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Version 5.6.2867.62.x64 not launching after (KB5022360) update
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I'll preface the description of my current issue with this: I have experienced an increasing frequency of Vivaldi crashing over the last month or so.
Since yesterday, Feb. 4, 2023, after running the 2023 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5022360), launching the browser will briefly create the outline of a window, but within a fraction of a second, that window will close.
Subsequently, after manually downloading the installer again from the Vivaldi website, and reinstalling it over the existing version, the issue remains. (I'm not 100% sure if that last download is the same version as pre-Windows Update KB5022360, but it likely is, because I'd run the update from Vivaldi's Check for Updates menu only a few days ago.)
I had noticed at the end of the install routine, both after the the version Update launched from within Vivaldi a few days ago (pre-Windows Update KB5022360), and after the manual re-install (post-Windows Update KB5022360), there was no prompt indicating that the installation had completed - one would expect some sort of confirmation. Therefore, I suspect, the install might have prematurely terminated. Though Vivaldi would still launch after that first version update.
I checked my security software's log (Bitdefender Total Security). It noted the start of Vivaldi.exe, and granted it network access - as expected. Therefore, I don't think it is interfering with Vivaldi.
Nothing else (e.g. software install, driver updates) has changed on this computer recently.
Note: I tend to have many tabs open, and Vivaldi is set to open all tabs from the previous session. (typically close to 200 tabs, and that number has been much higher in the past without a problem)
On another laptop (75 tabs open) also running Win11 and Vivaldi, same versions, Vivaldi starts up fine.
Any ideas what might be happening?The affected desktop's specs: Win 11 Pro, OS Build: 22H2; 22621.1194, GigaByte B450 Aorus Pro Wifi, AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 16 GB RAM, NVIDIA Quadro 4000
Non-affected laptop's specs: Win11 Home, OS Build: 22H2; 22621.1194, MSI Modern 14 B4MW, AMD Ryzen 5 4500U w/Radeon Graphics, 8 GB RAM
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@engel07 Does the other laptop have the KB5022360 installed and Bitdefender?
Otherwise, the cause should be different. Do you use extensions? -
Yes, that other laptop has KB5022360 installed, and the same version of Bitdefender.
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Five hours after submitting the original post, I have finally been able to fire up Vivaldi. (1 regular window and two private ones, each with many tabs open from saved sessions.) However, within minutes, the private windows crashed, as I tried to open a fourth window, loading a saved session with many tabs.
I typically have three windows open - one normal, and two private ones.
Is there a limit to how many tabs can be open simultaneously? . -
@engel07
Hi, sometimes a tab block Vivaldi from start or a session/tab file is corrupt.
Open:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\Default\
There is a folder "Sessions", it should look like this:
Move the files to a save place, Vivaldi should start but without your tabs.
If this work you can try to get your tabs back.Cheers, mib
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@engel07
The limit is only your RAM, check if Lazy loading is enabled.
Yesterday I have 126 tabs in one window, it takes 7 GB RAM.
Settings > General > Startup with ... -
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@mib2berlin, shortly after my last post I realized that the number of open Vivaldi windows or tabs doesn't matter, as I have been happily working with over 1000 open tabs every day. Vivaldi remains completely stable.
HOWEVER, as soon as I started working in google apps (e.g., gmail, google calendar, google contacts), it is only a matter of minutes until Vivaldi crashed.
I had to perform some activity, e.g., modifying the calendar date of a calendar item, or opening up a draft email to edit it. Most of the time, a few such activities in one of the google apps, performed in short sequence, would get Vivaldi to crash.
Since mid-February I have been using the google apps only in Firefox. (Absolutely no problems, there!) I haven't tried them in Vivaldi again.
THEREFORE, unless Vivaldi developers already tracked down and fixed the problem since then, I recommend the examine what is happening with those google apps. Could be that google, once again, is intentionally not playing nice with Vivaldi.
