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Is it possible to give someone else permanent access to a computer via Chrome Remote Desktop?

My use case is simply that I want to be able to assist my elderly father with his Windows computer. I tried having him access the Chrome Remote Desktop support interface (it generates a code that you can share with someone to remote in temporarily)... but even that was too much for him to handle.

Ideally, I'd want Chrome Remote Desktop to just be running all the time and I'd have permanent access to it without him having to intervene in any way. Basically, he'd be logged in with his Google account but have given my Google account permanent permission to access his computer.

Any ideas? I'm open to better ideas!

Sam
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https://remotedesktop.google.com/access

From a Windows or Mac, you can setup persistent remote access. From your dad's computer, visit and login at the URL I pasted above. Scroll to the bottom and click the download button in the "Set up remote access" section.

Once you set this up on your dad's computer, on your computer, you will go to Chrome Remote Desktop and you'll see his computer. When he's online, you'll be able to click and connect to him anytime without interaction on his part.

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Ramhound
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There are tools designed to support this function; Chrome Remote Desktop is not. Any "fix" you do to Chrome Remote Desktop to enable this will be inferior to using a tool designed for the job.

This may not appear to be an answer, but it is the correct answer. When you want a tool you can rely on to be available when you need it to be available, you want a tool that's designed to do that, not a tool you have to manipulate or tweak or coax to do that.

music2myear
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With Chrome Remote Desktop, for unattended remote access both the remote and client PC need to have the same login, but your family and friends have their own logins.

The solution is Chrome Beta or Chrome Canary or possibly any Chromium based browser they would not normally use. Install Chrome Beta, login with your account and set up Chrome Remote Desktop for unattended access as normal. Then simply remove all shortcuts to Chrome Beta so they cannot start it accidentally. And you now can have permeant Chrome Remote Desktop to any system even if used by someone else.

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