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Jaiff
Jaiff

Reputation: 487

How to install unpacked extension in firefox & chrome?

i have created extension by using crossrider they gave me xpi & crx file which i extracted and want to install manually by copying data to the browser's extension path.

I've read & tried many posts regarding this but they are not helpful because i think some posts are old & not able to find target paths & registry. like in many posts they say create the following key in the registry here

32-bit Windows: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Google\Chrome\Extensions

but i couldn't find that on my windows registry & i am using 32bit.

i want something like i copy my extension data to the browser's extension directory & inject some registry value thats all. if it possible then How?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 19043

Answers (3)

Noitidart
Noitidart

Reputation: 37328

For firefox just add the xpi or unpacked folder to the profile folder. No need for registry so its cross platform.

It can't be automatic as spyware would be all over that. After placing xpi in the extensions folder of the profile, on next startup of Firefox it will prompt saying it found an unauthorized by user add-on, and gives user a chance to enable it, or keep it disabled.

If you want to do it without startup, just launch the file path to the xpi or unpacked folder (if unpacked folder doesnt work, then point it to the install.rdf) in the browser, user will be prompted if they want to install.

There are some registry options though: Install Firefox extension using Windows registry

Upvotes: 4

Xan
Xan

Reputation: 77591

In Chrome, it's no longer possible to add an extension programmatically on Windows unless the extension is actually published in the Store.

This is for security reasons: previous registry-based (and otherwise) methods were open to malware abuse.

If your extension is published in the store, you can add it semi-automatically via registry. The user will still be asked whether to enable it on the next load.

You can also install extensions silently using Enterprise policy (only if the machine is part of a Windows domain and you have admin rights on the domain policy), on other OSes, or load it unpacked for testing with the --load-extension command line switch (will not persist after Chrome is restarted).

Upvotes: 2

user2226112
user2226112

Reputation:

In Chrome go to

chrome://extensions

Enable Developer Mode at the top and click on the button to load an extracted extension.

Upvotes: 0

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