Boswell Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 When I try to open many of my programs including Chrome and VLC media player it starts to load then just stops and the program never appears. It also offers no explanation which is really beginning to piss me off! Anyone had this problem or know what is going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Sounds like one of those things only a fresh install can sort out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Moss Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 (edited) Funny you say this. my brother got a new HP laptop for xmas with windows 7. today, the same thing has happend to him, chrome wont open, windows movie maker wont open and internet explorer wont and more. when did this happen to you? what laptop/pc do you have? Edited December 30, 2010 by Sam Moss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted December 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Yeah sounds about right I have a basically brand new Acer Aspire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Moss Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 it started to do it when he turned it on today. ive restarted it loads and just tryed to open shortcuts and loads of things and it just wont work, im on my laptop though and this is working. ill have a gander on google. if i see anything ill let you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikee Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 I have windows 7 and the same thing happened to me with firefox. I re-installed it and it solved the problem and it hasn't happened since. No other program did it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Moss Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 I have windows 7 and the same thing happened to me with firefox. I re-installed it and it solved the problem and it hasn't happened since. No other program did it though. thats a problem for my bro... none of hes internet programs work so he cant go on the internet to download other things.it happend to someone and they said " I disabled some non critical startup programs and now everything appears to be working correctly." try that out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikee Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 If you still have the install/setup files for the browsers, then i think you can re-install them from there without opening any of the internet browsers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Moss Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 If you still have the install/setup files for the browsers, then i think you can re-install them from there without opening any of the internet browsers. the programs came with the laptop so im not sure if they are on in the first place, thanks though, ill have a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 You're on the internet now right? Can't you dowload the programs and transfer them via flash drive? Unless you're on your phone of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 I've seen this a few times with Windows 7 - particuarly with Firefox not opening. Worth going to Ctrl + Alt + Del, Processes and end any of the firefox.exe processes - once cleared, firefox will open again when you click the icon. Seems a little odd that it only seems to occur with internet applications which seems to me like it could even be an anti-virus or firewall issue within Windows 7. Also, is this by any chance a HP laptop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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