Once you receive your new device, you will have to use the Chrome App to initially set it up, and to generate your new seed words - just follow the instructions on the App.  This process is similar to Trezor and KeepKey Hardware wallets.

There are no ways to go around this initial phase, other than to run https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-wallet-chrome in an air gap computer.

Once the Ledger is setup and ready to go, then you can exit Chrome and use Electrum instead:
1.   Install Electrum for Windows:  electrum.org/#download
2.   If Electrum is already installed, start and go to File --> New/Restore
3.   Select a new Electrum wallet name (ex.: "Ledger")
4.   Select Create New & Hardware Wallet  --> Next
5.   Select Ledger wallet --> Next
6.   Enter you PIN --> ok

That's it. Electrum will generate the bitcoin addresses that are based on your Ledger Master Public Key.  The private keys are never passed to Electrum, they remain within the Ledger wallet and never see the light of day.

Ensure that you select NEW at step 4, and not RESTORE.  You want to create a NEW ELECTRUM wallet file which will contain bitcoin addresses that are based on the Master Public Key of your Ledger.   Don't worry, by doing so, you are not creating a new set of private keys in your Ledger - you are only telling Electrum to derive the bitcoin addresses associated with your Ledger.

If you select RESTORE instead, and enter your Ledger seed words, you will create a Electrum file on your computer that includes the private keys, which compromises the integrity of your HW wallet.  This RESTORE function is to be used as a last resort, in case you loose your Ledger and want to transfer all the funds to another wallet.

Sorry I don't know why, it sounds like a bug.



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Use the webpage I linked to in my earlier post. After you have entered your 12 wallet words into it and put m/0'/0  in the BIP32 Derivation Path box the page should automatically display the addresses in your multibit HD wallet together with their private keys.

You should be able to see them about half way down the page below the big heading that says "Derived Addresses".

If you know which address contains your Bitcoins you need to copy the private key shown next to that address.

If you don't know which address contains your Bitcoins then open the blockchain.info link below and starting at the top of the list search blockchain.info for each Bitcoin address in your list until you find the one containing your coins.

Don't let blockchain.info or anyone else know any of your private keys

https://blockchain.info/

After you find which of your Bitcoin addresses contains your Bitcoins copy its private key, then follow these steps.

Download electrum 2.6.4 portable from here (because the latest 2.7 versions are buggy).

https[Suspicious link removed]

Create a new folder and copy electrum-2.6.4-portable.exe into it, then double click it to start the wallet.

An install wizard window should open. At the top of it select the "Restore a wallet or import keys" option, then click the "next" button.

Another window will open with a box in it that you can type your private key into.

After that click the "next" button and another series of windows should open. Leave each window's settings as they are and click the "next" button in each one until the wallet opens.

You can leave the password boxes blank, the electrum wallet can work without a password, and its password is not the same as your multibit wallet's password.

When the wallet opens it should sync within minutes and show your Bitcoins. You can use it to send them wherever you like.