Just launched Chrome for the first time today on the work machine which is some Asus k55n ds81 16GB 1TB 5400 RPM hybrid drive and it launched in 4 seconds.
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I have had Windows 8 for about 8 months, and in the last 30 days I find that more than half the time Chrome is either very slow to open (30 sec to 1 minute) or won't open at all. But when I try to open Explorer, it opens immediately. Is there a Chrome compatibility issue, or is Windows doing bad things to Chrome?

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