Windows 10: OMG - MS Family preventing Chrome from opening

This is a total pain in the ****


At first, it prompt to ask to allow the application. I received the email, approved it and it still would not open. It just kept prompting, sending me another email, and I would approve.


So then I had to see if there was another way.


I looked to make my kid's account a local account. There's no freaking option in the setting to allow this (unless it is buried somewhere being obfuscated).


I removed my kid from our Family and it still did not allow her to open Chrome.


I changed her age to be over 18 -and- it still did not open. Prompted to ask permission - OMG - what a freaking pain.



Totally a horrible experience.

:)

 

Restore chrome filter in family

I am using ms family.

In Always Blocked apps list, I removed Chrome.

How to restore chrome back on this list?

 

MS Family started blocking Chrome

I see no setting to block Chrome. Why is Chrome blocked? Everything was fine on this machine until a week ago and it started blocking for no reason when this machine had no issue opening it.

Additionally, there is an email button for permissions. No email was ever received and we repeated this twice. The only place an ask for chrome existed was in the web portal.

Now my family is asking to remove MS family. Why am I have this conversation with my family? This should work and there should not be any changes that have not been approved by a parent - including MS making changes as it creates headaches.

 

Family Features blocking google chrome

Hi Taylor,

It is possible that there is an issue with the Family settings. This can be the reason why you're unable to use Google Chrome. We recommend that you check you family settings by accessing account.microsoft.com/family
to see Google Chrome is added to restricted applications.

If you're already an adult in your family settings, we suggest removing your account from your family settings and see if you will be able to access Google Chrome. We also suggest creating a new Microsoft account, and then add that account to your family
as an adult. These steps will allow us to verify if there is an issue with your family settings or if there is an issue with your original Microsoft account.

We'll be waiting for the outcome.