How to Fix Unable to Install Extensions on Microsoft Edge after Windows 10 Anniversary Update?

Question

Issue: How to Fix Unable to Install Extensions on Microsoft Edge after Windows 10 Anniversary Update?

So I installed Windows 10 Anniversary Update. On the previous Windows 10 versions, I was using Microsoft Edge and got used to it. After the update was run, I can’t install any extensions on Edge. When I click on the ‘Extensions’ option on Edge and select an extension I prefer using, it does not download. I’m informed that there is a problem with it and that I have to reinstall it. I tried to do so, but reinstalling doesn’t work either. Could you please tell me what should I do? Is it possible that Windows update disabled Edge extensions purposely?

Solved Answer

Windows 10 Anniversary update has been released a couple of month ago and surprised Windows society both in a positive and negative ways. Although there are lots of satisfied people, Microsoft forum and other IT forums are flickering with the complaints related to Anniversary Update bugs. One of them is related to Microsoft Edge’s extensions. Before the update was released, Microsoft has been spreading the news about the upcoming new features of Microsoft Edge, including the support of extensions. The problem is that quite a lot of people could not enable any extensions on Edge after installing Windows 10 Anniversary Update. That’s a very irritating bug since web browser extensions have become our daily companions. In the meanwhile, Microsoft does not officially confirm this issue to be a system bug, but, nevertheless, provide several methods that can help fixing this problem. Therefore, if you can’t use extensions on Microsoft Edge, try one of the following methods:

How to Install Microsoft Edge Extensions On Windows 10?

First of all, check if you install Edge’s extensions in the correct way:

• Open Edge and navigate to More (…) -> Extensions -> Get Extensions from the Store.
• Find the extension that you prefer and select Free to install.
• When the extension is installed, go to the Microsoft Edge’s home screen and select Turn on after reading the notification related to the newly installed extension.

If this doesn’t work, then try to switch to the private mode and then install the extension:

• Open Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots at the top right corner.
• Select New InPrivate Window.
• Open Edge and navigate to More (…) -> Extensions -> Get Extensions from the Store.
• Find the extension that you prefer and select Free to install.
• When the extension is installed, go to the Microsoft Edge’s home screen and select Turn on after reading the notification related to the newly installed extension.

Finally, you should try to clean up browsing history and cache:

• Go to Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots at the top right corner.
• Click on Settings and select Clear all history.
• Now you have to place a tick on data that you want to be cleared (cache data, files, browsing history, passwords, download history, etc.).
• Finally, click Clear and then try to install a needed extension as explained above.

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