How to prevent users from disable and uninstalling extension ?

opt

opt Banned

To save pc resources I use Tab manager extension to limit opened tabs. Needs to protect this addon disable and uninstalling by unscrupulous users.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @opt

@opt Opera One or Opera GX?

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @opt

@opt I don't think there is a way to do that.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer

Opera doesn't support any policies, so you can't really do what you want in a supported way.

You might be able to modify the extension to redirect away from opera://extensions (or prevent navigation to). Malware extensions often do that somehow. You could then pack the extension in a crx file.

Then, you can place the crx file in a spot that's read accessible by all users and modify all Opera's shortcuts for all users to use the --load-extension command-line option.

The command for all Opera shortcuts would look like this:

"C:\Program Files\Opera\opera.exe" "--load-extension=C:\OperaExtensions\extension.crx"

for example.

However, you'd also have to modify the command in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\OperaStable" and "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OperaStable" to use "--load-extension" too (after each time Opera updates) so that if Opera is opened via a file or protocol association, the extension loads too.

Or, instead of modifying an extension extension, make your own extension to redirect away from opera://extensions and force-load your extension via --load-extension after the Tab extension is installed for all users.

All of that would be a mess to do though, if you can even get it to work.

Langflow

Langflow

You can enforce policies using Group Policy (Windows) or Enterprise policies (Chrome). Another alternative is deploying extensions via managed configurations to limit the actions of the user.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Langflow

@Langflow Opera doesn't support those things as far as I know