BRAVE NOT GETTING OPEN

Brave Not Opening Properly & Extension Corruption Issues

Hello,

I’m facing multiple issues with Brave Browser on my Windows 10 system:

  1. Brave Extensions Corrupted
  • I keep getting warnings in my logs that an extension (ddojnmkongaimkdddgmcccldlfhokcfb) is corrupted across multiple profiles.
  • The error message says:

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Corruption detected in extension ddojnmkongaimkdddgmcccldlfhokcfb
  • Brave is not automatically repairing it.
  1. Brave Won’t Open Properly
  • When I run the command to disable extensions:

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& "C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe" --disable-extensions

Brave doesn’t show any output or error; it just does nothing.
3. Tried These Fixes (Didn’t Work)

  • Tried manually launching brave.exe (nothing happens).
  • Checked Task Manager and ended all Brave processes.
  • Ran Brave with --verbose but got no useful logs.
  • Deleted the corrupted extension manually from C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data.
  • Reinstalled Brave completely, but the issue persists.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

Without BB running, please delete the ‘Caches’ folder, and delete the ‘Cookies’ file.

Caches (folder):

  • %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default\Cache\

Cookies (file):

  • %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default\Cookies

Change the path within the Brave Browser shortcut on your computer’s Desktop.

For the following Changed Path, the switches are intended to:

  • Start up Brave Browser, showing a New Private Window [–incognito]
  • Disable all experiments at brave://flags [–no-experiments]
  • Disable extensions [–disable-extensions]
  • Disable hardware (GPU) ie Graphic Acceleration [–disable-gpu]
  • Enable leak detection and if that failure occurs, then crash the browser [–enable-leak-detection --crash-on-failure are a combo]
  • Produce error/log output to a file named ‘brave_console_out.txt’ on the Windows OS Desktop

Changed Path:

64 architecture (change the path to):

"C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe" --incognito --no-experiments --disable-extensions --disable-gpu --enable-leak-detection --crash-on-failure 2> %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\brave_console_out.txt

Notice that the existing path, BEFORE the additions, is enclosed by double-quote marks. And, everything added to the existing path, is located after the existing path.

TEST your issue(s).

You might find some interesting info in the brave_console_out.txt file on your Desktop.


While BB is running, go to brave://extensions and disable / remove any and all extensions that you have added / find there. Also, please DISABLE the Developer Mode switch (for test purposes).


While BB is running, ENABLE the following, so Brave receives info:


After you click the “Send Now” button, return to brave://crashes and gather up the Crash ID numbers. Post the numbers, here [that is, your OP - Original Post], in a reply.


Footnote: Brave Browser has various components, and some have Component IDs that are similar to the extension ID that you reported in your OP.


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