4 responses to “Windows Secrets: get rid of the drive-by .NET Framework Firefox add-on”

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   rc primak June 8th, 2009 at 22:07

   As I posted under the catch-all entry about current (June, 2009) MS Updates patches, the fix referenced in Windows Secrets Newsletter leads to a series of other “prerequisite” patches for .NET Framework. And in the long run, the user is still stuck with the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Plug-in for Firefox, which Microsoft refuses to remove.

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   EP June 10th, 2009 at 22:30

   Not unless users install the update or follow the solutions from MS KB article 963707. I have no such WPF plugin for Firefox installed on my XP and Vista computers.

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   EP June 13th, 2009 at 02:44

   To get rid of the Windows Presentation Plugin for Firefox, rename or delete the NPWPF.DLL file from the \Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\Windows Presentation Foundation\ folder. Be sure that Firefox is NOT running when you do this.

   there, rc primak. problem solved on that one.

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   JP October 19th, 2009 at 09:16

   This site helps you to remove or rename NPWPF.DLL.

   http://www.blogsdna.com/2159/how-to-take-ownership-grant-permissions-to-access-files-folder-in-windows-7.htm