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QueenNini
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Dec 31, 2019

Drag and drop chrome extensions

I'm having issues dragging and dropping theme extensions in the extension part of Edge. I'm using the CRX file and still nothing.
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QueenNini
Iron Contributor
Jan 16, 2020

Just to let you know the preinstalled new Edge the themes don't work either with the CRX extension.

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Deleted
Jan 20, 2020

QueenNini I appreciate the follow-up. After talking to the Extensions team, it sounds like there is a known issue around Drag-and-Drop. If you are able, can you try to unpack the CRX file (by renaming to .zip), and then try loading from the folder in developer mode instead?

 

Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

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    Deleted
    Jan 24, 2020

    QueenNini Oh good, I'm glad to hear it! 

     

    Fawkes (they/them)
    Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

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    QueenNini
    Iron Contributor
    Jan 22, 2020

    Deleted It took a few tries and the suggestions work. I do hope the drag and drop come back though.

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    HotCakeX
    MVP
    Jan 20, 2020
    Good, It's quite stable too so you won't be having stability issues
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    QueenNini
    Iron Contributor
    Jan 20, 2020

    HotCakeX So the updated Edge won't be until much later. I see getting the preview builds have more of the features that are needed. I dropped beta so I might look into canary. 

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    HotCakeX
    MVP
    Jan 20, 2020
    You need to have at least version 81.0.395.0 which right now only Canary has it and soon Dev will join it.
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    QueenNini
    Iron Contributor
    Jan 20, 2020

    HotCakeX  will this work for the updated preinstalled Edge. If so, I will try that.

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    QueenNini
    Iron Contributor
    Jan 20, 2020

    Deleted I'm using the updated preinstalled edge and I already have the developer mode on. To confirm, I should download the CRX file, unpacked into zip in the developer mode? If so I will try that method and let you know.

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    Deleted
    Jan 20, 2020

    QueenNini  After touching base with the team again, it sounds like theme extensions aren’t fully supported in Edge right now, but it’s something the team is actively working on. (They did have another suggestion, though, so I'll merge this thread with your first one and post the work-around there.)

     

    Fawkes (they/them)
    Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

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    QueenNini
    Iron Contributor
    Jan 16, 2020

    I tried to use the CRX extension to use Chrome theme to change the outlook of the browser. It didn't work. The message said it might harm, the computer since it's a 3rd party app. I click continue and nothing happened. I had issues with themes in Beta and Deleted notified the extension team on this. Is downloading themes still an issue?

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