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weeloshwhale
Dec 07, 2021Copper Contributor
Windows 11 possibly causing Edge and other browsers to crash
final edit: months after the clean reboot and eliminating ad blockers this seems to be working well. I've been having consistent problems with browser crashing since the update to Windows 11. I'...
raju299
Jan 28, 2023Copper Contributor
Any solution for this issue yet. Am using windows 11 for past 1 year and it seems to be so frustrating to see the browser closing unexpectedly (while writing exams, watching youtube ) literally any sort of activity, Even if the browser is idle also it crashes. I tested the same on Firefox, Brave, Edge and the issue persists.
Please let me know if there is any solution for this.
weeloshwhale
Jan 28, 2023Copper Contributor
Yes, here’s my reply from earlier:
Apparently, Windows 11 (and the new Edge) comes with several “security revamps“ and in their language it should technically mean that you don’t need any security plugins to work safely (I have no way of confirming this but please let us know if you do).
This basically means that any plug-in or add-on or a program that you install that has security features like an antivirus or an ad blocker or a VPN would potentially conflict with the running operating system and cause glitches.
In my case, I reinstalled Windows 11 altogether and started with a fresh copy of Edge with no extensions. This seemed to work and since then I have only added one or two extensions that still seem to be working OK for the time being.
It kinda sucks that I can’t customize much but at least it’s not crashing every 6.5 minutes. My next step would have been to factory reset my computer and go back to Windows 10 and forget about the upgrade.
Apparently, Windows 11 (and the new Edge) comes with several “security revamps“ and in their language it should technically mean that you don’t need any security plugins to work safely (I have no way of confirming this but please let us know if you do).
This basically means that any plug-in or add-on or a program that you install that has security features like an antivirus or an ad blocker or a VPN would potentially conflict with the running operating system and cause glitches.
In my case, I reinstalled Windows 11 altogether and started with a fresh copy of Edge with no extensions. This seemed to work and since then I have only added one or two extensions that still seem to be working OK for the time being.
It kinda sucks that I can’t customize much but at least it’s not crashing every 6.5 minutes. My next step would have been to factory reset my computer and go back to Windows 10 and forget about the upgrade.