Personal filters in IE 11 ?

Everything about using Adblock Plus on Internet Explorer
Post Reply
Hlxx

Personal filters in IE 11 ?

Post by Hlxx »

How do I add personal filters, for eg. transfered from Chrome ? Is there any solution to do that ? I
Hlxx

Re: Personal filters in IE 11 ?

Post by Hlxx »

I am asking because I need polish filters, easy list doesn't block some ads at polish sites.
User avatar
mapx
Posts: 21940
Joined: Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:01 pm

Re: Personal filters in IE 11 ?

Post by mapx »

There is no such feature yet, but you can use an workaround:
-transfer all your filters in firefox
-in firefox (ABP) the filters (official + custom) are put together in patterns.ini file (firefox profile, abp folder)
-copy that patterns.ini in abp for IE profile folder (replacing patterns.ini there)
tech_dude
Posts: 1
Joined: Mon Jul 03, 2017 6:05 pm

Post by tech_dude »


​OS: Windows 7 Pro Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
Firefox v54.0.1
Internet Explorer v11.0.9600.18697

Installed AdBlock Plus addon into Firefox
Added a couple of custom filters into Adblock Plus on Firefox.
Verified custom filters fixed the problem.

Started Internet Explorer
https://adblockplus.org/
Ran AdBlock Plus for IE v1.6.0.0 installer to install Adblock Plus addon into Internet Explorer
Installer required shutting down Internet Explorer
After installer completed, Started Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer: View: Toolbars: Check 'Status bar' menu item, but no AdBlock Plus icon displayed in lower right corner of IE window.

Internet Explorer: Tools: Manage add-ons: select Toolbars and Extensions: Change Adblock Plus for IE Browser Helper Object from Disabled to Enabled

Still AdBlock Plus icon NOT displayed in lower right corner of IE window
Shut down Internet Explorer
Started Internet Explorer
Verified AdBlock Plus icon properly displayed in the lower right corner of Internet Explorer window

Copied the Firefox 'patterns.ini' file from:

C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xyz123.default\adblockplus\patterns.ini

to the following folder:

C:\Users\MyName\AppData\LocalLow\Adblock Plus for IE\patterns.ini

Shut down Internet Explorer
Started Internet Explorer

Went to the website related to the custom filters, but the custom filters don't work.

Disabled Ad Block Plus for that website.
Refresh the web page, but disabling Ad Block Plus for that website doesn't disable Adblock for that website.

Any suggestions how to solve these problems?​
Post Reply