Zoom join links don't open app on macOS

[telotortium]

Recently (within the past few weeks), when opening Zoom links (such as in calendar invites), the Zoom call will only open in the browser. Unlike before, the website does not attempt to open the meeting in the Zoom app. This means that every time I need to manually copy the meeting ID and password from the invite link and join manually from the app. It's pretty annoying. What's going on?

Zoom app: Version: 5.17.11 (31580)

macOS Sonoma 14.5 ARM

Browser: Chrome

[telotortium · Accepted solution]

It looks like this is specifically a Chrome issue, because opening the Zoom link in Safari prompts me to open the app. To fix Chrome, you need to open Terminal and run the following command:

​defaults write com.google.Chrome ExternalProtocolDialogShowAlwaysOpenCheckbox -bool true

I got it from this post: https://superuser.com/questions/1255350/how-do-i-reset-chromes-open-link-with-setting