Disable 'Extensions' button

[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

[Zizi64]

Do not install the LibreOffice. Then the Users can not install LO extensions.

[TheStingPilot]

Do not install the LibreOffice. Then the Users can not install LO extensions.

Thus... not possible to disable the [Extension] - button?

[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.

[TheStingPilot]

I see.... I am posting a LibreOffice question in a OpenOffice forum....

[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.)

[JeJe]

Can't find the equivalent LibreOffice page but perhaps this will help:

https://www.openoffice.org/api/docs/com ... le-ix.html

https://www.openoffice.org/api/docs/com ... nager.html

[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.

[Zizi64]

I see.... I am posting a LibreOffice question in a OpenOffice forum....

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.

[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.