Re: PSA: Epic Privacy Browser Not Starting / Crashing On Open July 21 2025

On 2025-07-22 01:36:19 +0000, Yusuf Khan said:

On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 01:03:15 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote:

 *Not Starting / Crashing On Open: Windows & Mac Solutions
<https://blog.epicbrowser.com/2025/07/epic-not-starting-crashing-on-open-windows-mac-solutions/> 

 Is epic a new browser in the dozen-strong chromium browser family of brave,
chrome, chromium, dragon, internet explorer, iridium, iron, opera,
ungoogled chromium, & vivaldi?
 Those are the strangest workarounds I've ever seen for a chromium browser.
 Dear Epic Users, July 21, 2025
A few users are reporting issues with our most recent update that Epic
either doesn't open or immediately opens then closes. We have discovered a
few potential solutions to this issue.
 If you're using an older version of Windows or OSX, check if the latest
Chromium still supports your OS - if it doesn't, you'll need an older
version of Epic (email Alok for a link).
 If you're on a reasonably recent OS and you're facing this issue, try these
ideas in order:
     Open Epic Repeatedly. Open Epic. Epic may crash. Repeat. Re-open Epic.
Epic may crash. Re-open Epic. See if after trying to open Epic 10 to 20
times, it starts working fine.
    Delete the "default" folder after backing up passwords & bookmarks.
First backup Passwords & Bookmarks.  In Windows, open a window navigator,
then type %localappdata% and press return. Then open the "Epic Privacy
Browser" folder, then open the "User Data" folder, then open the "Default"
folder.  In Macs, first go to Application Support, then open the
"HiddenReflex" folder, then open the "User Data" folder. Then copy the
files (not the folders) in the "Default" folder - particularly "Bookmarks"
"Bookmarks.bak" "Login Data" "Login Data.journal" "TransportSecurity"
"Preferences" and any other files there.  Copy those files into some safe
folder on your system. After Backing up those files, simply delete the
"Default" folder in Epic, then re-open Epic. See if that fixes Epic. Upon
successful reinstallation of Epic, copy those files back to the same
location in the now working Epic to restore bookmarks & passwords.
    Uninstall Epic after backing up passwords & bookmarks. Delete all
registry entries from Epic and the Epic folder in %localappdata% for
Windows or the HiddenReflex folder in Application Support for Macs. Then
reinstall Epic.
 If none of these 3 solutions gets Epic working on your system again, email
our founder alok at hiddenreflex dot com.

Sounds as far from "epic" as you can get ... sounds they should rename it as "Pile of Utter Crap Web Browser". It is no surprise that the braindead moron troll "Marion" would use such garbage.