Secret Plug-ins by Microsoft ?
I was casually reviewing some registry entries when i realized that microsoft has plug-ins for mozilla, ie mozilla browswer.
I open the browser and review the add-in's, etc, but i find no Microsoft entries in it especially that Microsoft Silverlight Junkware. So, since I dont like Sharepoint and have not installed it, i removed the registry entry, including several others by M$ listed on attached pic.
However, to my surprise, the browser(s) were unable to access the internet afterwards, although i did have internet signal coming in.
After a few minutes, I ran diagnostics and it restored the browsers connectivity. But it also restored the microsoft registry entries.
Problem1: Seems that this and other microsoft entries have taken control.
Problem2: They are listed as "plug-ins" for mozilla but are not visible to us.
Problem3: If i remove these Microsoft Plugins via the registry, the browser will not work.
Is Microsoft being sneaky again?
Before Sharepoint was ever invented, we were able to connect to the internet.
~dbben
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hello, we don't care about microsoft plugins anymore, since recent versions of firefox will ignore them all - the only npapi plugin still supported is flash (and its days are numbered) :-)
Why do Java, Silverlight, Adobe Acrobat and other plugins no longer work?
If current FireFox versions ignored the registry entries i am talking about, then I would not of posted this oddity/concern.
So your response in not accurate.
well apparently you're using palemoon which isn't firefox, so we cannot speak for them - they also provide their support at https://forum.palemoon.org/viewforum.php?f=21
what does line item number 1 on the screen shot i provided cites?
and why would you elude that i'm full of banana's and would post a palemoon issue on firefox?
at the expense of sounding rude, please go help somebody else.
thank you.
Any software on your Windows system can add a key under MozillaPlugins. That is how programs like Adobe Reader/Acrobat, VLC, and others advertise to Firefox (and other browsers that can run NPAPI plugins) that their plugin is available.
You manage the status of these plugins within Firefox from the Add-ons page. Either:
- Ctrl+Shift+a (Mac: Command+Shift+a)
- "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons
In the left column, click Plugins. As you may know, you disable a plugin by setting its permission to "Never Activate." Otherwise, the default status of plugins other than Shockwave Flash -- prior to Firefox 52 -- is set to "Ask to Activate" (also known as "Click to Play"). In Firefox 52 and later, plugins other than the Flash player plugin are ignored and do not appear on the Add-ons page at all.
And just to clarify, when you posted your question, your browser identified itself as follows:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:45.9) Gecko/20100101 Goanna/3.2 Firefox/45.9 PaleMoon/27.4.0
This is shown to the right of your question under Question Tools > More System Details. If that is not correct, do you share a single profile between Firefox and Pale Moon? Perhaps that is causing their identities to become mixed up. It could affect how some sites work if they pay attention to such things. It also could cause the profile to stop working in Pale Moon as Firefox updates change file formats, etc.
1) i know that palemoon browser is identifiable. but this is not the issue nor should of it been brought up.
2) the reason i posted the inquiry is because the issue i brought forth is "NOT SHOWING UP UNDER THE ADDIN'S"
This is why i used the KeyWord in the title "SECRET"
Now that you know why plugins other than Flash are not listed on the Add-ons page -- because Firefox is intentionally ignoring them -- do you feel this question has been sufficiently answered?
It is odd that Firefox didn't work when you deleted that section of the registry. Perhaps if you just uninstall Silverlight from your system, you can get most of what you want? That should be possible from the Windows Control Panel, unless Windows 10 is different from Windows 7 in how Silverlight is installed/uninstalled.
no my friend.
this isnt about flash player or java or other add-ins that can be disabled or uninstalled. if they are, the door to the internet is still open to us.
in this case, what happens is that if i delete those registry entries, FF is unable to connect to the net, as well as other browsers.
FF is blocked or its ability is removed because of Microsofts registry entries, as noted in the pic.
Rhetorically, why should microsoft control any browsers ability to connect to the net?
Factually, Microsoft should not be the door keeper to the internet especially for its biggest and world famous competitor called FireFox.
databaseben said
in this case, what happens is that if i delete those registry entries, FF is unable to connect to the net, as well as other browsers.
What exactly did you delete?
I think you could delete all the individual entries other than Flash under these keys without causing any problems for Firefox 52 and later:
- Used by 64-bit versions of Firefox:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins - Used by 32-bit versions of Firefox:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\MozillaPlugins
Just for comparison, I am attaching a screenshot of the two keys from RegEdit.exe on Windows 7.
i deleted only the @microsoft entries.