Fix Google Chrome Crash Problem After Update – Resolved

I have almost migrated to Google Chrome browser. For last 2-3 months I am using it as default browser, as of now it has got a lot of useful extensions which add many new features while browsing. While I updated it from previous older version to new one, it started reacting as I had done something wrong to it!

Report like “ Chrome stopped Working “ became an usual on my PC. After few minutes of browsing, it suddenly crash and restart. In such situation the flow of work get disturbed. Not only this for some sites like orkut and twitter, while opening them blank or some coded page was appearing. Neither cleaning browsing data nor re-installation helped.
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But fortunately yesterday I got a working solution which is quite easy, lets start with solution.

How to Fix Google Chrome Crash Problem After Update:

Ist Solution to the problem:

1. Close Google Chrome browser, then.

2. For Windows XP, copy & paste this address in the address bar of Windows explorer and hit Enter :

%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\

and for Windows 7/Vista copy-paste this address in address bar and hit enter:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\

3. Now Delete the “ Local State “ file permanently.

4. Start chrome and see whether it is working properly.

IInd Solution to the problem:

1. Click on the Google Chrome shortcut.

2. In Target field add “-no-sandbox” or “-in-process-plugins”.
3. Click Apply and Try starting Chrome again.

If even this is not working in your case, then may its an issue with one of the windows file named as “winhttp.dll”. Then try this.

IIIrd Solution to the problem:

1. Click on the Google Chrome shortcut.
2. In Target field add “-new-http”
3. Click Apply and Try starting Chrome again..

Hope this will definitely help you, if you have any problem then leave comments below.

Posted

January 3, 2019

Chrome, Google, How To, internet, Windows 7

Ankit Prakash

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27 responses to “Fix Google Chrome Crash Problem After Update – Resolved”

Anonymous

February 22, 2010

This really fixes the problem??

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Ankit

February 25, 2010

Yes, of-course this tweak fix crash problem. I have already tried this on 3 PCs and is successful.

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Srivathsan G.K

March 7, 2010

actually what is that user data folder is for ? why are we deleting that ?

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Ankit

March 7, 2010

@Srivathsanuser data folder contains user's profile info.If you are facing the problem again then delete "Local State" file in user data folder…this can also solve your problem. This process will not uninstall the existing extensions.

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Google Chrome User

August 28, 2010

still not working .. i follow your instructions, still crashin like this message "Whoah!Google Chrome has crashed. Restart now?"

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Ankit

August 29, 2010

@Google Chrome UserSometimes changing compatibility mode to Windows Vista also works fine. This is the case with few users who reported this tweak is working. Hope this will also work for you. And before changing compatibility, don't forget to remove others tweaks(above), which you did earlier.

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Ausama

October 9, 2010

Suddenly and maybe after I have tried to open a harmful page, The site opens many windows and closing them will be slower, I disconnected Net and Task-Manager Closed Google-Chrome, after that it started a situation, not to load anything and the Tabs then after about one minute crashes X-( , Gears page cant be opened, Download folder cant be opened,

Uninstalling and Deleting whole user data and Re-download and install it again Did not solve the problem

The Option -no-sandbox makes it works but it says the stability and Security Suffer !!!

where do you think the problem is, in Registry maybe?

I need to run Chrome normally.

Thanks in advance.

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1. Ankit
  
  October 9, 2010
  
  @Ausama
  Remove this -no-sandbox trick and try installing fresh beta version from here: http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?extra=betachannel
  Hope this will definitely help you out. And if you are using Internet Download Manager, then remove advanced integration setting from IDM, as this makes chrome unstable.
  
  Thanks
  
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SIMS

June 19, 2011

thx…. it works perfectly

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1. Ankit
  
  June 19, 2011
  
  🙂
  
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Srinivas

July 1, 2011

Wen i open twitter,orkut,flicker and some other sites. they wer not opening and showing some code.
i tried all the 3 tricks but no result.
When i tried changing target i found(target box is not valid, make sure that path and file was correct.)

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1. Ankit
  
  July 17, 2011
  
  @Srinivas
  Please uninstall the older version of Chrome and then re-install it again. Use onsite-installer to install the latest version.
  
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Lea

February 17, 2012

I used google chrome under the supervision of sandboxie but suddenly I always get this message “Whoah!Google Chrome has crashed. Restart now?” Now, I cannot use google chrome under sandboxie. What should I do? I tried the instructions above, but nothings happen. Thanks

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profiler1982

February 3, 2013

this is something what googe must include in update cycles… not tweak by user

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Vugar

October 18, 2013

thank you very much. 1st solution helped!!

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Gower

March 10, 2014

When I download Chrome, in the uninstall area it shows no size for Google Chrome. I am still getting error and none of the ideas work as I have yet to locate any of those type files or folders on my PC. I am using Windows 7

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1. Ankit
  
  March 19, 2014
  
  Hi Gower, you can use Standalone install version of Google Chrome for this purpose.
  
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Gopi

March 27, 2014

Dude, I rarely say this to anyone. U R GOD…..

After tirelessly searching for two days for a solution U r the one who helped me get my chrome back again and running. Can’t repay u for this bro.
Thanks a ton.

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1. Ankit
  
  March 27, 2014
  
  You are most welcome Gopi 🙂
  
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abhay

June 3, 2014

i have same problem but ur not worked,need help

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karthik

June 21, 2014

I used all those but none worked out what to do?

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1. Ankit
  
  June 22, 2014
  
  Looking into possible fixes.
  Will inform you very soon.
  
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lusis987

August 14, 2014

Crashing fix

Open chrome in incognito window. Open settings and disconnect your google profile.

It worked for me.

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1. Ankit
  
  August 16, 2014
  
  Wow, that’s great!
  
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RaoYv

October 29, 2014

Chrome Browser crashes with Windows Vista (only during initial launch):

we have to disable SUPERFETCH service from Vista services:
– START -> RUN -> SERVICES.MSC
– scroll down to locate SUPERFETCH service
– double-click mouse on SUPERFETCH
– choose STARTUP-TYPE to DISABLED
– click APPLY
– REBOOT the system

It is good to delete all the files from C:\Windows\Prefetch folder regularly. We can delete the Prefetch folder itself completely, after deleting the Prefetch\Readyboot folder.

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1. Ankit
  
  November 6, 2014
  
  Thats awesome RaoYv.
  Thank you so much for the updated trick.
  
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ranjith nct

November 8, 2014

i am musisaun

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