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Configure Google Chrome to run actions

To run asset and user actions in Google Chrome, you first need to install Lansweeper's Chrome extension. In the past, Lansweeper used an NPAPI plugin to run actions in Chrome. As recent Chrome releases no longer support NPAPI plugins, a new Lansweepe...

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Configure Microsoft Edge to run actions

To run asset and user actions from Lansweeper, Microsoft Edge needs to be configured.  Microsoft Edge is a Chromium-based web browser. Lansweeper has a Chromium extension that can be installed in browsers like Edge to allow for the execution of asset...

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Configure Mozilla Firefox to run actions

From Firefox version 57 onward, Mozilla Firefox only supports WebExtensions. Make sure you are running the latest version of Firefox and the latest version of the Lansweeper extension, which is a WebExtension. Older Lansweeper plugins or extensions w...

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Configure Opera to run actions

To run asset and user actions from Lansweeper, Opera needs to be configured correctly.  Opera is a Chromium-based web browser. Lansweeper has a Chromium extension that can be installed in browsers like Opera to allow for the execution of asset and us...

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Create and run actions

Actions are administrative and other tasks you can perform on the asset or user whose page you're viewing. They allow you to do things like open the webpage of an asset that has HTTP or HTTPS enabled, open the administrative shares on a Windows compu...

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Run actions as a different user

Actions seen in the individual asset and user pages are run in the security context of the user initiating the action. More specifically, the username and password combination of the user account your web browser is running under is used to execute t...

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