Chrome freezes for ~60 seconds after first open when Windows 10 starts up

Question

After I boot up Windows 10 and go to start Chrome, I get about 5 seconds of functionality and then Chrome freezes for about 60 seconds or more. I can open new tabs but they don't load anything. I cannot interact with any existing tab contents. During that time I can't open settings, view extension or open Developer Tools but I am able to open Chrome's Task Manager.

• No other apps lag or freeze in this time period
• I've tried deleting /AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/ (This removes all extensions)
• I've tried a completely fresh install of Chrome
• Firefox and IE11 are unaffected by this issue as well as all other apps
• It happens even with Hardware Acceleration disabled
• Chrome Canary is not affected by the bug
• Happens even on chrome://settings page
• Disabled internet. Still happens on tabs trying to open chrome://settings
• Disabled a bunch of the services under "Privacy and security"

What could be potential causes of this problem? What are some things I can do to troubleshoot this issue?

I recently upgraded my computer (new motherboard, CPU and RAM) and it was after that time but I don't know if it started immediately with the new machine.

Solution 1

Worked for me:

go to apps; select microsoft edge; advance options; then select reset. The other think I did was uninstall Intel Optain pinning if installed.

I have been looking for solutions to this for a month. I tried every recommendation (you know them you've tried). I was noodling around saw these decided to do what I recommended and BAM!, chrome loads instantly.

Hope this helps and works for you.

Solution 2

Try also this :

1. Disable Hardware Acceleration
2. Disable your antivirus
3. Try Chrome Canary - the future developer version of Chrome with the latest updates.

Comments

[Midhun]

Virus scan didn't show anything and tried a clean install of Chrome. I just don't know where to look or what to look at

[CDove]

Was it a scan that runs at boot before Windows can load?

[Midhun]

yeah it was a Windows Defender "Offline Scan" that runs before bootup

[Midhun]

1. Still afters after. 2. I just use Windows Defender, haven't tried yet. 3. Canary seems unaffected.

[harrymc]

If Canary is working, you might keep on using it until it becomes the stable version.