Anti-uninstall extension on Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explore

The installation of add-ons on the browser will help users pretty much in the process of use. Besides, completely removing or disabling add-ons is relatively simple and easy. In this article, Network Administrator will show you how to protect important extensions on 3 Google Chrome and FireFox browsers, Internet Explorer before the vandalism when others use your computer.

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1. Anti-uninstall extension on Google Chrome:

Note , this approach will be applied to the old version of Chrome, but the new version is no longer available.

Step 1:

Press the Windows + R key combination to open the Run dialog box. Then enter the Regedi t command and press OK to access.

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Step 2:

In the Registry Editor interface, we search the directory in the left menu according to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwarePolicies

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Step 3:

Here, right-click the Policies and select New, then select Key .

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We will name the new key, Google . Then create another subkey inside Google and name it Chrome .

Once you have created the Chrome subkey, right-click Chrome to create a new subkey and name it ExtensionInstallForcelist . As such, there have been 3 additional subkeys set up in the Policies.

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Step 4:

At the empty space of the ExtensionInstallForcelist subkey, right-click and choose New, then choose String Value and name the value 1.

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Step 5:

Open Chrome browser and go to the extension settings page on Chrome Web Store, which is being used in the browser you want to remove. Then, copy the text at the end of the URL of the gadget in the address bar .

We will do it with the add-ons address:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mauf-custom-colors-for-fa/jfjnmganegfpajpgchndgfjbljnehink

So the copy will be jfjnmganegfpajpgchndgfjbljnehink

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Step 6:

Go back to the Registry Editor interface and the new ExtensionInstallForcelist key, double-click the previously created value 1.

In the Value data box, you'll paste the URL of the gadget just copied in front of the line :

https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx

Then click OK to save.

For example:

jfjnmganegfpajpgchndgfjbljnehink; https: //clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx

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Finally, you will turn off Chrome and reboot to update the settings. Try right-clicking on the utility on the toolbar, you will see the uninstall utility option has been blurred. It is also not possible to disable the utility set up in the browser extensions management page.

Similarly, you can set the next value (2, 3, 4, .) in the ExtensionInstallForcelist key to prevent removal for add-ons, other installation applications in Chrome. If you want to temporarily stop the removal, you just delete the value (Vlaue data) of that extension or delete the Google key to remove the anti-uninstall feature.

2. Anti-uninstall utility in Firefox:

Firfoxe's browser method is relatively simple, when you only need to install Public Fox utility.

Step 1:

Visit the address below to install the Public Fox utility. Next, select Add to Fire Fox to install.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/public-fox/

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Then, click Restart now to complete the utility installation.

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Step 2:

Open the browser again, go to the 3 horizontal bar icon and select Utilities .

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Step 3:

At the utility that installed Public Fox, click on Options .

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Step 4:

In the Public Fox Options interface, check the Lock Add-ons windows box (so users won't uninstall this) . Then, set the password in the Lock Password box in the section below. Click OK to save.

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Step 5:

From now on, a password is required to access the browser utility. And of course, this password will only know you.

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3. Block add-ons removal on Internet Explorer:

Like Chrome, Internet Explorer also needs to interfere with the Registry.

Step 1:

At the interface of Registry Editor , you access the following directory:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER> Software> Policies> Microsoft

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Step 2:

Right-click on Microsoft select New> Key to create a subkey named Internet Explorer .

Then, in Internet Explorer, you also set a new subkey called Restrictions .

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Step 3:

Then, right-click on Restrictions key, select New> String Value> and give NoExtensionManagement value .

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Next, we double click on NoExtensionManagement and write 1 to Value data . Click OK to save the settings.

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Step 4:

Turn on Internet Explorer, click on the wheel icon (or shortcut Alt + X) and select Manage add-ons .

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Step 5:

In the Toolbars and Extension section on the left, you click on the utility installed on the browser on the right frame and see the option to enable (Enable) and disable (Disable) has been blurred , can not click to select .

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As such, we showed you how to do a detailed removal of the removal of extensions on Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers. As for Chrome, we will quickly update it when there is a way to block the removal of add-ons with the new version of the browser to the reader.

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I wish you all success!

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