Solved Can't uninstall Google Chrome

[Roman5]

Hi. I want to uninstall Chrome and then reinstall it as the thumbnail tabs are not working properly, ie, the tabs aren't showing the thumbnailed image of the saved webpages, they're just blank but with the the titles and working link to the pages. But I get this box with non sensical squares when I click uninstall Google Chrome in Control Panel. I click 'OK' and nothing happens. How can I remove Chrome?

 

[koolkat77]

Download and install Revo uninstaller:

:ar: Revo Uninstaller Pro - Uninstall Software, Remove Programs easily, Forced Uninstall

Try uninstalling in advanced mode.

BTW, have you tried rebooting and trying to uninstall?

 

[Roman5]

Download and install Revo uninstaller:

:ar: Revo Uninstaller Pro - Uninstall Software, Remove Programs easily, Forced Uninstall

Try uninstalling in advanced mode.

BTW, have you tried rebooting and trying to uninstall?

Thanks koolkat. I'd read about Revo Uninstaller but held back until I'd got advice from here. I'll reboot first and if that doesn't make any difference I'll try Revo in advanced mode. In fact, I may reboot into safe mode.

 

[koolkat77]

Keep us posted.

 

[Roman5]

Well you were right about rebooting. I then got an uninstall box all in japanese. Got it uninstalled including clear data, and reinstalled. Still don't understand why so many tabs aren't showing images of the visited pages. In fact the only two with images are websites but not the forums for those sites. Also, I've never really known how to get a visited site manually into a thumbnail tab, it just seems to do it randomly.

 

[koolkat77]

Well you were right about rebooting. I then got an uninstall box all in japanese. Got it uninstalled including clear data, and reinstalled. Still don't understand why so many tabs aren't showing images of the visited pages. In fact the only two with images are websites but not the forums for those sites. Also, I've never really known how to get a visited site manually into a thumbnail tab, it just seems to do it randomly.

Clear the history manually or with Ccleaner.

Browse the pages you usually browse several times.. and the thumbnail tabs should capture those images.

It happened with me too, but I stopped using chrome for certain reasons.

 

[Roman5]

I cleared everything with Ccleaner but still pictureless tabs except certain sites. The tab in the screenshot I posted above showing the thumbnail for this forum was blank earlier but just now it was showing the image of the page. Very odd behaviour, it's all a bit random. I'll stick with Chrome because it's still my favourite and it's fast, but this thumbnail business used to work much better in earlier versions. I also used to be able to drag a thumbnail and swap it with another in earlier chrome versions. Doesn't do that now, it just springs back in place.

 

[koolkat77]

I cleared everything with Ccleaner but still pictureless tabs except certain sites. The tab in the screenshot I posted above showing the thumbnail for this forum was blank earlier but just now it was showing the image of the page. Very odd behaviour, it's all a bit random. I'll stick with Chrome because it's still my favourite and it's fast, but this thumbnail business used to work much better in earlier versions. I also used to be able to drag a thumbnail and swap it with another in earlier chrome versions. Doesn't do that now, it just springs back in place.

I guess you should use an older version then.

And maybe this would help you: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/34690/refresh-most-visited-page-icons-in-google-chrome/

 

[Roman5]

I guess you should use an older version then.

And maybe this would help you: How to Refresh the Thumbnails on Google Chrome’s New Tab Page - How-To Geek

Still doesn't work. Do you know where I can install older versions? It must have been well over a year ago when there were versions where I could swap tabs around.

edit: well the thumbnail images are starting to appear, I now have two, one of which is this forum. I guess others will appear eventually.

 

[koolkat77]

You may get them here: Old Version of Google Chrome Download - OldApps.com
And like I said..they will appear after browsing the same pages for a while.. or days.

 

[Roman5]

You may get them here: Old Version of Google Chrome Download - OldApps.com
And like I said..they will appear after browsing the same pages for a while.. or days.

Thanks koolkat, will let you know how I get on.

 

[Roman5]

Wow nice. I installed Google Chrome '14.835.202' 04 October, 2011 which was the last version I had where tabs still swapped and it's all working properly again, thumbnails getting memorised properly and quickly, pretty much instantly. It doesn't have that nice sheen to the thumbnails of the later versions, but I don't care as long as it works well. I really don't know what happened with later versions but google seems to have messed up with them. At least for me, as I don't know how well they work for others.

 

[koolkat77]

Glad!

Feel free to mark the thread as solved if you feel it is.

 

[Roman5]

Yeah I'll do that. For now, I can use version 14. But I've also joined the chrome forum and asked them why I get these problems with the latest versions. Ideally, it would be nice to use the latest because of certain features not in version 14. Thanks for your help koolkat.

 

[koolkat77]

Yeah I'll do that. For now, I can use version 14. But I've also joined the chrome forum and asked them why I get these problems with the latest versions. Ideally, it would be nice to use the latest because of certain features not in version 14. Thanks for your help koolkat.

I feel what you're saying,
you're welcome