Occasionally, our customers run into a problem when installing HttpWatch on a PC or server that has no internet access, e.g. to test web servers in a locked down production environment. The HttpWatch add-on for Internet Explorer installs and works correctly but the HttpWatch Chrome extension is not added because access to the Google Web Store is required for automatic installation.
Without an internet connection the HttpWatch Chrome extension has to be manually added using the steps shown in this blog post. Although the details below relate to HttpWatch, the same technique can be used to install any Chrome extension to an offline PC.
Install Google Chrome Open your Internet browser and go to the Google Chrome download page. Click the Download Chrome button in the center of the page. Once the download has completed, click Run or on the download itself (usually in the lower-left corner of your browser window). Get more done with the new Google Chrome. A more simple, secure, and faster web browser than ever, with Google’s smarts built-in. For Internet Explorer 8.0 and above: Navigate to Tools Internet Options Content and click Certificates. On the Personal tab, review the list of certificates to determine if your CAC certificates are in the list. The certificates on your CAC will be issued by a DoD CA. If the certificates appear in the list, you are finished.
Step #1 – Download the Chrome Extension’s CRX file
Chrome extensions are packaged in CRX files and they can be manually downloaded from the Google Web Store. You’ll need to do that on another PC that is connected to the internet by either using a Google Chrome extension such as the Get CRX extension or by using the following download URL:
(Download using a different browser as Chrome will block an attempt to access a CRX file.)
The general form of this download URL is:
Where [PRODVERSION] is the version of Chrome you’re using and [EXTENSIONID] is the extension ID. You can find the ID by looking at the extension in the Web Store and noting the last part of the URL. The acceptformat=crx2,crx3 argument is required for recent versions of Chrome that use the CRX3 header format.
For example, the ID of the HttpWatch extension is ‘dajhhgiioackgdldomhppobgjbinhimh’:
UPDATE: The CRX file is now available in the HttpWatch install directory (version 11.0.25+).
Step #2 – Add the CRX file to Chrome
Copy the CRX file to the offline PC and then open the Chrome extensions page (chrome:://extensions). Make sure that Developer Mode is enabled. Drag and drop the CRX file onto the extensions page to manually add the extension to Chrome:
After clicking ‘Add Extension’ the HttpWatch extension will be available in Chrome:
The extension is now fully installed and available for use. Of course, you will not receive automatic updates to the extension unless you connect to the internet or repeat steps 1) and 2). You can turn off Developer Mode again after installing the extension.
UPDATE #1: If you get a “Package is invalid ‘CRX_HEADER_INVALID'” error check that you are using the acceptformat=crx2,crx3 argument in the download URL.
Internet Explorer Not Downloading Chrome
UPDATE #2: recent versions of Chrome reject the CRX with the error “Apps, extensions and user scripts cannot be added from this website”. A work-around for this error is to enable Developer Mode on the extensions page. You can switch Developer Mode off again after you have installed the extension.
Internet Explorer 11 is a freeware IE browser software download filed under web browsers and made available by Microsoft for Windows.
The review for Internet Explorer 11 has not been completed yet, but it was tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below.
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Internet Explorer 11 is the version of IE which was released in order to take advantage of added capabilities in Windows 8.
IE11 on Windows 8 brings an entirely new browsing experience and set of capabilities to the Web, such as a new touch first browsing experience and full screen UI for your sites, security improvements that offer the best protection against the most common threats on the Web, improved performance, and support for the HTML5 and CSS3 standards developers need.
With this new release, Windows 7 customers receive all of the performance, security, and under-hood changes that enable a stellar Web experience. IE11 Release Preview also sends the 'Do Not Track' signal to Web sites by default to help consumers protect their privacy.
Features and highlights
- More interoperable HTML5 support
- Rich Visual Effects: CSS Text Shadow, CSS 3D Transforms, CSS3 Transitions and Animations, CSS3 Gradient, SVG Filter Effects
- Sophisticated Page Layouts: CSS3 for publication quality page layouts and application UI (CSS3 grid, flexbox, multi-column, positioned floats, regions, and hyphenation), HTML5 Forms, input controls, and validation
- Enhanced Web Programming Model
- HTML5 History, Async scripts, HTML5 File APIs, HTML5 Drag-drop, HTML5 Sandboxing, Web workers, ES5 Strict mode support * First browser to send a 'Do Not Track' (DNT) signal by default
- 30% faster for real world Web sites
- Leading JavaScript performance
- Fast, world-ready Web applications
Internet Explorer 11 11.0.11 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs
This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from web browsers without restrictions. Internet Explorer 11 11.0.11 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.
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- Internet Explorer 11 Download
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- Major release: Internet Explorer 11 11.0
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