Google-chrome – Chrome no longer opens up PDFs

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Wondering if anyone who has experienced this and know a fix.

When your download a pdf that gets opened on chrome, it's a blank page. This is only happening on my computer I have tested this on my laptop and it was okay.

I have gone to chrome://plugins to verify the settings are good.

The one thing I believe it's problem with the software is because 1 out of 5 times I can refresh my page and the pdf will load. There is nothing wrong with the server serving the pdf.

Is there a way where I can "repair" chrome?

Best Answer

Could be related to:

Chromium Issue 594343

Disable GPU Rendering (PC / Mac)

Chrome -> Settings --> Click the Show advanced settings... Link at the bottom

Chrome Settings

Advanced Settings

Hardware Acceleration Setting

Scroll to the bottom under the System section and uncheck the box to Use hardware acceleration when available

Then close your browser, reopen and try again.

Then try opening the PDF file again.

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