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Opening chrome, I often get the error "The aplication failed to initialize properly" 0x000012d error.Reinstallation didn't help. I've also reset my OS Windows 10, but after a few days, it gave the same error.

Sometimes, I also get the error: The laptop often says "low in memory". You need to restart all your programs. and then it hangs.

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  • Are your memory chips soldered on, or on removable modules? If they are removable, it may help to reinsert them, to break any oxidation layer that has been forming on the contacts and interfering with communication.
    – Ben Voigt
    Commented Feb 7, 2017 at 7:01
  • They are soldered. The error occurs only on Windows 10 but not on Linux 16.04, dual booted.
    – Satyam
    Commented Feb 7, 2017 at 7:02
  • Run a malware scan. If you are running low on memory more often than you used to, it means something started using more.
    – Ben Voigt
    Commented Feb 7, 2017 at 7:03
  • I've tried it. Do you know what is 0x000012d error, exactly?
    – Satyam
    Commented Feb 7, 2017 at 7:07
  • If it's coming from Windows, it is Invalid Oplock Protocol Opportunistic locks are used when more than one program might try to access the same database file, to keep them from interfering with each other. Check and make sure that no copies of Chrome are already running (check Task Manager details tab for chrome.exe), because nothing except Chrome itself should ever lock Chrome data files.
    – Ben Voigt
    Commented Feb 7, 2017 at 7:09

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On Win 10 Home, I am not sure which of my attempts worked,

  • but I ran SFC /scannow,
  • then ran some of the DISM commands, as administrator,
  • then shut everything down, cleaned out dust and dirt from inside the computer, fans & heatsinks,(because maybe it was running too hot),
  • then took out the memory chips to clean the contacts and set them back in, CAREFULLY.
  • Next I thought of the size of the virtual memory, in the pagefile, and after much searching I found where that was hidden, and I tripled the size of all its parameters.
  • I also stopped Malwarebytes from running concurrently with Avast Security.

After all that, the low memory problem, instability and crashing disappeared.
So, I must have done something right. As I like to say: I am not always wrong! It's a low standard, but you gotta start somewhere.

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  • Running two antivirus packages together is always going to knacker your speed. It is a schoolboy error.
    – Judith
    Commented Nov 16, 2022 at 13:08

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