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Google Chrome won't open not launching nothing

I downloaded google chrome and it does absolutely nothing. No pop up Nada!


Here is what fixed it.


Open a finder window or click on the Desktop.

Hold down SHIFT+COMMAND on keyboard then press the letter G (⇧⌘G)

In the new window that just popped up copy and paste this ~/Library/Application Support

Then click Go

In the new window that popped up find the folder named "Google"

Right click on the folder and select Get Info

In the Get Info window click on the lock in bottom right corner

Enter your login password (you need to be an admin) and press enter

Click the + button on bottom left

From the drop down click on Administrators

Then click on select

At the bottom of window you should now see admin Under "Name"

To the right of amin click on "read only" and change to Read & Write

User uploaded file

Now click on the setting cog and select Apply to enclosed like this


User uploaded file


Click OK from the drop down.


Now try to open Google Chrome from the applications folder. This worked for me I hope it works for you.

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), null

Posted on Mar 14, 2016 4:41 PM

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Posted on Jan 31, 2018 9:38 PM

I followed these steps too and it still didn't work. Next, I went to the google file I found under the ~/Library/Application Support and deleted it. I then went and deleted the Google found under applications and did a fresh install. It worked. My wife is so happy! Thank you for sending me in the right direction.

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Google Chrome won't open not launching nothing

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