Google Chrome Failed to Load Extension FIX
27Google Chrome Failed to Load Extension FIX.
When you start-up Google Chrome and an error message shows “Failed to load extension” Google Chrome expects a browser extension that does not exist anymore and throws the error message “Manifest file is missing or unreadable”.
The first thing you should have done is reinstalling Google Chrome. If this doesn’t work, you should follow this additional steps as described below.
First, we start with renaming the Google Chrome default folder in order to stop loading the browser extension that doesn’t exist anymore. If this doesn’t solve your problem, search for unknown Browser Extensions and reset Google Chrome.
In this first step we are going to reset the Chrome profile to get rid of the failed to load extension, manifest is missing error in Chrome. Usually, the reset of the Chrome profile solves the Failed to load extension error in Chrome.
Google Chrome is one of the world’s most popular web browsers currently in use. It is fast, powerful, and it can be customized with tens of thousands of extensions that improve its functionality.
Speaking of extensions, Google Chrome gets frequent updates, and this can cause extensions to be obsolete. More so, various incompatibilities may cause extensions to fail when loading as well.
That being said, many users have reported encountering an extension-related error message when using Google Chrome:
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).