Google Chrome Freezes in Windows 10 April 2018 Update

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Yet another bug hitting the latest Windows 10 version

Some of the users who upgraded their computers to Windows 10 April 2018 Update are reporting issues with Google Chrome, as the browser freezes shortly after launch.

It’s not clear at this point how many systems are affected by this bug, but several users confirmed in this reddit discussion that Google Chrome also hangs in Windows 10 version 1803.

We couldn’t reproduce the issue on our systems upgraded to the April 2018 Update. The bug, however, doesn’t seem to be limited to just the latest version of Google Chrome.

One user explains that this problem causes the entire system to freeze and not even CTRL + Alt + Del works, with a full reset with the power button the only way to restore the machine.

By the looks of things, there’s no pattern that could help isolate the bug, as it appears to happen at random times, sometime after opening new tabs, new windows, or just when browsing the web.

Cumulative update with fixes coming next week

Another user explains that running Google Chrome in the background could also cause other applications to freeze, including Visual Studio Code.

“I had also couple of freezes with VS Code but there was always Chrome in the background. And I don't need to go to sleep or restart to fix it, just unplugging it from the power does the job and as screen comes back on Chrome minimizes so it's got to be Chrome related issue,” they posted.

No workaround is available at this point, but some suggest that resetting the graphics driver by pressing Win + Ctrl + Shift + B could help unfreeze the system. Microsoft hasn’t acknowledged the bug.

The official rollout of Windows 10 April 2018 Update via Windows Update will begin on May 8, and there’s a chance that a new cumulative update would also be published that day. Fixes for some of the bugs reported lately are likely to be included.

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