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    Chrome running nacl64.exe using up to 50% resources.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by tonyr6, Jul 30, 2014.

  1. tonyr6

    tonyr6 Notebook Consultant

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    My laptop is very hot now when I open Chrome I find nacl64.exe using a bunch of resources almost 50%. It started since the latest update. I uninstalled and reinstalled Chrome and it is still running in the background. I searched on Google which was a complete waste of time just giving me spam links that tell me nothing. I am going to uninstall Chrome my laptop is on fire. After deleting nacl64.exe Chrome is back to normal again.

    I have no idea where this file came from but deleting it is the only solution.
     
    tonyr6, Jul 30, 2014
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    tonyr6 Notebook Consultant

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    After digging on Google search the second page search results actually told me how to fix it the first page was useless spam links. Anyway I fixed it was the Google Play extension I just removed it for good.
     
    tonyr6, Jul 30, 2014
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    ComradeQuestion Notebook Consultant

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    I assume some extension is using Native Client and doing a bad job of it. Disabling extensions one by one until you find the culprit is the easiest fix.
     
    ComradeQuestion, Jul 31, 2014
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    This was caused by Chrome running in the background on my HP Split running Win 8.1
    To disable:
    Go to Chrome Settings, Advanced Settings.
    Scroll to bottom and UNCHECK "Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed"
     
    tomorthomas, May 6, 2015
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