Sometimes google will get messed up and you won't be able to launch it. You will see it as a background process in Task Manager but it will never actually launch the browser.
1
Hardware Acceleration
If Chrome is not launching or giving a white screen try these steps first.
Note: This will need to be done per user on that machine.
2
Edit Shortcut
Find a Chrome shortcut, either on the desktop, or search "Chrome" then right click and open file location.
Then right-click the shortcut and select "Properties"
3
Stay on Target
Go to the Shortcut tab at the top
Either replace the Target field with the below text OR append -disable-gpu Quote are needed "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -disable-gpu
Then click OK
4
Start Chrome
Start Google Chrome using that shortcut and it will launch, However, we need to fix it now for all shortcuts
Go to settings by entering in chrome://settings/system
toggle the switch to off.
5
Cleanup
Test closing chrome, and reopening it from OTHER shortcuts, it should start without issue now.
Then edit the shortcut to only include the below line, so it does not cause future issues
ctrl+alt+del or right click on the task bar and open Task Manager.
Find everything google and chrome related.
End all things Google and Chrome related.
10
Delete all shortcuts
Delete the shortcuts on the desktop
Delete the shortcut on the task bar (if the exist)
11
Find the Exe
Navigate to the following location: C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application and locate the chrome.exe file
12
Rename and move
Rename the chrome file to chrome1.
Right-click and sent to>Desktop(create shortcut).
13
Rename desktop Shortcut
Rename the desktop shortcut from chrome1-Shortcut to chrome.
14
Create Taskbar Icon
If the user wants the Icon on the Taskbar do the following:
Launch Chrome.
Right-click on the icon on thee taskbar for the open chrome window.
Choose pin to TaskBar option.
15
TEST TEST TEST
Make sure you close and open Chrome a few times from both the desktop and the Taskbar. Make sure to close it after each attempt and finally on the last one try to open multiple windows.