# Why is Chrome crashing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-chrome-crashing/683075>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 7, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-chrome-crashing/683075 "2014-03-07T02:34:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-chrome-crashing/683075/1 "2014-03-07T02:34:28Z")

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It usually happens the first time it’s used after booting up, but has also happened after that. It opens, seems fine, then clunk. I can then reopen it and browse. I’ve gotten rid of history, cookies, etc., but no change. I’ve run AVG, MalwareBytes, and Reginout, but no change. Chrome also dumped all my most visited site icons. Could the program itself be corrupted?

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-chrome-crashing/683075/2 "2014-03-07T02:37:09Z")

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Try it in [Safe Mode](http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/02/google-chrome-safe-mode.html). If it works there, it’s probably something wrong with a plugin or extension or such. You can then [reset](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/3296214?hl=en) it.

Otherwise, maybe your system is suffering from an obscure bug. You can try one of the pre-release channels:  
[http://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel](http://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel)

To see if the bug will be fixed in an upcoming version. Be warned that those versions tend to come with their own crash bugs, so it may not be any better…

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-chrome-crashing/683075/3 "2014-03-07T17:03:02Z")

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I did the reset, and the problem was still there this morning. I’ve now gone to the pre-release and will see if that fixes the stupid thing.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-chrome-crashing/683075/4 "2014-03-08T15:09:16Z")

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Nope. Crashed again this morning.

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-chrome-crashing/683075/5 "2014-03-09T03:36:37Z")

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Chrome has been giving me problems lately too.

Yesterday it changed my setup for no apparent reason.(I had to re-enable my bookmarks and homepage.) Also, I can no longer play Amazon streaming videos. I can play Netflix and Hulu but no amazon.

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**Author:** ![flano1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f14d63/32.png) [@flano1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flano1)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-chrome-crashing/683075/6 "2014-03-12T12:09:54Z")

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yup. gone back to firefox. now lightning fast.