如何杀死Chrome进程并重启Chrome

总结一下，Chrome被杀死后就无法重启了，想要重启，必须先安装Unlocker，然后在C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Google 选择unlock all

Lately my Google Chrome Browser started giving me lot of troubles. As I browse through pages, occasionally things will start slow down and chrome will almost freeze. The only thing I can do is to close all the tabs and the browser window as a whole.

But often I have noticed that chrome browser will not simply start again and one or more chrome.exe processes will be active in task manager.

 

Every time this issue occurs, I have noticed that I can close all the open chrome.exe processes except one instance of chrome.exe (probably the one with highest memory usage). This final chrome.exe will not respond to anything, we cannot end it through task manager, we cannot use taskkill command or even through advanced process explorer application (procexp.exe). It’s funny, sometimes you will only get a fake confirmation as the process is ended but it will be still running.

If you try to uninstall the chrome browser you will get error as ‘Please close all Google Chrome windows and try again’

 

The only option to get the chrome browser running again is to do a complete system restart. But as the issue started recurring almost on daily basis it was very annoying and I have decided to find a solution for this issue somehow.

After some research this is the solution I have found to tackle issue:

• You cannot end the chrome.exe in any way, but as an alternative you can unlock the association between unresponsive chrome.exe process and the chrome User Data folder
• Download and install (make sure you read the next step as well before installing) the unlocker tool from http://www.filehippo.com/download_unlocker/
• During the installation wizard of this program, make sure you choose advanced option and get rid extra toolbars it will install otherwise (this will install only what you need – the unlocker tool)

 

• This is a freeware utility to unlock the files and folders in windows from whichever the programs holding them
• Once the installation is complete, visit the location C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Google (I assume you have windows 7)
• You will see a folder named Chrome here

 

• Right click on this folder and choose Unlocker option from the context menu

 

• You will see a lot of chrome.exe processes listed in there. Click the Unlock All button (you cannot likely kill the process from here either)

 

Now try to launch the Google Chrome browser again and it should start properly.

Even after unlocking this folder, you will notice that the task manager will still list the chrome.exe which will not go away until you restart the computer. But it will not interfere with you again until you restart at a later time at your convenience.

Phew! Finally I have found the solution for this annoying problem. I hope it helps someone else out there banging their heads with this issue