Comments on: Google Earth not working or opening; crashes or freezes on Windows 11 https://www.thewindowsclub.com/google-earth-not-working-freezes TheWindowsClub covers authentic Windows 11, Windows 10 tips, tutorials, how-to's, features, freeware. Created by Anand Khanse, MVP. Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:22:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anand Khanse https://www.thewindowsclub.com/google-earth-not-working-freezes#comment-63751 Tue, 08 May 2018 04:24:00 +0000 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/?p=143207#comment-63751 In reply to Pete Stark.

Google Earth (since 1 year) requires you to use Chrome. Old version for desktop still available here: https://www.google.com/earth/desktop/

]]> By: Pete Stark https://www.thewindowsclub.com/google-earth-not-working-freezes#comment-63750 Mon, 07 May 2018 20:52:00 +0000 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/?p=143207#comment-63750 Sorry to see Google earth go.
It was one of the “Killer Apps” that energized the internet.
What went wrong?

]]> By: Corey https://www.thewindowsclub.com/google-earth-not-working-freezes#comment-63548 Sat, 21 Apr 2018 10:13:00 +0000 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/?p=143207#comment-63548 Google Earth pro stopped working for me as well, I also tried everything Simon Danielsen discussed, but the funny thing is, Google Earth web will not load either, I really liked it and the various pictures of my old growth forest over time, this sucks!

]]> By: Simon Danielsen https://www.thewindowsclub.com/google-earth-not-working-freezes#comment-63418 Fri, 13 Apr 2018 07:21:00 +0000 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/?p=143207#comment-63418 Google Earth Pro is indispensible to my work, I have it open all day, but it can be incredibly unreliable and apparently random.
Yesterday, it suddenly began crashing whenever I added a placemark. I have deleted the cache, physically deleted all of the My Places files, uninstalled and reinstalled the program, tried installing an older version of GE, restarted my computer several times, drastically cut the size of the KMZ files I was using (they are generally placemarks created in the field with photographs and notes attached), all to no avail – it still crashes whenever I add a placemark (but not a line or a polygon) AND I have certain KMZ files open (KMZs I created in the field with photos and notes attached) that were created in Avenza Maps in the last month (files created in Avenza Maps from more than a month ago don’t cause it to crash when a placemark is added). These KMZ files are from 10-18 MB in size.
I know Avenza updated their software recently, but they take no responsibility for what happens in GE.
AND, I have been using these KMZs for a month so far with no problem – the problem started suddenly yesterday.
I also updated my graphics drivers on my computer.
It seems I have to close those files to create a placemark, then open them afterwards.
I can use the exact same KMZ files in GE on my laptop, which uses the same version of Windows 10, without this problem occurring.
Any idea what I can do? I can work around it, but it is very frustrating!

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