Apr 13, 2018 - Can browser plugins and extensions affect my connection to Box? On your computer, open Chrome. At the top right, click More.
Have you ever wondered how to disable useless or insecure browser plug-ins in Google Chrome? Here’s the lowdown on how to get rid of Java, Acrobat, Silverlight, and the rest of the plugins you probably want to get rid of. Disabling Plugins in Google Chrome If you head to about:plugins in your address bar, you’ll probably see a list of plugins, but won’t be able to disable them yet. What you’ll need to do is switch over to the Dev ( Update: Or Beta) channel of Chrome, which gives you access to all the latest features—though you might be warned that sometimes the dev and beta channels might be less stable than the release channe. Ready to proceed? Head to the, and then click the link to run the installer. You’ll be prompted to restart Chrome when you’re done.
Note that Mac and Windows users can both run an installer to switch. Linux users will have to install a package. Note: Once you’ve switched to the Dev or beta channel, you can’t really switch to the stable channel. You’ll have to uninstall Chrome and then reinstall the regular version.
Now that you’ve switched to the dev or beta channel and restarted your browser, head to about:plugins in the address bar, and then just disable each plugin you really don’t need. Plugins you can generally live without? Java, Acrobat, Microsoft Office, Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight. These will be on a case-by-case basis, of course, but the vast majority of large websites don’t require any of those. When it comes right down to it, the only plugin that most people require is Flash and leave the “Default Plug-in” alone too.
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This currently works. Here is a step by step guide:. In your browser go to and download the latest VLC-webplugin-.dmg.
Today the latest file appears to be this VLC-webplugin-201.dmg. Open the.dmg file (double click, and a popup window will appear), drag the VLC Plugin.plugin to the Internet Plugins shortcut; This location is really /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/. In the Chrome address bar type chrome://flags/#enable-npapi and press Enter/Return. You will see a list of settings, with a blue link to disable or enable. Click 'Enable', under 'Enable NPAPI Mac, Windows', (this Enables NPAPI Mac, Windows. It enables the use of NPAPI plugins.). Restart Chrome.
In the Chrome address bar type chrome://plugins/ and press Enter/Return You should now see 'VLC Web Plugin - Version: 2.2.2'.