The first extension to block advertisement has been around for a while but the installation has changed with the official release of Google Chrome 2. Adsweep can be compared to the popular Firefox add-on Adblock Plus. Google Chrome 2.x users need to download the file AdSweep.user.js from the official AdSweep website. They then need to create a directory with the name User Scripts in their user profile. Windows XP and Windows Vista users find the Google Chrome profile folder in the following default locations:

Windows XP user profile directory:

C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

Windows Vista user profile directory:

C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

Google Chrome needs to be started with a parameter to enable userscripts. This can be best done by adding the parameter to the shortcut of the Google Browser. A right-click on the shortcut will open the shortcut properties of the browser. The parameter –enable-user-scripts needs to be added at the end of the Target field in the Shortcut tab.

The complete command to launch Google Chrome with extensions would then look like the following:

"c:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --enable-user-scripts

The website of the Adsweep developers contains additional information to add the parameter to the shell command when opening websites this way.

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