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Copper Contributor

Jan 15, 2020

Theme not showing up in the New Tab

Hello, I just started using the Microsoft Edge beta and i was trying to replicate my chrome browser. However I have some problems setting up the theme that i normally use, I used the Get CRX ex...

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Jan 16, 2020

Vaermi6 Thanks for letting us know. We have a currently open thread about CRX extensions here, so I suspect this might be related. However, can you please confirm which version of Beta you're using? And if you haven't yet, can you please give it a try in Canary too?

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

Vaermi6
Copper Contributor
Jan 16, 2020
Deleted Hello and thanks for replying,

I am using Version 79.0.309.65, I downloaded Canary (Version 81.0.395.0) and followed the same steps, went to edge://extensions/, turned Developer Mode on, dragged and dropped the crx file and pressed continue when prompted to but unfortunately the problem persisted.

Thanks in advance
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  Jan 20, 2020
  Vaermi6 Thanks for the details. 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
  - Vaermi6
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 20, 2020
    Deleted I renamed the .crx file to .zip but i couldn't interact with it afterwards so what i did was to unzip it as .crx, transfer the new files(Images, _metadata and manifest.json) into a new folder and then loaded the theme in developer mode as always. Unfortunately it didn't work, i can see the theme changed(since i used a different one this time) from the background of the toolbar/favorites.
    That's how my New Page currently looks.
    
    All this was done in Edge Canary Version 81.0.396.0

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