@AshLee ,
Try:
Start Brave Browser from the command line; with errors output to a Desktop text file, “brave_console_out.txt”.
The command is in 4 parts:
Part 1 is the path to the Brave executable (
brave.exe)Part 2 is the flag (
--incognito)Part 3 directs error output (
2>) toPart 4 a file on your Desktop (
brave_console_out.txt)
NOTE that the location of opening and closing, plain/simple (not curly/smart) double-quote marks is important, in the following, lengthy command:
64 architecture
"C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe" --incognito 2> %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\brave_console_out.txt
Brave Browser will start and open a New Private Window (because: --incognito flag).
Additional flags to use, for testing; choose any single, or combo, with/without the --incognito flag:
--crash-on-failure
--disable-extensions
--disable-gpu
--enable-leak-detection
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If Brave Browser keeps running . . .
In a Brave Browser > New Window, go to: brave://settings/cookies
Disable: Clear cookies and site data when you close all windows
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Next, go to: brave://settings/clearBrowserData . . . and select the Clear browsing data > Basic tab.
Enable all 3 selections and click the Clear data button – BUT NOTE: the Clear cookies and other site data selection (when Enabled) will sign you out of most websites.
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Return to: brave://settings/clearBrowserData
For the Clear browsing data > On Exit tab:
- Disable:
Passwords and other sign-in data - Disable:
Site and Shields Settings
Click on the Save button.
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In a Brave Browser > New Window, go to: brave://net-internals/#dns
and click on Clear host cache
Next, go to: brave://net-internals/#sockets
and click on both (in succession):
Close idle socketsFlush socket pools
Exit/Quit everything and restart your computer.
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Notes re what are:
DNS cache:
Socket pool:
With pooling, instead of closing a connection after it is used, we can keep it idle while it waits to handle another request. This saves the resources required to create a new connection.
- Ref. : ‘https://betterprogramming.pub/build-a-tcp-connection-pool-from-scratch-with-go-d7747023fe14’
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In a Brave Browser > New Window - go to: brave://settings/security
Disable: Use secure DNS
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And maybe . . . in a Brave Browser > New Window, go to: brave://settings/?search=Continue+where+you+left+off
And adjust the settings to about:blank as shown;
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If you have Brave Browser to be the default Browser, choose a different Internet browser for that.
IOW, take steps to get Brave Browser free and clear from as many burdens as you can.
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