(MS Windows Update vs Google Chrome)Here we go again!
September21
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Every now and then when a windows auto-updates kick in, the immediate thing to follow, most often than not, is Google Chrome failing to start!!
I know I should probably turn off the auto-updates on the OS but hey, if its Windows OS, if it is from Microsoft and if it has the words ‘update’/'patch’/'hot-fix’ in it, Ill take em! Who am I kidding – I’ll have to take em!
So, here I am(that reminds of Bryan Adams and the soundtrack of ‘Spirit’ – which now makes me want to watch the movie for the 29304283 time!! Oh you gotta love collaboration of Bryan Adams and Hans Zimmer !! ….and now back to the topic ->), on a rainy & humid Monday morning, as soon as I log-in, I see a balloon in my task-bar saying this PC is fresh off a Windows update!!
The first thing that comes to my mind you ask? “Oh crap! I hope Chrome works!!”
Not its not much of a surprise that I see Chrome just doing nothing when I click on the icon! Its as if Monday blues are spreading its powers onto my desktop too .. Oh well, here we go again:
- Browse to Chrome application directory at:
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome - Renamed the Application folder
- Reinstalled Chrome again.
As expected, its bunnies and sunshine and rainbows again! Well..not really..its still Monday; and its still raining!! How I wish I was snuggled up warm in a blanket!
meh, I gave up on browsers awhile back and now I just use wget and vi…
Valuable thoughts and advices. I read your topic with great interest.
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Funny, whenever I update Chrome runs fine. Of course, I use a REAL operating system, not this Windows garbage.
Yes, I am that guy, the one who drops in and says Linux is better than Windows even though it really doesn’t relate to the topic at hand… So take that! =P
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