.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

I arrived to this question looking for the same but for Chromium (actually I'm using https://ungoogled-software.github.io). So in case anyone else is looking for the same:

1. Go to chrome://flags/
2. Search for Handling of extension MIME type requests
3. Select Always prompt for install
4. Search for an extension and copy its URL (something like https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/...)
5. Paste the URL in https://crxextractor.com/ and download the .CRX
6. Voilà, Chromium will prompt for installation