I am trying to install the extension in Chrome and when I click on install then zip file is downloaded not the .crx. How do I install zip file as a chrome extension ? Please help.
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Due to recent changes in Chrome's policy for installing extension ONLY from the Chrome Store, it's no longer possible to install an extension using a CRX file. However, you can locally install an extension in Developer mode which requires the extension to be unpacked in a folder.
To make this easier for developers, the Crossrider platform downloads the Chrome installer as a ZIP (not CRX) so that you can easily and intuitively unzip it ready for loading. Once unzipped, simply navigate to the Chrome's Extension page (chrome://extensions/), make sure that Developer mode is selected, and load the extension by clicking Load unpacked extension.
[Disclosure: I am a Crossrider employee]
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