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Disable 'Extensions' button
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 10:58 am
by TheStingPilot
Hello,
Is it possible to disable the [Extensions] button in LibreOffice? In that case a user cannot install any extension, and that is exactly what we want.
Feedback is appreciated and with kind regards,
TheStingPilot
Re: Disable 'Extensions' button
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:32 pm
by Zizi64
Do not install the LibreOffice. Then the Users can not install LO extensions.
Re: Disable 'Extensions' button
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:39 pm
by TheStingPilot
Zizi64 wrote:Do not install the LibreOffice. Then the Users can not install LO extensions.
Thus... not possible to disable the [Extension] - button?
Re: Disable 'Extensions' button
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:49 pm
by RoryOF
Zizi64's suggestion was for a quick and simple solution, offered in just as the emoricon indicates.
I do not use LibreOffice so cannot make any specific suggestion relative to that, but for OpenOffice (which will probably work in LibreOffice) I suggest marking the appropriate folders in the OpenOffice (LibreOffice) User Profile as "read-only". This should prevent new extensions being installed, although it does not remove the button.
Re: Disable 'Extensions' button
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:56 pm
by TheStingPilot
Re: Disable 'Extensions' button
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:57 pm
by Zizi64
You can hide the Extension Manager item in the Menu, in the Hotkey list, etc. by usage of the the Customize feature
(But the Users can Unhide them.)
Re: Disable 'Extensions' button
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:19 pm
by JeJe
Re: Disable 'Extensions' button
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:20 pm
by robleyd
Cross posted at
https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/disable-e ... -2-4/71314
If you cross post, please let us know that you have done so, otherwise it leads to several discussions and a waste of time because several identical answers may be posted by different users.
Re: Disable 'Extensions' button
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:28 pm
by Zizi64
This is a common forum for the Users of the OO.o derivatives. I am using LibreOffice.
But it has never occurred to me to disable useful features in a free or even open source software.
Re: Disable 'Extensions' button
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 3:41 pm
by Villeroy
This is not a typical Windows program. I would try the Linux approach.
Install any wanted packages with admin priviledge to the installation folder. You can do so with the unopkg program with the --shared switch. you find it in Program Files\LibreOffice4\program\
Set directory %APPDATA%\LibreOffice\4\user\uno_packages in the user profile read-only for users and see what happens.
