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[SOLVED] Network Error in Google Chrome on installing extensions

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!

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91 responses to “[SOLVED] Network Error in Google Chrome on installing extensions”

  1. DEEP Avatar
    DEEP

    NO POLICY UNDER HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

    Reply
    1. Amit Ramani Avatar
      Amit Ramani

      What OS do you have? My steps were based on Windows 7.

      Reply
      1. Giwa Avatar
        Giwa

        windows 8.1 is the OS am using

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    2. nidal Avatar
      nidal

      Same here >….

      Reply
  2. Chinmay Avatar
    Chinmay

    Not Working .. Please Help .. I am getting tired of those adds as I am not able to install AdBlcok

    Reply
    1. Amit Ramani Avatar
      Amit Ramani

      Did you receive any errors? What OS are you on? Did you restart after making the changes?

      Reply
      1. alauddin Avatar
        alauddin

        same issue in windows 10.
        what to do???????
        there is no update thing in chrome folder.

        Reply
  3. Arnar Avatar
    Arnar

    I have Windows 7 Ultimate

    NO POLICY UNDER HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

    Reply
  4. alok ranjan Avatar
    alok ranjan

    Hi i am using chrome on windows 10 and there is no folder call “UPDATE” inside google folder.
    please help

    Reply
  5. chsyrsrnme Avatar
    chsyrsrnme

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Policies > Google > Update

    Reply
  6. hashtag Avatar
    hashtag

    there is no policy folder and I am using windows 7

    Reply
  7. Bhavna Avatar
    Bhavna

    There is no Google folder in the policies.

    Reply
  8. Hrishi Avatar
    Hrishi

    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

    Reply
    1. Ghada Avatar
      Ghada

      Thaaaaaank you you’ve solved my problem !

      Reply
    2. Salman Younis Avatar
      Salman Younis

      thank you,, it worked

      Reply
    3. Felix Avatar
      Felix

      Thank you worked for me too

      Reply
    4. jkokhan Avatar
      jkokhan

      Great! it really works, thank you so much Hrishi, I spent hours trying to fix it with no success until now, you genius!

      Reply
      1. shahzaib Avatar
        shahzaib

        what operating system have you install in pc
        i have install windows 10

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    5. V Avatar
      V

      This worked for me too, on Windows 10. Thank you so much.

      Reply
    6. Pabriel Avatar
      Pabriel

      Thank you. This was only the solution that worked for me.

      Reply
    7. sumit kashyap Avatar
      sumit kashyap

      Thankyou so much bro for help all people.. god bless you

      Reply
    8. Sheriff Avatar
      Sheriff

      THANKS!

      Reply
    9. Shivaraj maidur Avatar
      Shivaraj maidur

      Thank you so much.. It worked within a minute.. no need to restart..

      Reply
    10. Mohsin Avatar
      Mohsin

      You are awesome. Thanks

      Reply
    11. enz Avatar
      enz

      Thank you so much!!!

      Reply
    12. Vignesh Avatar
      Vignesh

      Brilliant Thank you

      Reply
    13. Rohit Gandotra Avatar
      Rohit Gandotra

      Thank you ,,
      it work

      Reply
    14. mak Avatar
      mak

      thanks alot brother..you finally did it

      Reply
    15. Sankul Avatar
      Sankul

      You solved it. thanks

      Reply
    16. Daniel E. Avatar
      Daniel E.

      You are a HERO..thank you so much for your help!

      Reply
    17. Aleksandar Avatar
      Aleksandar

      Bravo! Thanks! Only this worked for me and I tried many, many options…

      Reply
    18. Angelo Alexander Avatar
      Angelo Alexander

      That worked perfectly, thanks.

      Reply
    19. Kristoforus Moses Jamwav Avatar
      Kristoforus Moses Jamwav

      This one worked for me.
      Thank you 🙂

      Reply
    20. Rolan Avatar
      Rolan

      thankssssss alootttttt its work

      Reply
    21. abyezgi hiwot Avatar
      abyezgi hiwot

      Thank you DEAR!!! you made my day.

      Reply
    22. karandeep singh Avatar
      karandeep singh

      awesome problem solved thanks a lot

      Reply
    23. Jide Avatar
      Jide

      There is no “hosts” file on my Pc, i’m using windows 8

      Reply
    24. Coy Avatar
      Coy

      Thank you!

      Reply
    25. Moore Inc. Avatar
      Moore Inc.

      Works like a CHARM! Thanks!

      Reply
    26. roshini Avatar
      roshini

      thnku thank u sooooo much

      Reply
    27. Max Avatar
      Max

      Genius

      Reply
    28. atharva Avatar
      atharva

      Bro, you are great…….
      best tech. to get rid of that non sense…
      thank u

      Reply
    29. deepak maloo Avatar
      deepak maloo

      it worked. thanx

      Reply
    30. Vijay Kumar Avatar
      Vijay Kumar

      It worked for me. Thanks!

      Reply
    31. chirag pugalia Avatar
      chirag pugalia

      Thanks! It solved the issue in my computer!

