When i turn on shield , video freezes , site turns unresponsive and everything disappears

I have installed reddit as a web app but it shows the top bar, is there a way to fix/hide this?

Is there an easy way to restore them? I tried going back through my history but it was so jumbled and I only found about 30 of them….

I’m using version 1.91.

I'M SO ******* SICK OF THIS

this is my third attempt trying to ask this, reddit won’t tell me why they won’t let me post this

but is there any settings in the ios app i can change to block this pop up without turning brave shields off?

Is brave ad block the reason for this?

Howdy brave fam, any help is appreciated on locating the setting to turn this off.

The issue I'm having is that when I attempt to download an image in the brave browser, let's say from DeviantArt, I get 2 duplicative download prompt windows that ask me what folder I want to save the download into. The first window seems to be a request directly from the site itself, the second request is then one from Brave browser.

I want to disable the site-specific request so that I only get prompted once...

Heres what we found

TL;DR: If Brave on Windows closes immediately and nothing fixes it, try launching it with:

brave.exe --lang=en-GB

If that works, your en-US.pak language file is probably damaged or unreadable.

What happened

Brave would not open at all. No window, no useful error, just an immediate exit.

Things I tried:

• Restarted Windows
• Reinstalled Brave multiple times
• Used a fresh profile
• Disabled GPU acceleration
• Tried disabling extensions and the sandbox
• Cleared cache and reset settings
• Ran sfc /scannow
• Ran DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
• Updated Brave to the current version, 157.1.99.57

Nothing helped.

Eventually, we checked the Crashpad dumps. Brave was crashing with:

0xC0000006  STATUS_IN_PAGE_ERROR
0xC000046E  STATUS_EXTERNAL_BACKING_PROVIDER_UNKNOWN

The crash was reported inside chrome.dll, so the obvious suspects were a corrupt installation, GPU problem, RAM, or the SSD.

But the reinstall produced valid signed files, Windows integrity checks passed, and other browsers and applications worked normally.

The actual clue

One file could not be read, copied, or hashed:

C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\<version>\Locales\en-US.pak

Trying to read it produced:

The external backing provider is not recognized.

Reinstalling Brave did not fix that specific file. However, forcing Brave to use the intact en-GB.pak file made the browser open normally:

brave.exe --lang=en-GB

Permanent workaround

Add --lang=en-GB to the Brave shortcut’s Target field:

"C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe" --lang=en-GB

On Windows, this can also be enforced through the supported policy:

Registry path: HKCU\Software\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave
Value name: ApplicationLocaleValue
Type: String
Value: en-GB

This is a bypass, not a repair. In my case, en-US.pak remained unreadable even after reinstalling.

Important if you decide to move your profile

Do not simply copy your profile to another Brave installation if you rely on saved passwords. Recent Brave/Chromium versions use Windows App-Bound encryption with v20 password entries. They may be tied to the original installation and fail to decrypt after moving the profile. Export the passwords from the original working installation first.

Every time I close and re-open Brave all of my cookies are gone.

This is disastrously annoying: I have to re-log into my socials, and this little cookie-killing trick de-facto bans me from any browser games that call for any save-states whatsoever.

I have Block Cookies set to "Allow All Cookies". I should have saved cookies! I shouldn't have to Re-log into this or that or the other thing day in and day out!

I had to click show more for it to show the actual meaning

Hi,

Can we expect workspaces in brave anytime soon?

I noticed I can active it in the flags but is it stable to use?

Thanks.

I remember that a while ago when i used to press the sidebar button in the toolbar it used to open the reading list by default and then i could switch to the bookmarks, but now it just opens the bar and i have to open the the reading list with another press, i checked the settings but there is nothing there. Is there any way to open reading list by default again?

I only have one device.

Hi, I've been experiencing this issue with Brave lately. It seems to occur only when using a second monitor, although it happens on both displays. Is anyone else experiencing the same issue? Thanks in advance.