# Can someone tell me how to get Adblock turned back on now that I've drunk the Chrome koolaid?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 11, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-get-adblock-turned-back-on-now-that-ive-drunk-the-chrome-koolaid/520805 "2009-12-11T01:29:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-get-adblock-turned-back-on-now-that-ive-drunk-the-chrome-koolaid/520805/1 "2009-12-11T01:29:53Z")

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I followed the instructions [here](http://www.chromeplugins.org/google/chrome-tips-tricks/enable-extensions-start-menu-hyperlinks-7674.html), and I still get an “Extensions are not enabled” error when I go [here](http://techpp.com/2009/09/11/22-most-popular-google-chrome-extensions/) to download Adblock.

Clue? Anyone?

(Windows XP)

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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-get-adblock-turned-back-on-now-that-ive-drunk-the-chrome-koolaid/520805/2 "2009-12-11T01:48:10Z")

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Also suddenly my Yahoo IM won’t start up. Does anyone know if that has anything to do with Chrome compatibility issues? or with the change I made to regedit when following the above instructions???

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-get-adblock-turned-back-on-now-that-ive-drunk-the-chrome-koolaid/520805/3 "2009-12-11T02:32:03Z")

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You have to get the development version of Chrome, not the beta or the stable version. Adsweep no longer works with either of those. Just follow [this link](http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?extra=devchannel) from inside Chrome to get to switch “channels” to the dev version. Restart, and it should switch over. Then go back and try to install Adsweep.

The Yahoo Messenger thing shouldn’t be related. Just try reinstalling (or repairing the install) from Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.

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**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-get-adblock-turned-back-on-now-that-ive-drunk-the-chrome-koolaid/520805/5 "2018-04-07T09:07:01Z")

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