When we talk about the Chrome Internet browser , we are referring to a Google program that is currently the undisputed leader in its sector. This has not stopped growing with the passage of time and updates to become one of the most used programs in the world.
The truth is that it could be said that this is one of the search giant’s great projects, hence the care it takes in its development and improvement. But of course, as with the vast majority of software solutions, this one is not without certain flaws. More if we consider that this is a program full of functions, compatible with most platforms, and used in millions of configurations .
Chrome is not without flaws, such as crashes
We tell you all this because in some circumstances, generally unexpected, we can find that Chrome is blocked. There is no doubt that this can be a serious inconvenience, especially if we were working on something important at the time, for example. And it is necessary to bear in mind that these programs, in these times, are much more than simple programs to move around the Internet .
And is that solutions like Google Chrome that we are talking about in these lines, have a huge number of functions and tools. At the same time internally they have a series of functional and safety elements that increase the quality of the product. Therefore we could say that these have become complex and complete applications that we use almost constantly. Therefore in these lines we will tell you what you can do in the event that the program is blocked.
How to fix the sudden crash of Google Chrome
It is more than likely that on more than one occasion we have encountered the problem that while browsing the Internet, Chrome suddenly crashes . This means that it stops responding and does not let us finish what we were doing. In certain circumstances this can be a serious problem, and also all this without knowing the reason for the fact. And that’s not all, since it may be the case that this blockage even affects the rest of the operating system, it is also inaccessible. That is why below we will talk about some solutions for this Chrome block .
Reboot Windows 10 system completely
In the event, as we have mentioned, that this affects the entire Windows computer, we can try to use the Ctrl + Shift + Esc key combination. This will give us access to the Task Manager to try to close applications. But normally, in these somewhat extreme cases, what we tell you will be impossible. That is why the best we can do is turn off the equipment and turn it on again.
However, the usual thing in the failure that we expose you here is that the affected one is only the browser as such. In this case, what we are going to try is to force the closure of Google Chrome itself. With this, what we actually achieve is to free up the program’s resources later to be able to use it again.
Force close the Google program
Moreover, with this forced closure, the browser will probably then give us the opportunity to recover the web pages that we had open, both our computer and the browser again, even restoring all the pages that we had open before it was blocked.
It should be borne in mind that as a general rule the Windows system itself is capable of recognizing if a program stops working. When the time comes, it presents you with the possibility of waiting to see if it recovers or if it responds, or to force its closure. But this possibility is not always given, that is, Windows is not always capable of detecting a program crash . Therefore, if we find ourselves in this embarrassing situation, we can force that closure ourselves by hand. For this, what we are going to use, now for sure, is the Windows Task Manager. We open this with the key combination Ctrl + Shift + Esc, as we discussed before.
Therefore, below we will only have to locate in the new window, the entry corresponding to the Google browser. Then we click with the right button of the mouse on it, to click on the End Task option. This will automatically close the Chrome process, so it will no longer be blocked. The moment we open the browser again, a warning will probably appear on the screen that will allow us to restore the tabs that we had open. Thus we will not lose the jobs that we had open or the information that we read on the disappeared websites .
Remove extensions
Extensions are those add-ons that we install many times to increase the versatility and usefulness of the program. But at the same time they can sometimes cause problems and cause failures such as the blockage that we have been talking about. That is why we can try to uninstall those that we have recently added. The reason for this is that it is possible that some of these latest additions is the cause of the blocking failures to which we refer.
Therefore, for this we have to go to the main menu of the program and click on More Tools / Extensions. Then all these elements that we have installed in the program will appear on the screen , so we can deactivate those that we consider appropriate.
Reset Google Chrome Settings
In case our browser, when accessing it again, keeps blocking without apparent cause, at least at first, we can use something more drastic. And it is that if this assumption that we are commenting on is given, the most likely thing is that the problem comes from within, that is, from some other component of the software or configuration that we have made.
Thus, for this, all we have to do is go to the program menu , and access the Configuration / Advanced configuration / Restore the original configuration default values. This will put Chrome back as it was when we first installed it on the computer.
