Tweak Library – Enable Installation of Third Party Components

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Enable Installation of Third Party Components

This setting enables you to install third party components like Shockwave of Macromedia and My Comet Cursor.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

This setting enables you to install third party components like Shockwave of Macromedia and My Comet Cursor. Internet Explorer may also ask for some more components to have a better view of a web page. This is applicable to Internet Explorer 6.0 only.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below , if they are not existing. Now, create a DWORD value name “Enable Browser Extensions” in the right panel, if it does not exist. Right-click it and modify the data value with “1” to enable the setting and “0” to disable it.

Click “OK” and close the registry editor.

Restart the system or logoff to see the changes taking effect.

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Enable Installation of Third Party Components.reg

The '.reg' file will enable Installation of Third Party Components.regEnable Installation of Third Party Components.

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Disable Installation of Third Party Components (default).reg

The '.reg' file will disable Installation of Third Party Components.regEnable Installation of Third Party Components.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Enable Browser Extensions

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

yes

Other value :

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

Installation of Third Party Components is enabled.

Installation of Third Party Components is disabled by default.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\] key, right-click on the "Enable Browser Extensions" String value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the value "no" in the text box and click on 'OK'.