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by endijs 2350 days ago
I usually use only Firefox, but when I need to launch Chrome to test something, this reporter tool creates a very significant load one the system in terms of SSD and CPU usage. For the last few times I have simply killed the process, but will see if any of permanent ways to disable this reporter tool really work.
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pieter_mj 2350 days ago
Deleting it doesn't work since it is recreated on startup of chrome.

I modified the folder acl '\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\SwReporter' to not be able to run the executable. That seems to stick (at least when run as a limited user).

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leppr 2350 days ago
Does that also happen if Firefox is closed when you launch Chrome ?

I ask because for a long while I had a bug where launching Chromium while Firefox is running would show similar symptoms, on top of freezing Firefox. This didn't happen if I closed Firefox before launching Chromium.

Not sure if this is related.

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