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Unofficial Chrome Extension Manager Enables or Disables Add-ons [Downloads]

Windows only: Until Google graces us with a real extension manager, an enterprising user put together an impressive batch file that can handle enabling, disabling, or even uninstalling Google Chrome extensions.

Once you've downloaded the batch file, you can simply double-click to open it up in a command prompt window, where you'll be presented with a menu that allows you to enable, disable, or uninstall extensions, or even run Chrome with extensions enabled. It's definitely not the ideal way to deal with add-ons, but it's a great, workable solution until Google puts a real extension manager together—and you have to admire those kind of batch scripting skills.

Hit the link for the download, and remember to right-click the batch file download link and Save As, giving the file a *.bat extension.





TopAlt EnableDisable Makes Office Add-On Management a Snap [Downloads]

Windows: There are a lot of great add-ons for Microsoft’s premier productivity product, but there’s no central spot to turn them on or off. TopAlt EnableDisable controls Microsoft Office add-ons with simple check-boxes.

In a way, that’s all there is to it. Install the program, load it up, and you’ll see all the Office programs you’ve installed with plug-ins active on separate tabs. My freshly-installed Office copy doesn’t have a lot going on in the screenshot, but most any well-used copy will have Access, Excel, Outlook, and Word options to dig through.

EnableDisable shows you what’s being loaded into your programs at startup or on-demand, and offers a description if one’s embedded in the add-on. It catches both third-party plug-ins and Microsoft’s own functionality extenders. The Get More Add-ins link takes you, not surprisingly, to TopAlt.com‘s products, but the program itself does what it promises in a seemingly safe way. TopAlt EnableDisable is a free download for Windows systems only.





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