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• #CHROME APPS AND EXTENSIONS INSTALL#

#CHROME APPS AND EXTENSIONS INSTALL#

When you start Chrome now you should be able to install extensions and userscripts from third party sites as well. Append the command that you see above - with two dashes - to the end of the Target line there and save the settings with a click on ok.

If you are in the start menu, right-click on the Chrome link and select Properties directly. If you have Chrome in your Taskbar right-click, hover the mouse over the Google Chrome entry there, and select Properties from the context menu. Let me show you how you add that parameter to Chrome under Windows 7. For that, you need to start Chrome with the -enable-easy-off-store-extension-install parameter. As it stands now, it is making the life of extension developers and advanced users more complicated.Ī start-up parameter is making the rounds that you can use alternatively to enable off-site installations in the Chrome browser. I would not have an issue with it being set to off by default, if it would not be a issue to enable it again. I personally dislike the feature, and wish that the developers would add an on or off switch to it. When you select that option, you will see the standard installation dialog that informs you about the rights that the script or extension is requesting. When you drop it on the extensions page, you will notice an install option popping up there. If you drag and drop it elsewhere, nothing will happen. Once there, you need to drag and drop it into the chrome://chrome/extensions/ page in the browser. To bypass the protection, you need to download the extension or userscript to the local system.

WorkaroundĪ workaround has been created, but it is not pretty.

security software or toolbar installations, or if they will go through regardless of that. It will also be interesting if the browser will block extension installations from software installations, e.g.