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How can I disable a users ability to disable or reconfigure an addon in Firefox?

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updatemate
updatemate

I need to deploy Firefox but I need to configure it so that my users are unable to disable or reconfigure a particular add-on in the extension tab. I would like to know if I can just HIDE the extensions from the users view, or if I can possibly grey them out entirely?

Thanks!

I need to deploy Firefox but I need to configure it so that my users are unable to disable or reconfigure a particular add-on in the extension tab. I would like to know if I can just HIDE the extensions from the users view, or if I can possibly grey them out entirely? Thanks!

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The id can be a GUID ({ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}) or an email address (SQLiteManager@mrinalkant.blogspot.com: <em:id>SQLiteManager@mrinalkant.blogspot.com</em:id>)

Yes, you can use a program like 7-Zip to extract the content of the XPI file and copy the full content to the folder in distribution\bundles

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cor-el
cor-el
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See:

updatemate
updatemate Question owner

Thank you for your suggestion, and I do believe that the answer I seek is wrapped up in the first scenario, but I just can't figure out how! Frustrated....sorry. I've looked at that site several times, but I don't understand how to go about it. For example, I created the folder and sub-folder, and then I created another folder within the bundle folder, named it the ID number and then I placed my XPI file inside of that, but nothing has changed. I wish that the instructions in that scenario were a little more detailed, although I appreciate what Mike does for everyone. Are you a bit more familiar with the exact steps? Thanks again for taking interest.

cor-el
cor-el
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You can install an extension in the distribution\bundles folder to have this extension available for all users, but they won't see the extension in Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions.
You need to create folder that has the name of the ID of the extension and extract all the content in the xpi file to this folder.

Which extension(s) are you trying to install?

See also /questions/984445

updatemate
updatemate Question owner

And would that name be the actual name of the XPI file itself, or is it the long number/letter one?

updatemate
updatemate Question owner

I'm sorry I forgot to ask this...do I extract the XPI file with something like 7zip?

cor-el
cor-el
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The id can be a GUID ({ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}) or an email address (SQLiteManager@mrinalkant.blogspot.com: <em:id>SQLiteManager@mrinalkant.blogspot.com</em:id>)

Yes, you can use a program like 7-Zip to extract the content of the XPI file and copy the full content to the folder in distribution\bundles

updatemate
updatemate Question owner

You have helped me immensely and I appreciate people like you that take the time to do it, thanks!

cor-el
cor-el
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You're welcome.