.crx file install in chrome

Question

I have just created a very simple chrome extension and it works fine. But when I converted to .crx file and try to open it with chrome, nothing happens. my chrome browser versio

Answer 1

In case Chrome tells you "This can only be added from the Chrome Web Store", you can try the following:

• Go to the webstore and try to add the extension
• It will fail and give you a download instead
• Rename the downloaded file to .zip and unpack it to a directory (you might get a warning about a corrupt zip header, but most unpacker will continue anyway)
• Go to Settings -> Tools -> Extensions
• Enable developer mode
• Click "Load unpacked extention"
• Browse to the unpacked folder and install your extention