This is an issue that was occurring quite repeatedly. At first, I was able to install Extensions and Add-Ons to Google Chrome. However, at a certain point, no matter what extension/add-on I tried, it failed with the following message:
An error has occurred, NETWORK_FAILED
It did not matter whether I cleared my cache and cookies (forever). I tried using Incognito tab as well. Still no luck.
After trying all the suggestions (short of uninstalling and re-installing Google Chrome), I stumbled upon this sequence of steps :
1. Go to “run”. (after you click on the Start button in Windows)
2. Type in regedit.
3. Click on the arrow on “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE”.
4. Click on the arrow on “Policies”.
5. Click on the arrow on “Google”.
6. Click on “Updates”.
7. Double-click on “UpdateDefault REG_DWORD 0x00000001
8. Make sure it is on “Hexadecimal”.
9. Change your “Value data:” to 1.
Voila! That one registry change did the magic. I do not recall whether or not I had to restart after these registry changes. I should also mention that Google Chrome updates were failing because of this. Even when I tried to update Chrome using the Settings menu ->About, it would fail without any fail code.
I hope this helps someone!
90 responses to “[SOLVED] Network Error in Google Chrome on installing extensions”
NO POLICY UNDER HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
What OS do you have? My steps were based on Windows 7.
windows 8.1 is the OS am using
Same here >….
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Did you receive any errors? What OS are you on? Did you restart after making the changes?
same issue in windows 10.
what to do???????
there is no update thing in chrome folder.
I have Windows 7 Ultimate
NO POLICY UNDER HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Hi i am using chrome on windows 10 and there is no folder call “UPDATE” inside google folder.
please help
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Policies > Google > Update
there is no policy folder and I am using windows 7
There is no Google folder in the policies.
Hi,
I found following method:
1. Open MyComputer and go to location ‘C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc’
2. copy ‘hosts’ file and paste it on desktop.(Take backup of original file)
3. open ‘hosts’ file in notepad and delete entries related to google.com
e.g. 127.0.0.1 clients2.google.com
4. save file and copy & replace it with the file in ‘C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc’ location
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what operating system have you install in pc
i have install windows 10
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There is no “hosts” file on my Pc, i’m using windows 8
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I followed those instructions but did not find anything in the hosts file that had “clients2.google.com”, still getting network error on windows 10
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And what if there are no google.com entries in the hosts file?
Thanks man (Y)
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in my host file dont have any related google name.. 🙁
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just a question, how this entry was made in Host file !?
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Thanks – my problem is solved by Hrishi’s method with a tweak:
Somehow I can’t edit and save this file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\host) even with administrative access. Since the only effective settings it contains are “###.###.###.### clients2.google.com” I no longer need, I simply deleted the entire file (with a backup, of course).
Then I can immediately install Chrome extensions (without restarting it). My trouble for the past a few months is finally gone.