Thursday, October 4, 2012

How to install chrome extensions/plugins/add-ons from unofficial sites?

By default google-chrome browser allows to install the extensions that are got from google's chrome webstore only.  So, what if you not find a useful extension in chrome's web store but available/downloadable with some third party website...?   How to install those extensions(.crx files)?

* Basically the google-chrome's extensions are .crx files.
* The extensions that available with chrome webstore be installed directly
* To install these third party extensions do the following.

1. Open your chrome browser -> Click on the Wrench  symbol(at the right top, just below the close,minimize buttons of the browser window) -> Tools -> "Extensions"
2. Now open the directory where you have your third party chrome extensions(.crx files), then drag and drop the .crx file into the chrome browser tab where the "Extensions" is open.
3. Now google-chrome browser will prompt you with "cancel" & "add" button.  Click on the "add" button the extension will be added to the browser.


2 comments:

Unknown said...

A very good work done by you. That the right thing if we have nothing in the market then we install by this process. I will try it.Thanks for sharing.
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