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I am encountering a strange issue in Chrome after receiving the latest update. Wherever I enter any URL such as youtube.com nothing happens no error nothing, just the page does not load.
Here is what I already tried
Uninstalled Chrome
Run a repair from control panel
delete the file local state under users/user/appdata/local/google/chrome/user data
Signed out of the browser
delete the file name master_preferences under c/program files/google/chrome/application
Installed an older version
But unfortunately unable to load any URL, also I did check the console logs and there are no data at all, neither 200 or 204
The funny fact is that it works if I do the following
Open in Incognito or lunch Chrome in compatibility mode and select Windows 8
The version I am running is 106.0.5249.91
Any ideas/suggestions?
Thank you in advance!

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