Load unpacked Chrome extension programmatically

Question

Is it possible to load and unload unpacked Chrome extensions from the Command Line?

Answer 1

Yes, although only temporarily *:

chromium --load-extension=path/to/extension

If you want to load multiple extensions, just separate the path by a comma:

chromium --load-extension=path/to/extension,path/to/another/extension

Replace chromium with chrome.exe (or whatever is used to start your Chrome/Chromium browser).

* When you close the browser, and starts it again without the command line argument, then the extension will disappear from the list of installed extensions.