Here's the fix, complete with pictures! I tested this with a half dozen people and it worked every time.
Fix for Extension Update Error 20171102
How to fix the āfailed to updateā error in the Extension Manager on the āManageā tab. -------------------- First, try just signing out and back in again. You can do so in the top right corner of the Extension Manager in 2018, and in the top right corner of the main SketchUp window in 2019). ...
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