CHROME WON'T WORK!!! HELP ME!!

Out of the blue, chrome stopped working. I'm panicking. Reinstalled, nothing. I found a virus, removed it, still didn't work. Used System Restore, nothing. PLEASE HELP, any stupid idea you have! I don't want to have to reformat.

(p.s., I'm forced to use IE8, as firefox isn't working either, so please, please pity me!)

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asked Oct 30 '10 at 09:22

James58321
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edited Oct 30 '10 at 09:24

Why is it just letting you just use IE? could be the windows firewall? try cleaning the PC.

(Oct 30 '10 at 09:28) Patxi

My friend had a similar problem. I will ask him how he fixed it. But he is rarely on skype which is my only way to contact him.

(Oct 30 '10 at 09:38) Madison Tries

Got rid of his comments...

(Oct 30 '10 at 15:04) Mihkel

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It's not as big of a deal as you're making it out to be! It's only a web browser, but you're acting as if your motherboard just blew up!

answered Oct 30 '10 at 10:57

Ben Grant
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edited Oct 30 '10 at 15:00

ryebread761
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well, when IE is the slowest SH*T around, and chrome is like my only child, yes, it is a big deal, considering this is a new computer, and who wants to reformat their own computer?

(Oct 30 '10 at 13:46) James58321

If it's a new computer why would it hurt to reformat it?

(Oct 30 '10 at 13:53) recck

cause I transfered stuff from my old computer to this one, and im scared to lose the OEM software lisence, and my MS Office one

(Oct 30 '10 at 14:44) James58321

0	When this happened to me I was on mac. I restarted and that fixed it. answered Oct 30 '10 at 11:09 ryebread761 7.5k●216●242●325

It depends if its windows 7 or vista

if it is windows vista you only need to reinstall it

answered Oct 30 '10 at 13:53

James Tamim
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Dont click post answers many times...See http://lockergnome.net/questions/61414/site-slowdown-when-someone-clicks-ask-your-question-multiple-times for more info about it...

(Oct 30 '10 at 15:05) kevin ♦♦

Did you tried to download a dev version? When I used the "normal" version I always had problem and crashes but ever since I started to use the dev version Chrome started to work normal. See here for the dev versions: http://www.filehippo.com/download_google_chrome/

answered Oct 30 '10 at 15:28

Elyne
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Or you could download chromium.

(Oct 30 '10 at 15:30) ryebread761

Try deleting the user data folder for chrome.

Paste this in the Address bar of "Computer"

Replace "YOURPCNAME" with the name you gave the computer. ex. C:UsersJohn......

C:UsersYOURPCNAMEAppDataLocalGoogleChrome

Delete "User Data"

answered Oct 31 '10 at 17:47

Joelg88
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Can you tell us which version of Chrome your Running? Stable, Beta, or Dev channel? What version number it is exactly.

(Oct 31 '10 at 17:59) Joelg88

0	Try restarting computer and if that doesn't work upgrade to IE9 answered Oct 31 '10 at 17:57 FilipinoPower 13.0k●137●219●313

Doesn't matter any more you guys, I bit the bullet an did a complete re-format. Definitely not happy with google support. Know why? BECAUSE THERE'S NONE! And even now, it's starting to f*** up, AGAIN. Jeez, I'm staring to wonder why google exists with the condition it is in. Too bad I grew up with it, and love their browser so much.

answered Oct 31 '10 at 21:08

James58321
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Well it must be something you've done wrong, because I have never had a problem with Chrome. And seeing as you have done a complete reinstall of windows, Chrome should have installed easily and begun to work flawlessly. Have you installed add-ons for chrome? Have you changed settings in Options? Check your firewall settings. Try running it as Admin. Try using a program such as Glary Utilities to clean up your computer.

(Oct 31 '10 at 21:50) Geenome

nope. ive already used such software

(Nov 01 '10 at 18:24) James58321

have you seen if Firefox is still acting up too. If so It has to be something with you computer. Also what OS are you running?

(Nov 01 '10 at 19:17) bjone1153

0	Alright, so your reinstalled Windows and the problem persists. Give more information on whats happening. Did this just start happening? Or has Chrome been like this since the first time you installed it on that computer? answered Oct 31 '10 at 21:14 Joelg88 35●3●3●7

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