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Windows 10- Locks up "waiting for cache"
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Window 10 was working very well until recently after upgrading to Windows Edge chrome (or at least the is the only event that I can associated to this issue) I am getting persistent OS stalls or "not responding" that affect all applications when running Edge. Common to see "waiting for cache" in lower left browser window when the the entire system stalls and stops responding. Common to see the cursor hour glass for 30 or more seconds before system and affected applications start to respond normally.
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Anonymous
2020-08-11T04:54:38+00:00 I am having this too, and I have been running the Edge Chromium beta channel since January and it only started recently after an OS update. I am going to try disabling all extensions first.
As a similar, possibly related issue - explorer is also freezing and task manager stops updating. Hitting CTRL-ALT-DEL seems to also clear up everything, including the "waiting for cache" issue.
FYI, this is on a Microsoft Surface Pro 7
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Anonymous
2020-08-10T12:22:30+00:00 So I see the 'waiting for cache issue' too on Chrome, which eventually locks the entire PC.
This is on a brand new custom PC, running AMD Ryzen and NVMe SSD disk.. Edge Chromium was installed automatically with the Win 10 2004 update - but I've just uninstalled Edge Chromium now . Will see if that makes a difference...
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Anonymous
2020-08-08T17:10:51+00:00 Update observation issue with "waiting for Cache"
- If I start my PC session and exclusively use only Google Chrome, I don't encounter this issue.
- If shut down Google Chrome and I launch Edge Chrome, the issue immediately occurs with annoying frequently. The Win-10 Home OS + any apps that are currently running lock up until the "Waiting for Cache" has cleared.
- If I have both Google Chrome and Edge Chrome running concurrently the issue occurs frequently and affects both browsers.
- If I shut down Google Chrome and continue using Edge Chrome (*without restarting Win-10 OS) the issue continues to occur frequently.
- If I shut down Edge Chrome and keep using Google Chrome (* again without restarting Win-10 OS), the issue continues to occur frequently.
- If I shut down both Google Chrome and Edge Chrome and then perform a restart Win10-OS, then launch only Google Chrome, I don't encounter this issue.
So what does this little DYI test tell me? There is something embedding in the Win Edge Chrome browser code that seems to cause this issue and it also affects Google Chrome (some shared files?) until there is a restart and fresh install of Win-10 OS. I hope there is some computer expert out there that can use this observation to help diagnose a cure (it is not COVID-19). I think the source is MS Edge Chrome.
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Anonymous
2020-08-08T15:27:47+00:00 Don't know if it was because of updates, but no issues in the past two weeks. Everything has been running fine and I've been using Edge and MWB