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Hello,<br />
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I have an elderly relative who I have installed Chrome for on a Windows 8 and Windows 7 box. Every few weeks I get a complaint that the web browser is not working. I go in, and there are a dozen or so Chrome extensions that have been installed; all of which are nuisances for redirecting search, shopping, etc. None are needed. I go through, uncheck all of them to disable them, and all is well for another few weeks.<br />
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Is there any way to lock down Chrome through a registry or other setting such that extensions are impossible to be installed? I don't just want to make it hard - I want it impossible. Even if there were an &quot;are you sure&quot; prompt, this relative would click through it and install it.<br />
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I want this relative to have a vanilla version of Chrome each time it is opened. Any extensions should be automatically blocked, with no option given to allow or enable them. A hardened version of Chrome, essentially, that is elderly-proof.<br />
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Thoughts?<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Joseph
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Hello,

I have an elderly relative who I have installed Chrome for on a Windows 8 and Windows 7 box. Every few weeks I get a complaint that the web browser is not working. I go in, and there are a dozen or so Chrome extensions that have been installed; all of which are nuisances for redirecting search, shopping, etc. None are needed. I go through, uncheck all of them to disable them, and all is well for another few weeks.

Is there any way to lock down Chrome through a registry or other setting such that extensions are impossible to be installed? I don't just want to make it hard - I want it impossible. Even if there were an "are you sure" prompt, this relative would click through it and install it.

I want this relative to have a vanilla version of Chrome each time it is opened. Any extensions should be automatically blocked, with no option given to allow or enable them. A hardened version of Chrome, essentially, that is elderly-proof.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Joseph

Lock Chrome Browser Extensions Down to Hardened State

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