Google-chrome – Extensions disappear when I close and open Google Chrome

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I am running the latest version of Google Chrome 23.0.1271.97 (Official Build 171054) m on Windows 7. Any new extension I install simply disappears (not disabled, total disappearance) once I close and re-start Google Chrome. This is not happening to any of my old extensions; they stay there across Chrome re-starts.

I tried everything Google Help suggested:

  1. I created new user profile by renaming the Defaults folder

  2. I checked for any permission change that the extensions might have undergone. This is not the case.

  3. I am not running in developer mode.

This happens when I close all instances of Google Chrome. Even if one instance of Chrome is running, this doesn't happen. But I can't have an instance of Google Chrome always running.

I even reported the issue to Google Chrome team to no avail and new.crbug.com is offline. And I skimmed through many threads opened for the same issue only to find souls like me. Stack Exchange is my last resort.

Best Answer

Do you have your extensions set to sync to a Google account?

I have the same version and I have been having a similar problem with all my extension settings being reset every time I do a clean launch of Chrome. Here is a temporary fix that worked for me:

  1. Open your Settings by using the menu item Tools => Setting or browsing to chrome://settings/
  2. Click the "Advanced sync settings..." button under "Sign in"
  3. Change "Sync everything" to "Choose what to sync"
  4. Uncheck Extensions
  5. Click Ok
  6. Close every instance of Chrome and do a clean launch (or just reboot your computer to be safe)

Of course, this is only a temporary fix because it makes all your extension settings local to that computer, but for me that is better that reapplying all my extension settings every time I launch Chrome.

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