If you are also using 3rd party download management software Internet Download Manager (IDM) with Google Chrome web browser in your computer to download files from Internet faster and Google Chrome is showing corrupted IDM extension message on Extensions page, this tutorial will be helpful to you. Actually IDM installs its required extension called “IDM Integration Module” in Google Chrome and other web browsers to integrate itself with all browsers. It allows IDM to take over the downloads from web browsers and you enjoy IDM to download stuff in your favorite web browser. Sometimes IDM Integration Module extension becomes corrupted in Google Chrome and you can’t use IDM any more in Chrome. When you open Chrome extensions (chrome://extensions/) page, Chrome shows following error message for IDM extension: This extension may have been corrupted. Following screenshot shows this problem live in action: Following are some other problems which can also occur if IDM extension gets corrupted:
Today in this tutorial, I’m going to tell you how to fix these issues and how to repair corrupted IDM Integration Module extension in Google Chrome. If you are also facing this problem, following methods will help you: METHOD 1: 1. Open Google Chrome and click on 3-dots menu. Now select “More tools -> Extensions” option. Alternatively, you can direct open Extensions page using chrome://extensions/ URL in address bar. 2. Now look for IDM Integration Module extension which is showing the error message. Click on “Repair” button given under the extension name and it should repair the extension. METHOD 2: If Repair button doesn’t work, then try following: Open following link in Google Chrome to open IDM extension page in Chrome Web Store: Download IDM Integration Module Extension from Chrome Web Store The page will show following message at the top: This item has been disabled in Chrome. Enable this item. Click on “Enable this item” link and it’ll immediately repair the corrupted IDM extension in Chrome. Now check Chrome extensions page and it’ll show that IDM extension has been enabled again successfully. METHOD 3: If you still face the corrupted extension issue, then open Chrome extensions page and click on Remove button given under the IDM extension name. It’ll remove the IDM extension completely from Chrome. Now install the IDM extension again from Chrome Web Store using following tutorial: How to Install IDM Integration Module Extension in Google Chrome? Direct jump to METHOD 4 in above tutorial to install IDM extension from Chrome Web Store. METHOD 4: You can also try to update IDM to the latest version in your computer. Sometimes upgrading IDM to the latest version automatically fixes all such error messages. Once you update IDM to latest version, it may install a newer version of IDM Integration Module extension in your browser. To update IDM, Open IDM program and click on “Help -> Check for updates“option. If you are using an older version, it’ll start downloading and installing the latest version and will update your IDM to the latest version. |