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Google Chrome is crashing when I try to open it. I'm assuming that it's probably a bad extension that's causing the problem.
How can I start up Chrome with all extensions disabled / turned off?
t_b_b
Posted 2011-03-07T22:45:35.187
Reputation: 1 013
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thirtydot is correct, run Chrome with the --disable-extensions command-line option to disable extensions.
Preferences in a text-editor. Now scroll down to the line starting the settings blocks: "settings": { Each of the extensions will have its own block inside the settings block. To disable them, change their states to 0: "state": 1
To simplify things, just do a search for all lines containing
"state": 1
and change them to
"state": 0
Synetech
Posted 2011-03-07T22:45:35.187
Reputation: 63 242
1Consider tacking on "--safe-plugins" for good measure. – Pup – 2014-08-01T22:58:07.373
11--disable-extensions does not work anymore – MightyPork – 2015-11-07T21:13:28.787
If you can't find User Data folder, try "~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default" http://superuser.com/questions/522722/cant-find-the-google-chrome-user-data-directory-in-mac-osx-lion
– Anderson – 2016-05-09T13:26:35.6702--disable-extensions does still work, I just tried it. You need to make sure no "Google Chrome" processes are running in the task manager. Make sure to exit the Google Chrome service that's running in the notification area. This is for the Google Chrome apps that can run in the background even when all of the Chrome windows are closed. – Jeff Rausch – 2016-08-18T14:39:49.097
Note that this doesn't seem to stick for me. When I edit Preferences it works fine the first time. If I then start/quit Chrome the states revert to their previous values. So I need to replace the Preferences file before each start. – studgeek – 2014-04-27T20:03:55.337
@studgeek, then you are missing something or modifying it while Chrome is still running (it reverts the setting when you exit) because this is how Chrome determines which extensions are enabled or disabled, and if didn’t work, then you would have to re-enable/disable everything each time you run it (when running normally), but clearly you don’t; it remembers which are enabled or disabled. Also, make sure you are taking extra care with things like commas because a missing or extra one will render the JSON syntax invalid which causes Chrome to ignore the file. – Synetech – 2014-05-11T02:19:36.237
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Open an incognito window.
"If you want to create a shortcut that opens Chrome in incognito mode, duplicate an existing Chrome shortcut, right-click on the shortcut, select "Properties" and append this flag to the target value: --incognito (don't forget to add a space to separate the flag)."
1Yeah, but it certainly does the trick in most cases. – Grinn – 2016-03-04T18:53:49.947
2Despite what the linked blog says, Incognito Mode is not a replacement for Firefox's Safe Mode. – dotancohen – 2014-05-08T07:41:32.893
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Run Chrome with commandline switch
--safe-plugins
This will run the plugin processes inside the sandbox and will not crash Chrome if you are sure that it is the plugins that are crashing Chrome.
AshTee
Posted 2011-03-07T22:45:35.187
Reputation: 219
3Handy, but plugins are different from extensions. – Mu Mind – 2012-09-22T19:46:21.433
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Per http://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/
--bwsi Indicates that the browser is in "browse without sign-in" (Guest session) mode. Should completely disable extensions, sync and bookmarks. ↪
Colonel Panic
Posted 2011-03-07T22:45:35.187
Reputation: 9 529
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This Chrome extension disables all extensions temporarily:
I have tried it and it works well, but not sure if it disables them in the manual sense @synetech says they should for debugging...
Martin
Posted 2011-03-07T22:45:35.187
Reputation: 264
9An extension for disabling all extensions? Made my day – Ray – 2016-08-23T21:53:00.437
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I tried all the suggestions for launching Chrome with plugins, no plugins, incognito and so forth... nothing worked. Even the menus launch a Chrome page, so if Chrome gives you the "Aw Snap" message, it really means - Aw Snap! You can't even get to the tools and settings.
I did a Ctrl+Alt+Del and found chrome.exe in the task manager. Then I forced it closed, Chrome finally came up again. It has something to do with syncing your Gmail account when Chrome launches: if that is failing, then Chrome turns into Chris Rock.
yur
Posted 2011-03-07T22:45:35.187
Reputation: 9
his last name is rock, rocks are like bricks, when you brick a tech gadget it becomes useless? – benrifkah – 2015-10-28T20:44:55.483
6"Chris Rock"? I'm not getting the reference. – ale – 2012-10-22T17:15:23.657
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You might need to delete the locally stored user profile. Try this:
Alternatively, you can click the X icon to the right of the user. In the confirmation dialog that appears, click Delete.
tekNorah
Posted 2011-03-07T22:45:35.187
Reputation: 105
12Not really relevant to Stack Overflow, but passing the
--disable-extensionsflag should do it. – thirtydot – 2011-03-07T22:50:59.723My issue ended up NOT being a typical extension, but rather Adobe Flash. The indicator was that the crash report showing nvSCPAPI.dll_unloaded was the issue. Re-installing flash from http://get2.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ fixed the issue and I was able to start Chrome again.
– None – 2013-05-25T14:24:36.333