Determine the availability of variations

Configuring this policy allows to specify which variations are allowed to be applied in Google Chrome.

Variations provide a means for offering modifications to Google Chrome without shipping a new version of the browser by selectively enabling or disabling already existing features. See https://support.google.com/chrome/a?p=Manage_the_Chrome_variations_framework for more information.

Setting the VariationsEnabled (value 0), or leaving the policy not set allows all variations to be applied to the browser.

Setting the CriticalFixesOnly (value 1), allows only variations considered critical security or stability fixes to be applied to Google Chrome.

Setting the VariationsDisabled (value 2), prevent all variations from being applied to the browser. Please note that this mode can potentially prevent the Google Chrome developers from providing critical security fixes in a timely manner and is thus not recommended.

Determine the availability of variations

0. Enable all variations
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Google\Chrome
   Value Name	ChromeVariations
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	0

1. Enable variations concerning critical fixes only
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Google\Chrome
   Value Name	ChromeVariations
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	1

2. Disable all variations
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Google\Chrome
   Value Name	ChromeVariations
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	2