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How to hide extension developed by me?

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vikashsonar
vikashsonar
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I have developed an extension. I can see extension listed in Extension category under Add-ons. I want to hide my extension but still it should work as expected.

I have developed an extension. I can see extension listed in Extension category under Add-ons. I want to hide my extension but still it should work as expected.

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TonyE
TonyE
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This is not possible. There used to be an option to hide extensions, but this was removed in Firefox 3.6 to prevent extensions from being installed in such a way that the user might not be able to tell they're installed.

vikashsonar
vikashsonar Question owner
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Ok. I got it, 'install.rdf' no more has this option "em:hidden". But I want to avoid my extension from being tampered. User should not be able to 'Disable' it. How can I do that?

Modified by vikashsonar

Xircal
Xircal
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You might be better off posting your question in Add-ons developer forum @ https://forums.mozilla.org/addons/

TonyE
TonyE
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I do not believe there is any way to prevent an extension from being disabled.