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Status: Duplicate
Merged: issue 786778
Owner: ----
Closed: Nov 2017
EstimatedDays: ----
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OS: Windows
Pri: 2
Type: Bug



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Latest update totally killed Google Canary

Reported by bustyasi...@gmail.com, Nov 20 2017

Issue description

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:59.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/59.0

Steps to reproduce the problem:
I tried to updated Google Canary to latest version: 64.0.3273.0 and an error message now displays.

"The program can't start because openvr.api.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."

What is the expected behavior?
For Google Canary not to totally crash and die

What went wrong?
So this error window came directly from when I was updating Google Canary. I have deleted Google Canary from the computer and tried re-installing it and still get this error message. Can someone please tell me how to fix this error as I have done a search in Google Search and it displays zero answers to this error message with regards to Google Chrome.

Crashed report ID: nope

How much crashed? Whole browser

Is it a problem with a plugin? N/A 

Did this work before? N/A 

Chrome version: 64.0.3273.0  Channel: n/a
OS Version: 6.1 (Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2)
Flash Version: 

You forced me to use Firefox!!! Help me to get back to Google Canary.
 
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Comment 1 by rra...@gmail.com, Nov 20 2017

 Issue 786778 
Thank you for the link,.

For me, placing openvr_api.dll from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/openvr/tree/master/bin/win64 in c:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome SxS\Application\ fixes the issue on Windows 7 x64

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Comment 4 by klausw@chromium.org, Nov 20 2017

Mergedinto: 786778
Status: Duplicate (was: Unconfirmed)

Comment 5 by klausw@chromium.org, Nov 20 2017

Re "forced to use Firefox", please keep in mind that the Canary build is bleeding edge software intended for developer testing. You should install stable Chrome alongside it as a regular browser for normal use.

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