Enable/Disable Internet Explorer Extensions and Add-Ons

This registry hack will allow you to enable or disable third party Extensions and Add-ons for Internet Explorer.

1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT

2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then SOFTWARE

then Microsoft
then Internet Explorer
then Main

Set the value for Enable Browser Extensions

If the value doesn’t exist, you can create it by right-clicking Main and clicking New–>String Value

Set it to no if you wish for extensions to be disabled.
Set it to yes if you wish for extensions to be enabled.


This setting controls third party plug-ins for Internet Explorer including toolbars.