![]() ![]() The core problem is that current desktop operating systems don’t have any concept of application-isolated storage. But the problem is that in the limit it is impossible for the browser to know: the third-party software could change whatever storage the browser uses to keeps track of install authorization. Recently, both Firefox and Chrome have attempted to start warning users when extensions are installed this way. Mike, Firefox has this exact same mechanism: As much as I hate it, there’s really no other good way to install a Chrome extension. Hypocrite alert: Now that I know about this, I’m going to recommend it to any of my clients that need a way to install Chrome extensions outside of the store. ![]() It helped that it was easy to change this behavior for enterprises. After experiencing how many apps do this to Firefox and Chrome, though, I have changed my tune and am happy with the decision. I will confess that when Firefox first decided to block third-party add-ons, I was very vocal about not liking the decision. It will delete the entries for you.Īnd if you have an app that does this, make sure you remove these entries when you are uninstalled. Then open the Windows file manager and double click file. UPDATE: You can do this by creating a file called nochromeext.reg and putting these lines in it: To prevent this from happening, remove these registry entries and the corresponding CRX files. Path=>C:\Users\Mike Kaply\AppData\Roaming\Media Finder\Extensions\mf_plugin_gc.crx ![]() Path=>C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Media Finder\Extensions\gencrawler_gc.crx HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Google\Chrome\Extensions\dednnpigldgdbpgcdpfppmlcnnbjciel Path=>C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\CRE\adejipnaieabipfpgddkkbahfmlkmilg.crx HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Google\Chrome\Extensions\adejipnaieabipfpgddkkbahfmlkmilg In my case, the following keys were in my registry: When a new Chrome user is created, these entries are read and then the extensions are installed, with no way for the user to intervene. Google Chrome supports adding entries in the registry that point to extensions. After some digging, I found out how this was happening and wanted to share. I looked in the control panel, but no apps referenced these extensions and nothing I uninstalled fixed the problem. Every time I created a new profile in Chrome, I would get extensions in that profile that I didn’t install (a Conduit toolbar and an extension called General Crawler). ![]() As part of my effort to dump Google Chrome, I deleted my old Google Chrome profiles so that I could create a new empty one for the sole purpose of working on the few add-ons that I’m already working on. ![]()
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