

You can install this extension in multiple ways, as shown below:

Install from UiPath Studio

Open Studio.
Navigate to Home > Tools > UiPath Extensions.
Select Chrome > Install. Choose one of the available methods from the drop-down:
- Group Policy Offline
- Group Policy Online
- All Users
- Current User
- Native Host Only
Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions.
Enable the UiPath Web Automation extension if needed.

Install from the Studio installer

Run the UiPathStudio.msi installer.
Select an install mode, and then select Advanced Settings > Extensions > UiPath extension for Chrome. If Chrome is installed on your machine, the option is selected by default.
Click Install. Studio setup continues while also installing the extension for Chrome.

The UiPath Extension for Chrome can also be installed from the command line of UiPathStudio.msi.

Install from Group Policy

You can also install the UiPath Extension for Chrome by using Group Policies. This method silently installs the extension and enables it, without requiring user confirmation.

Offline

The Group Policy Offline installation method requires that the target machine is joined to a Microsoft Active Directory domain or Azure Active Directory.

It does not require access to the Chrome Web Store so it can be used in controlled environments for machines that have restricted Internet access.

UiPathStudio.msi uses this installation method by default if its requirements are met.

You can also use this installation method by running from an elevated command prompt:

&"C:\Program Files\UiPath\Studio\UiPath\SetupExtensions.exe" /chrome-policy-offline /silent&"C:\Program Files\UiPath\Studio\UiPath\SetupExtensions.exe" /chrome-policy-offline /silent

If your organization uses Group Policies for browser extension management then the following changes are also required:

In the ExtensionInstallForceList policy, add the value:

ndmegdjihnhfmljjoaiimbipfhodnbgf;file:///C:/ProgramData/UiPath/UiPath.Common/ChromeExtension_SelfHosted/extension_manifest_chrome.xml
In the NativeMessagingAllowList policy, add the value: com.uipath.chromenativemsg_v2
Set DeveloperToolsAvailability Group Policy to the value 1 (Allow usage of the Developer Tools) to enable the full extension functionality. For more information, please check the troubleshooting page.

If you need to host the UiPath extension in your internal Web Store you can find the .crx file at this location:

C:\Program Files\UiPath\Studio\UiPath\BrowserExtension\uipath_extension_for_chrome_self_hosted_mv3.crx

Online

The Group Policy Online installation method requires that the target machine has access to the Chrome Web Store (https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx and https://clients2.googleusercontent.com/crx).

UiPathStudio.msi uses this installation method if its requirements are met and the machine is not joined to a Microsoft Active Directory.

You can also use this installation method by running from an elevated command prompt:

&"C:\Program Files\UiPath\Studio\UiPath\SetupExtensions.exe" /chromepolicyglobal /silent&"C:\Program Files\UiPath\Studio\UiPath\SetupExtensions.exe" /chromepolicyglobal /silent

If your organization uses Group Policies for browser extension management then the following changes are also required:

In the ExtensionInstallForceList policy, add the value:

kmejkhcmhgilmppjodlgaklnmdmmhhcl;https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
In the NativeMessagingAllowList policy, add the value:

com.uipath.chromenativemsg_v2
Set DeveloperToolsAvailability Group Policy to the value 1 (Allow usage of the Developer Tools) to enable the full extension functionality. For more information, please check the troubleshooting page.

Uninstalling

The UiPath Extension for Chrome can be uninstalled by running from an elevated command prompt:

&"C:\Program Files\UiPath\Studio\UiPath\SetupExtensions.exe" /chromecleanup /silent&"C:\Program Files\UiPath\Studio\UiPath\SetupExtensions.exe" /chromecleanup /silent

You can also uninstall by opening Studio, navigating to Home > Tools > UiPath Extensions, and selecting Chrome > Uninstall. The extension will be uninstalled with the same method used for the installation. This method is displayed in the disabled drop-down next to the Uninstall button.

Chrome version requirements

The UiPath Extension for Chrome MV2 requires Chrome version 64 or greater.

The UiPath Extension for Chrome MV3 requires Chrome version 98 or greater.

When using one of the installation methods described above, the browser version will be checked and the extension with the appropriate format (MV2 or MV3) will be automatically installed.

New extension features

Automating Chrome apps

Starting with UiPathStudio.msi 2022.4 the UiPath Extension for Chrome can be used to automate Chrome Apps.

Troubleshooting

Your system administrator might have configured Group Policies that prevent the UiPath Extension for Chrome from working. To enable it, please follow the instructions from the Group Policies page.

For any other issues regarding the UiPath Extension for Chrome, please view the detailed troubleshooting page.

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