What to do when Chrome is not starting or taking forever to launch?
Few months ago, I noticed my Google Chrome was misbehaving badly. When trying to launch it, it took forever to start. Then, I thought it was time to clean up my network connection.
In Windows 10 there is a command-line utility that helps you resetting your network adapter. It is called netsh (Network Shell). It allows you to display and modify the network configuration of your computer. The most common use of Netsh is to reset the TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) stack back to default. Since Netsh is a command-line tool, you will need to use a Command Prompt with Administrative privileges.
Press WINDOWS key + X Key and select Command Prompt (Admin)
In the command prompt type:
netsh
After pressing Enter you will have the following screen:
Then type the following command-line:
winsock reset
And voila!
Additional steps if you want to reset the Windows Firewall, TCP/IP stack and Winsock manually. You will have to restart your system to complete the reset.
The following is a list of the Netsh commands with descriptions that you can use to reset your network adapter in Windows 10:
netsh advfirewall reset
Restores the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security policy to the default policy. The current active policy can be optionally exported to a specified file. In a Group Policy object, this command returns all settings to not configured and deletes all connection security and firewall rules.
netsh int ip reset
Removes all user configured IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) settings. Restarting computer is required before the default settings will take effect.
netsh int ipv6 reset
Removes all user configured IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) settings. Restarting computer is required before the default settings will take effect.
netsh winsock reset
Resets Winsock Catalog to a clean state. All Winsock Layered Service Providers which were previously installed must be reinstalled. This command does not affect Winsock Name Space Provider entries.
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