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Dec 25, 2014 11:57PM PST

I am still having problems after answers from a previous post. So maybe someone here can help. I have a desk-top computer, all in one, Gateway One, Model # ZX6980, with Winsows 8, with 6 GB of ram. For some reason, each time I bootup I get 6 icons of Google Chrome on my taskbar. Can someone tell me how to stop this from happening? I have deleted Google Chrome twice and reinstalled it to no avail. Going to msconfig did not work. Thanks. ~Al

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Dec 26, 2014 12:23AM PST

I have a strong assumption that Chrome is set to open any Chrome you had stored upon boot-up. Even, during a re-install of Chrome, you *probably* kept the old setting which re-assume in the new install -OR- each new install of Chrome has been noted and thus the x-Chrome browsers are present. Either way, I suggest you do a true total removal of Chrome, not just the plain install. I use "REVO uninstaller", google for it and get that installed. Once done, run it and use the advance mode after selecting the "un-install" of pgm. you want. That way, it finds all remenets of the pgm. and if so instructed, reboot after all is done. This is the easy way of de-installing any pgm., and is far more in depth than simple windows uninstall. If you have done multiple installs of Chrome, then you may have to do a another uninstall if that appears again on the taskbar. The only other possible link maybe you have some updating service that is all wrong and simply installs another Chrome. Chrome does have "automatic update" setting which can't be turned-OFF its suppose to update in the backgrd., but if hosed and under Win 8 maybe an entirely new headache. Try that and check results.

tada ------Willy Happy

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I'd remove Chrome entirely for now.
Dec 26, 2014 12:00AM PST

Try Firefox for a while.

Without a report from say AUTORUNS, HIJACKTHIS and maybe more I think it's time to just ignore Chrome.

I have my own question though. Has Windows day passed? I mean, can we ask folk today to dive into their PC and know what their Windows is doing?
Bob

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Re: icons on taskbar
Dec 26, 2014 12:00AM PST

I suppose this happens if you pin a url to the taskbar and have Chrome as your default browser. Does unpin work?

Kees