It is understood that the Family Safety feature of Windows 11 will block some of the websites from children, but it is also causing problems with Google’s Chrome browser, which is the most popular (very popular) competitor on Microsoft’s edge.
The problem first came to Windows June 3Per StuffyWhen many users began to see if they could not open the chrome or their browser would crash. Restarting your computer or re -installing Chrome was not fixed, and other browsers like Firefox and Opera did not affect.
On Monday, a Google spokesman posted Company Community Forum That he had investigated these reports and found that these cases were linked to the new feature of Microsoft’s Windows Family Safety. This optional feature is mainly used by parents and schools to handle children’s screen time, filter their web browsing and monitor their online activity.
Surprisingly, the Big has been running for weeks, and Microsoft has not yet released any patch. A wrote, “We have not heard anything about eliminating a fix from Microsoft. Chromium Engineer in Big Tracking Thread on June 10. “They have provided guidance to users who contact them how to get Chrome how to work again, but I don’t think it will have a big impact.”
Although this problem can be an innocent bug, Microsoft has a history of putting disturbing obstacles between Edge and Chrome to persuade users to stay with their browser. So at any time, technical Snapho forcing Windows PC to make the chrome more damaged, Microsoft understands some serious eyes with understanding.
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Thankfully, it seems that there are two ways to get around this problem while we wait for Microsoft to recover, and they are both easy.
The most straightforward is to close the setting of “filter inappropriate websites”. Family go to the Safety Mobile app or Family Safety Web PortalSelect the user account, and select to disable the “Filter Inappropriate Website” under the Edge tab. However, this will remove the guards on the Chrome and let your child access any website, including which you were trying to block the first place.
If you want to maintain the guards and still use Chrome, some users have said that changing the Chrome.Ex name in your Chrome folder (for example something like Chrome 1), even though enabled the family safety feature, the browser had the opportunity to work again.