[nathanbrazil]

After years of using Firefox, I'm testing out Google Chrome, and it's a mixed bag. On the plus side, it looks good, loads fast and has nice add-ons.

The big problem, for me at least, is that every time I close the program down, if I then start it back up in the usual manner, it will not load properly. What always happens is that Chrome hangs the system, and I have no choice but to reboot. Obviously not good.

This is under Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, with all the latest updates and drivers in tip top condition.

Has anyone else had this issue?

[anniebrion]

Try fully uninstalling and then reinstalling, if you have Stnc enables all your settings/Extensions/Favourites should be preserved.

I use Chrome dev version and it is OK with shutting down and starting up.

[nathanbrazil]

Originally Posted by anniebrion

Try fully uninstalling and then reinstalling, if you have Stnc enables all your settings/Extensions/Favourites should be preserved.

I use Chrome dev version and it is OK with shutting down and starting up.

Already tried installing and uninstalling, but got nowhere fast. But thanks anyway.

I feel sure that there is something silly going on, or a minor change that I can make, once I happen across someone else in the same boat.

BTW, just found this, and am investigating.

http://dalehyde.hubpages.com/hub/Goo...s-In-Windows-7

[anniebrion]

Have you tried disabling all the extensions?

[nathanbrazil]

Originally Posted by anniebrion

Have you tried disabling all the extensions?

No, because firstly there aren't very many, and secondly if I can't add stuff as easily as it works with Firefox, then I won't be keeping it.

The article I just found says - 'In the Google forums, the responses are such as "we are aware of the problem....", "we are attempting resolution...", etc.'

[anniebrion]

You could try the dev version (v22): https://www.google.com/chrome/eula.h...tra=devchannel

[nathanbrazil]

Originally Posted by anniebrion

You could try the dev version (v22): https://www.google.com/chrome/eula.h...tra=devchannel

Thanks, but seriously, if the multi billion dollar corporate entity that is Google cannot or will not bother to test a browser that is hardly new with the the also multi billion dollar Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit (now nearing the end of its developments cycle), then I really have better things to do than faff around waiting for them to get it right.

Posting this with Firefox, mainly to say that the fix I'd found earlier does bugger-all on my system. Opening Chrome, then closing it obviously sets up some kind of major pain in the arse. If Chrome is opened again during the same boot, it hangs the machine, requiring a hard reboot.

Considering that Chrome is being foisted upon the world attached to every other download, requiring users to actively de-tick to stop it being installed, this is REALLY POOR PRODUCT.

[anniebrion]

By I'm using it under W7-64 with no issue!

[noise747]

Not sure if they will work as they use the same code as chrome, but you try Comodo dragon or SRWare iron. i used both and have at the moment got Iron on my system, works fine here.

sometimes you can get software that will work fine with every other computer and for some reason will not work on yours.

[neo_wales]

W7 Ultimate and chrome, had a problem, the programme froze and I had to F5 to refresh then all was well, changed my home page and the problem stopped, try that maybe.

[nathanbrazil]

Originally Posted by anniebrion

By I'm using it under W7-64 with no issue!

You have my admiration. May I ask, do you have much software on your system?

[nathanbrazil]

Originally Posted by noise747

Not sure if they will work as they use the same code as chrome, but you try Comodo dragon or SRWare iron. i used both and have at the moment got Iron on my system, works fine here.

Thanks, I'll look into that.

Originally Posted by noise747

sometimes you can get software that will work fine with every other computer and for some reason will not work on yours.

Yes, I agree. Been in this game for a very long time, and can usually get the better of any software hardware issue. But this one has been rather vexatious.

[nathanbrazil]

Originally Posted by neo_wales

W7 Ultimate and chrome, had a problem, the programme froze and I had to F5 to refresh then all was well, changed my home page and the problem stopped, try that maybe.

Thanks for the suggestion. I routinely change the load page/ home page to one of my own devising. All I have with Chrome, aside from that file, is its also set to load up Google search. So it should not present the program with any great strain!

[gem123]

hi ya, I had quite a few problems with chrome, but i liked it....then i found coolnovo its part chrome and part internet explorer...same layout as chrome, give it a try .

[anniebrion]

Originally Posted by nathanbrazil

You have my admiration. May I ask, do you have much software on your system?

Loads.

[nathanbrazil]

Originally Posted by anniebrion

Loads.

Ah, right. I was rather hoping you;d say it's a home system, just for light stuff.

So far, tried installing Commodo Dragon, which hung the system before completing its first load. Since then have found that both Commodo Dragon and Chrome will launch once, then if shut down, will hang system upon second launch, every time without fail.

Curiously, I can load and close Firefox as many times as I wish with no problem. Will no try coolnovo, as suggested, here, then try all of the above on a 32-bit Win 7 system, just to see if the 64-bit problem is replicated.

[nathanbrazil]

Okay, just tried CoolNovo version on a laptop running Windows XP Pro, and on a tower system running Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit. Both worked flawlessly.

So, I'm thinking this is either a 64-bit problem - anyone looking up this kind of thing will know it is not the first time - or there's some small corruption with my installation, that I can sort with an Instal Repair... maybe.

Definitely not virus or nasty based. Have swept with Avast and MalwareBytes.

[Matt D]

Originally Posted by anniebrion

By I'm using it under W7-64 with no issue!

Ditto.

Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit) + Chrome version 20.0.1132.57 (current standard version). No problems.

[nathanbrazil]

Originally Posted by Matt D

Ditto.

Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit) + Chrome version 20.0.1132.57 (current standard version). No problems.

Okay, thanks for that. It's looking like it has to be something off with my system, which curiously is affecting only Chrome based browsers.

I shall undertake repairs, and hope for the best. Just not yet, as I have stuff to do before messing with my main work system. The rest of which seems fine.

[omeletpercy]

I have had Chrome on my systems for years. It has always been stable.
+ extensions are easy as pie to put on.

You have issues

[stevencraig07]

using it after firefox

[anniebrion]

FYI, I've just reinstalled Chrome Stable (20.0.1132.57 m) after having site compatibility issues with the dev version and it is still working with no issues on W7x64.