You probably have a backup of (we hope?):
- bookmarks
- passwords
User Datafolder- Windows OS System Restore Points
See: Where Brave Browser Profiles Are Located
C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\[profile_folder_name]
Try a Brave Browser New Window and go to brave://profile-picker/ and take a screenshot, to report here.
Visit brave://version and scroll down to the Profile path: ← copy the info, except DO NOT display your Windows OS user account name (the [username]) and report here.
TRY: Start up Brave Browser - unburdened - using the Brave Browser shortcut on your computer’s Desktop.
For the following Changed Path, the switches are intended to:
- Start up Brave Browser, using the “Default” named user Profile folder [
--profile-directory="Default"] - Showing a New Private Window [
--incognito] - Disable all experiments at
brave://flags[--no-experiments] - Disable extensions [
--disable-extensions] - Disable hardware (GPU) ie Graphic Acceleration [
--disable-gpu] - Enable leak detection and if that failure occurs, then crash the browser [
--enable-leak-detection --crash-on-failureare a combo] - Produce error/log output to a file named ‘brave_console_out.txt’ on the Window OS Desktop
Changed Path - different commands depending upon your type of Windows OS machine’s architecture, and whether or not you made a system level or user level installation:
64 architecture, system level installation:
"C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe" --profile-directory="Default" --incognito --no-experiments --disable-extensions --disable-gpu --enable-leak-detection --crash-on-failure 2> %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\brave_console_out.txt
x86 architecture, system level installation:
"C:\Program Files(x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe" --profile-directory="Default" --incognito --no-experiments --disable-extensions --disable-gpu --enable-leak-detection --crash-on-failure 2> %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\brave_console_out.txt
64 / x86 architecture, user level installation (NOTE: you must substitute your Windows OS user account name for [UserName]):
"C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe" --profile-directory="Default" --incognito --no-experiments --disable-extensions --disable-gpu --enable-leak-detection --crash-on-failure 2> %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\brave_console_out.txt
Notice that the existing path, BEFORE the additions, is enclosed by double-quote marks:
"C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe"
And, everything added to the existing path, is located after the existing path.
In a Brave Browser New Window, go to brave://local-state and search for the exact character string: "Default": {
Your result should resemble something like the following:
