Trying to use Google’s new browser, Chrome on your work computer? Chances are that not a single web page is getting loading in it. All you see is a message having the text:
Aw, Snap!
Something went wrong while displaying this webpage. To continue, press Reload or go to another page.
Here’s how you can make Google Chrome work:
- Close Chrome if it’s already running. Right click on Chrome’s desktop icon (create one if not present) and select Properties
- At the end of the value in ‘Target’ field, paste
--no-sandboxand press OK.
That’s it. Now launch Google Chrome by double clicking on this shortcut and watch it work.
Reference: http://chromespot.com/index.php/topic,172.msg834.html#msg834
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03 Sep 08
12:17 pm
“aw snap “would not recognize your fix
03 Sep 08
12:26 pm
This did not work for me.
03 Sep 08
12:36 pm
I take it back…you have –no-sandbox , but it should be –no-sandbox
Then it worked fine.
What is causing this issue?
03 Sep 08
12:37 pm
two dashes.. - -
03 Sep 08
6:06 pm
thomas: I have fixed the formatting in my post.
Google is still trying to figure out why this fix works and what are the ramifications of disabling the sandbox.
Please help Google troubleshoot this by answering few questions at http://groups.google.com/group/google-chrome-help-troubleshooting/msg/20b0fe62929683d0
04 Sep 08
5:04 am
‘–no-sandbox’ worked for me.
so stupid of Google.
05 Sep 08
3:46 am
I used ‘chrome.exe” -no-sandbox’ at the end with success. Note the space between the .exe” and the -no… Also, for whatever reason, if I cut & paste the code in line 2 (above) it wouldn’t work. It apparently changed the — into an endash or some such bunk.
Last - another site was indicating that it was a conflict with Symantec Endpoint Protection, which I use, but disabling that (as was suggested) didn’t do the trick.
-P-
05 Sep 08
8:26 am
Thanks!
This works… except that when you created this web page, you copied a microsoft double hyphen code over: –
It should be two regular hyphens:
–no-sandbox
Note to others: if there are quotes in the Target box, the –no-sandbox text goes AFTER the quotes.
PS - Why hasn’t Google started an FAQ for Chrome yet to address some of these issues?
06 Sep 08
7:04 am
I’ve tried this fix. Now I don’t get that error message but instead Chrome tries to open the page, then the tab process crashes and THEN I get the aw snap message!! Now this is what I call an improvement!
16 Sep 08
4:24 pm
there are so many advantages and features with Chrome, such as it’s speed, for example; now if only they would take care it’s quirky cookie management…
20 Oct 08
9:33 pm
Thanks………..
02 Nov 08
7:06 am
Thank you the space between exe and no sanbox worked for me.
13 Nov 08
1:43 pm
It worked for me.
\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe” –no-sandbox
I added as shown above.
Thanks for the solution!
15 Nov 08
10:13 pm
I’m running Windows 7 64bit. Chrome installed and worked perfectly well on my Windows 7 32bit. But on the 64bit, I get this error message.
no sandbox doesn’t work. Tried all combinations mentioned above.
Thanks.
Sekhar.
18 Nov 08
4:08 am
I’ve tried your solution but I still have the “Aw snap” page come up, the only diff is that the address is different.
Got anymore tips?
I really want this to work.
Thanks