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Non Life Sciences => Geek Speak => Topic started by: syhprum on 25/07/2017 11:11:08

Title: How do you get Ublock origin to work with Microsoft Edge browsers?
Post by: syhprum on 25/07/2017 11:11:08: This useful ad blocker worked fine a few months ago but seems no longer to work on Edge
The internet is full of simple instructions how to get it but none of them work (you just "side load" it but how) !
Title: Re: How do you get Ublock origin to work with Microsoft Edge browsers?
Post by: RD on 25/07/2017 11:21:10: Quote from: syhprum on 25/07/2017 11:11:08
This useful ad blocker worked fine a few months ago but seems no longer to work on Edge

When I do a Windows system-restore, it breaks the uBlock addon.
In my case the quickest solution is to uninstall then reinstall uBlock into the browser, (but I'm not using Edge browser).

You can (and should) save your uBlock custom filters, and white-list, which are specific to you, so you can reinstate them quickly should something go wrong
Title: Re: How do you get Ublock origin to work with Microsoft Edge browsers?
Post by: syhprum on 28/07/2017 11:01:50: I am sure (with all due regards to all those who have helped me) that a super Geek could have sorted it in two minutes but I have no access to one even if they exist !
I sorted it by a very laborious method I took a newly formatted 250GB drive and loaded 1502 from a USB, I then used the free upgrade to 1703 and reloaded all my programs.
I then copied it onto the SSD that I normally run on , a lot of work but everything runs beautifully now
Title: Re: How do you get Ublock origin to work with Microsoft Edge browsers?
Post by: RD on 28/07/2017 16:38:44: Quote from: syhprum on 28/07/2017 11:01:50

... I sorted it by a very laborious method I took a newly formatted 250GB drive and loaded 1502 from a USB, I then used the free upgrade to 1703 and reloaded all my programs.

It's not necessary to reinstall the operating-system just because a browser add-on isn't working properly.
That's analogous to replacing the entire a car engine because the air-filter is blocked.

System restore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Restore) would be the first thing to try : that takes your Windows OS, and the software running on it, back to a point in time when things worked OK.
Once initiated, System-restore only takes ~5 minutes, it does not affect your personal data stored on the computer, it just puts the OS, and software, back to the state it was previously.

I've just noticed you have to opt-in to System-Restore on Windows 10 ...
https://www.tekrevue.com/how-to-enable-system-restore-windows-10/ (https://www.tekrevue.com/how-to-enable-system-restore-windows-10/)
In previous versions of Windows it was on by default.
Title: Re: How do you get Ublock origin to work with Microsoft Edge browsers?
Post by: syhprum on 28/07/2017 19:39:30: I looked for system restore of course but there weren't none there!
Title: Re: How do you get Ublock origin to work with Microsoft Edge browsers?
Post by: syhprum on 30/07/2017 17:20:58: Found it now, the object of the Redmond guys seems to be to make windows as complex as unix
Title: Re: How do you get Ublock origin to work with Microsoft Edge browsers?
Post by: chris on 30/07/2017 17:44:14: Quote from: syhprum on 30/07/2017 17:20:58
Found it now, the object of the Redmond guys seems to be to make windows as complex as unix

Only if you want to actually "do" something. It works quite well as simple low-maintenance platform to run a few programmes and applications and print a few letters, browse the web etc. It's just a nightmare when you actually want to configure it to do something off the beaten track.