title: Unable to load unpacked extension into chrome using Selenium webdriver
body: <p>I am new to using web driver but I have followed what was mentioned here (<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18994519/how-can-i-launch-chrome-with-an-unpacked-extension">How can I launch Chrome with an unpacked extension?</a>) and all that I could get from other web search.</p>
  
  <p>I am trying to test an extension for chrome which I have developed but I haven't been able to figure out how to start chrome with extension loaded on it. Here is what I have till now and I would appreciate if someone could tell me the issue with the code (I was successful in launching Chrome using webdriver):</p>
  
  <pre><code>import time 
  
  from selenium import webdriver
  
  from selenium.webdriver.common.desired_capabilities import DesiredCapabilities
  
  browser = webdriver.Chrome() browser.get('http://seleniumhq.org/')
  
  ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
  
  options.addArguments("load-extension=C:\Users\mave\Desktop\Browser_Extension_Feature\extension_v5");
  
  DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
  
  capabilities.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
  
  ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(capabilities);
  
  time.sleep(15)
  
  browser.quit()
  </code></pre>