      Reply
    32. Gurpreet Singh Avatar
      Gurpreet Singh

      Thansks it is very simple and working . thanks a lot

      Reply
    33. Kevin Avatar
      Kevin

      This worked for me. Bless you and your work

      Reply
    34. Rasulul Amin Murad Avatar
      Rasulul Amin Murad

      Thank you. It works.

      Reply
    35. Khadar Hussain Shaik Avatar
      Khadar Hussain Shaik

      THANK YOU…..ITS WORK FOR ME

      Reply
    36. Selvam Avatar
      Selvam

      Hi, Thanks a lot…it worked fantastically well. Now I am able to download chrome extensions. Thanks again. Bye bye

      Reply
    37. asdw Avatar
      asdw

      thank you

      Reply
    38. Blackitten Avatar
      Blackitten

      Can’t believe it works… Thank god!

      Reply
    39. tamilselvam.n Avatar
      tamilselvam.n

      thanks it working

      Reply
    40. Nasser Avatar
      Nasser

      Its Great!!

      Reply
    41. ADEEL ZAIGHUM Avatar
      ADEEL ZAIGHUM

      working this method for me on window 10

      Reply
    42. swapnil Avatar
      swapnil

      Works instantly for windows 10 network_error problem… thanks a lot!!!

      Reply
    43. Rhys Avatar
      Rhys

      Thank you so much, this worked a treat 🙂

      Reply
    44. Suryakanta Guru Avatar
      Suryakanta Guru

      You are God Like….awesome…its worked…
      Happy New Year Dear

      Reply
    45. Alex Avatar
      Alex

      Thanks a lot! It worked

      Reply
    46. mkl Avatar
      mkl

      THanks it worked

      Reply
    47. Tufail Ahmad Avatar
      Tufail Ahmad

      Thank you so much hrishi, you solved my problem. It worked for me…

      Reply
    48. Helson Avatar
      Helson

      thanks Brow

      Reply
    49. vcz97 Avatar
      vcz97

      works perfectly! thanks!!!

      Reply
    50. Teleprari Avatar
      Teleprari

      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

      Reply
    51. Karma Leyend Avatar
      Karma Leyend

      It worked like a charm. Thanks a lot!

      Reply
    52. yashas Avatar
      yashas

      thanks man worked

      Reply
    53. Vrinda Avatar
      Vrinda

      Thank you! This worked for me:D

      Reply
    54. Arundev Silwal Avatar
      Arundev Silwal

      @Hrishi Thanks a ton… It worked !!!!!… I was tired of it. Tried soo many ways but none worked. I really appreciate it.

      Reply
    55. D75 Avatar
      D75

      And what if there are no google.com entries in the hosts file?

      Reply
    56. asfand Avatar
      asfand

      Thanks man (Y)

      Reply
    57. Ivy Avatar
      Ivy

      thank you so much , it worked for me.

      Reply
    58. BUWI Avatar
      BUWI

      THANK YOU SO MUCH

      Reply
    59. Rodneel Avatar
      Rodneel

      Thanks, it worked in my Windows 10 OS

      Reply
    60. vimal Avatar
      vimal

      Its really great. After long hours , I got fixed. Thanks man

      Reply
  9. Peter Avatar
    Peter

    Thanks Hrishi!!
    Finally! an easy to follow solution to fix this problem in windows 10. 🙂

    Reply
  10. anonymous Avatar
    anonymous

    thank you very much.it worked !!!

    Reply
  11. siddhartha mishra Avatar
    siddhartha mishra

    Thanks hrishi bhai..
    U solved the major problem of mine.

    Reply
  12. Avi Avatar
    Avi

    thnxx a ton dude .. whuevr u r .. I owe u one 🙂

    Reply
  13. Good job Avatar
    Good job

    Good post, keep

    Reply
  14. Joel Kumwenda Avatar
    Joel Kumwenda

    Works like charm

    Reply
  15. ora Avatar
    ora

    in my host file dont have any related google name.. 🙁

    Reply
  16. ora Avatar
    ora

    it’s works already !!! THANK YOU SO MUCH !

    Reply
  17. Amar Avatar
    Amar

    thanks, it’s working for me.
    just a question, how this entry was made in Host file !?

    Reply
  18. shounsin Avatar
    shounsin

    It’s working , Thank you.

    Reply
  19. ben Avatar
    ben

    Thanks it worked for me also

    Reply
  20. Tufail Ahmad Avatar
    Tufail Ahmad

    Thanks a lot hrishi. It worked for me. problem solved. for windows 10.

    Reply
  21. guill Avatar
    guill

    hanks you’ve solved my problem !

    Reply
  22. Annonymous Avatar
    Annonymous

    worked like charm!!!

    Reply
  23. buzor Avatar
    buzor

    Works thanks

    Reply
  24. anom Avatar
    anom

    thanks for solving my problem

    Reply
  25. frank-wang-yifei Avatar
    frank-wang-yifei

    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.

    Reply

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