Windows 10 I hope this the proper place to post, or should I go here issues ? I just downloaded [BRAVE] This has happened on multiple occasions. My main problem has always been, not long after installing, selecting extension and choosing whatever settings within the device that suit me, until o…

Maybe somebody would be kind enough to direct me to somewhere else I could get assistance?

Can you fully uninstall Brave by clicking on the “Clear browsing data” toggle in the Brave uninstaller, then install Brave from the official site( https://brave.com ), rather than Github? I am a user, not a Brave employee.

@noelen Brave Browser Beta Releases: ‘ https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases?q=beta&expanded=true ’ Brave Browser Nightly Releases: ‘ https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases?q=nightly&expanded=true ’ Brave Browser Stable Releases: ‘ https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/blob/mast…

@289wk Thanks for responding. Microsoft Windows 10 Professional (x64) Build 19045.7291 (22H2) I use Brave portable. This is where I go for updates Releases Apparently, I downloaded the nightly by mistake. I just opened it, and got an “update failed” notification. I downloaded Release v1.90.12…

@noelen I have no simple solution for you. I hope that you will explore all of the possible directories where you may have - over time - installed 1 or more types of Brave Browser. IF you can get Brave Nightly running long enough … certainly go to brave://version and look at: Executable Path: P…

Currently, the Brave nightly is operating normally, as far as I can determine. In brave://settings/help, this is the error message that immediately appeared after launch with the loss of data. [BRAVE ERROR ABOUT] I mentioned earlier that, for whatever reason, things went back to normal after one…

@noelen Go to brave://version and get both: Executable Path: Profile Path: Report here.

Can you just use Brave stable (non-portable)? Does that not have the same issues that you currently face?

@noelen Please complete: “N:\BRAVE PORTABLE\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data” Based upon your screenshot , the Profile Path at ‘brave://version’ may be: “N:\BRAVE PORTABLE\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default” Do you also have additional Brave user profiles there, such as: “N…

[image] 289wk: Based upon your screenshot , the Profile Path at ‘brave://version’ may be: “N:\BRAVE PORTABLE\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default” Correct [image] 289wk: Do you also have additional Brave user profiles there, such as: No, but for future reference, if I did w…

Can't get Brave Nightly to work for a sustained length of time

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Can't get Brave Nightly to work for a sustained length of time

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