A guide for the system-wide installation of the Adblock Plus extension for Internet Explorer under Microsoft Windows
On the Adblock Plus for Internet Explorer download-page, one can right-click the "Install for Internet Explorer" button, select "Save target as..." and choose the destination to save the .exe file to.
These are the directs links for the MSI Installers for the latest version available (1.2) to the date of the creation of this document [14.11.2014]: 32 bits MSI installer 64 bits MSI installer
After that, the installation is pretty straightforward, one can open a command prompt as administrator and use the following command:
msiexec.exe /qn /i \path\to\adblockplusie-1.X-xXX.msi
Where:
/q: Unattended mode
n: No User Interface
/i: Installs or configures a product
Or just double click the installer and follow the instructions.
NOTE: "The EXE installer actually just bundles the x86 and x64 MSIs and runs the correct one based on whether you have a 32-bit or 64-bit system" (See forum thread)
Although one could consider the installation complete by now, when starting Internet Explorer again it will ask for confirmation to enable the extension, this behavior can be prevented on the configuration following the next steps:
1. Open the "Run dialog box" with "Win+R" and write "gpedit.msc" This will open the Group Policy Editor:
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Now go to: Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer
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In the right side panel, double-click on "Automatically activate newly installed add-ons" option and set it to Enabled.
You can see the option enabled after clicking on OK or applying the changes:
This approach it's intended to enable for default all installed extensions on Internet Explorer so the final user can't miss click on "Don't enable", that said, it also may represent a security risk since ALL extensions will be enabled by default.
Two questions:
*.MSIinstallers (people ask very often about them)?