Block extensions from being installed in Google Chrome

System Information

OS: Windows Vista Home Premium

User: Standard User

Objective

Stop the Standard User from installing any extensions in Google Chrome. There is one currently installed for AVG that I'm okay with, but that's it.

Tactics Researched

I found some stuff online that mentioned some black and white lists, surrounding some registry entries, but when I tried to find the entries they didn't exist. This isn't terribly surprising, I'm guessing I'll need to create them. But this is really not an ideal solution.

I also see some stuff surrounding GPO Policies, but that doesn't work for me because this is just a personal computer.

Hopefully somebody can help!

Solution 1:

Just disable write access for the extensions folder to that specific user. Extensions folder can be found in this path.

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions

To disable write access, go to properties > security > edit

Select the user, hit Deny and they will not be able to install extensions, please check and verify !