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(If you don't see the menu at the top of the Firefox window, press the Alt key.) Choose Plugins in the left pane, scroll to the entry for the Java plug-in, and click its Disable button. To prevent the Java plug-in from running in Firefox, click Tools > Add-ons to open the browser's add-on manager. After you disable Java in IE you'll be prompted to enable the plug-in the next time you open the browser.įirefox's Java plug-in can be disabled in a jiffy Click the "Don't enable" button or the x on the right of the pop-up to continue browsing Java-free. The next time you start IE, a notice will appear at the bottom of the window informing you that the Java plug-in is ready to use. Disable Java in Internet Explorer 9 by opening Manage Add-ons, selecting the Java entry, and clicking Disable.

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(More information on software updaters is found at the end of this post.)ĭisable Java in IE 9 via the 'Manage add-ons' optionĬlick IE 9's gear icon in the top-right corner of the window and choose "Manage add-ons." Select Toolbars and Extensions in the left pane under Add-on Types and scroll to the entry for the Java plug-in under "Sun Microsystems Inc." Choose the Java entry and click Disable in the bottom-right corner.

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If you're using an older version of these browsers, update to the latest release. These steps will disable Java in Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 15.0.1, Google Chrome 22, and Safari 6.0.1. (While researching this topic I discovered that one of my test PCs has been browsing flawlessly for more than a year without the Java runtime environment installed.)

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The advantage here is that you can enable it again at a later point in time if the need arises. Disable the Facebook Desktop pluginĭisabling blocks the plugin from being loaded on browser start.

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You can however re-install the application at any time to install the plugin again. If you want to be on the safe side, move the npFbDesktopPlugin.dll file into a different directory on your PC, or backup the complete Facebook Messenger folder.

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The above example is valid for Windows 7. Keep in mind that the path may be different depending on the operating system used. You can either check it in one of the browsers installed on your system, or simply replace the username under location above to follow that path. To remove the plugin locate its path on your system first.

Since it is not clear what the Facebook Desktop plugin does, nor apparent that it limits the functionality of Facebook Messenger in any way, it is recommended to disable or remove the plugin from your programs for the time being. Even more puzzling: if you disable or remove the Facebook Desktop plugin, you won't notice any ill-effects in the Messenger application itself which continues to work just like before. So what is the plugin used for? I tried to find an answer on the Internet but I did not find a single explanation detailing the purpose of the plugin.

Location: C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Facebook\Messenger\.0\npFbDesktopPlugin.dll.

Google Chrome and Opera furthermore list the location of the plugin on the hard drive. When you look at the plugin listing, you will notice that it contains no information about the purpose of the plugin, only the name, description and version are listed. If you are using Thunderbird as your email client, you will notice that it too picked up the plugin. Only Microsoft's Internet Explorer did not list the plugin as installed. After installation I have found the plugin listed in Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and the Opera web browser.

If you have installed Facebook's Messenger program for the desktop recently you may have noticed that your web browser is now listing a Facebook Desktop plugin under plugins.