chrome deletes my extension

Question

I am developing an extension that uses chrome's Native messaging. After setting the key value in my extension (for native messaging) chrome goes bananas and deletes my files after closing chrome. Turning off sync extensions somehow keeps my files in tact, but it still removes the extension from itself every reboot. I can't figure out if this is some bizarre bug I've stumbled upon or this has to do with not being able to install non web-store extensions

Answer 1

Problem

As you can read on google forums (productforums.google.com), posted on 04.09.2015, new versions of Google Chrome will automatically disable extension that are have not been installed from Chrome Web Store. There is no option to change this behaviour.

Some extensions come bundled with others, which causes Chrome to ask whether you want to install them (or not). However, bad actors have abused this mechanism, bypassing the prompt to silently install malicious extensions that can override browser settings and alter the user experience in undesired ways.

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Since these malicious extensions are not hosted on the Chrome Web Store, it’s difficult to limit the damage they can cause. This is why we announced in November that as part of our continuing security efforts, all extensions for Windows users must be hosted in the Chrome Web Store.

Solutions

1. Use a different browser. For example, Opera (version > 15) and SRWare Iron browsers extensions are 100% compatible and they don't get disabled on each browser startup. All the tools from Google Chrome are available in these browsers.

2. Pack the extension (idea taken from this url). Open the extension page, activate "Developer Mode"; Click "Load unpacked extension..."; Search trough your directory tree for the directory where you unpacked your extension and click OK; Disadvantages: Chrome nags you to disable the extension at each start up