Final Friday, we reported on a problem in Home windows 11 the place Google Chrome would merely refuse to launch. Chrome’s assist supervisor, Ellen T., confirmed that the crew had investigated the issue and pinned it on Microsoft’s Household Security characteristic, however customers have been supplied with a fast workaround as an alternative of an official repair.
The workaround? Both disable the “Filter inappropriate web sites” choice beneath Household Security or, oddly sufficient, rename the Chrome.exe file to Chrome1.exe.
Microsoft nonetheless hasn’t rolled out an official repair, nevertheless it has lastly acknowledged the problem whereas confirming one other bug impacting Chrome customers, too.
Chrome’s nonetheless the primary goal in Microsoft’s newest bug
As reported by Neowin, Microsoft confirmed another situation affecting Google Chrome customers on Home windows through a brand new Microsoft Be taught entry. The entry was opened on Tuesday, June 24, and it hasn’t been up to date since.
The brand new bug Microsoft has recognized additionally has to do with the Household Security characteristic that induced the problem we reported on earlier. Nevertheless, as an alternative of the characteristic inflicting Chrome to crash completely, the characteristic simply… doesn’t work.
The Redmond-based big explains that the Net Content material Filtering system depends on a block checklist to forestall browsers from accessing inappropriate search outcomes and web sites.
Except a browser model is added to the block checklist, it received’t be, nicely, blocked — even when content material filtering is turned on for the account. One thing that, within the Microsoft Be taught entry, the tech big admitted to not having executed with the most recent model of Chrome and a number of other different browsers.
On account of this error on Microsoft’s finish, the browsers not added to the checklist may quickly seem unblocked. Fortunately, Microsoft confirmed that it’s at present engaged on updating the block checklist.
The Redmond-based big additionally touched on the problem we’ve already talked about in our earlier article, which is inflicting Google Chrome and “some browsers” to close down unexpectedly. PCs with Parental Controls enabled usually obtain a parental approval message: “You’ll have to ask to make use of this app.”
As soon as a dad or mum approves, the kid positive factors entry to the browser. Nevertheless, this bug is inflicting the browser to close down instantly with out the immediate even showing. Microsoft has pinpointed that this situation is simply noticed when the Exercise reporting characteristic is disabled.
The steered workaround is to allow Exercise reporting beneath Home windows settings in Household Security. As soon as the characteristic is enabled, mother and father will start to obtain approval requests as common.
The problems mentioned above are affecting Home windows 10 model 22H2 and Home windows 11 variations 22H2, 23H2, and 24H2.
Is that this one other sneaky push towards Microsoft Edge?
Microsoft’s confirmed that it’s actively engaged on resolving each the above points, and can replace the assist doc when it has extra info. What’s nice is that the tech big has lastly acknowledged the problem and offered a workaround to the Google Chrome crashing downside.
Contemplating Microsoft has had fairly the rocky historical past with Google Chrome, it’s frankly a bit odd that each points appear to primarily be affecting Chrome.
Microsoft has a historical past of focusing on Chrome (the world’s hottest internet browser) straight in numerous methods, together with publishing a information on “tips on how to uninstall Google Chrome,” displaying pop-up advertisements selling Edge within the Chrome app, and interrupting customers who seek for Google Chrome utilizing its Edge browser, simply to call a couple of.
Are each bugs real, or are they merely one other try by Microsoft to push customers towards Edge as an alternative of Chrome? On this occasion, I assume we’ll by no means know.
