Dec 16, 2018 - Steps for enabling plugins in the Google Chrome browser. How to add extensions to your browser. How to disable or remove browser.
Tips. This extension requires Internet Explorer to be installed on the same system, so it will not work in Mac OS X. If ActiveX controls remain unusable with the IE Tab extension, look for a Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) version of the ActiveX protocol.
Since ActiveX protocols are an Internet Explorer-exclusive feature, browsers like Google Chrome, Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox use NPAPI protocols instead. Although ActiveX and NPAPI are similar, some websites may not support both formats.
Looking to enable Java in Google Chrome 42 and higher? Did you start seeing This plug-in is not supported after upgrading Chrome?
You, and everyone else who uses Chrome to view Java content in their web browser. When released, it disabled some historically problematic browser plug-ins by default. Plug-ins, such as from and from, use an API from the 1990s called Netscape Plugin API (NPAPI).
The issue you have encountered is that Google Chrome 42 (as well as later versions) disabled NPAPI by default, and with it, the Java plug-in (among other plug-ins). With the updated browser, when you visit web pages with Java content, you see a gray area with a puzzle piece display in its place instead. Mouse-over the gray area, and the message This plug-in is not supported accompanies it. Click the Enable link under Enable NPAPI Mac, Windows.
For your change to take effect, click the Relaunch Now button at the base of the page. Once Google Chrome relaunches, the Java content will display once again in the browser window. The plug-ins will still be you may have encountered with Chrome in the past. You may need to give the plug-ins permission to run even with NPAPI enabled. To disable NPAPI again if needed, return to the chrome://flags/#enable-npapi page, and click the Disable link under Enable NPAPI Mac, Windows. Monobrowser Chrome acolytes also have the option of installing Chrome extensions like. IE Tab emulates functionality within Chrome, such as Java and Silverlight (and other technologies that use NPAPI) that is found in other web browsers.
The extension also allows you to set up Auto URLs that automatically open specified URLs using IE Tab. By doing so, you may automatically load frequently visited pages that included Java content to open in IE Tab. But look smart. This work-around will only be an option for you to use until September 2015.
At that point, the ability to enable and disable NPAPI is from Google Chrome for good. Use IE Tab to view Java content within the Chrome wrapper — Tech Help KB (@techhelpkb).