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December 29, 2021
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Zoom crashing issues when joining

  • December 29, 2021
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So when I try to join a zoom meeting it keeps crashing or it says zoom not responding in the task manager. This also happens when I open up specifically the audio section of the zoom settings. I've tried most things like my windows is up to date, reinstalling zoom multiple times, and updating all my drivers but it still doesn't work. If anyone could help me resolve or find a solution that would bee great. 

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Community Champion | Employee
December 29, 2021

Hello Peyton1,  usually on Windows operating systems, this behavior occurs when browser or PC resources are lacking.  I suggesting the following.  

  1. Clear browser cache and cookies
  2. Check in Windows Task Manager if there are multiple instances of Zoom processes running.  If so, close or kill those processes
  3. Clear Windows temporary files from cache using the Windows Disk Cleanup utility
  4. Validate that Zoom has the required permissions for the camera and microphone. This can be done in the Settings app in the Privacy-> App Permission menu.  Validate that the permission to allow the desktop to access the camera is enabled as well as the microphone.  You can find these settings on the side menu.

DDubZoomer

Peyton1Author
Newcomer
December 29, 2021

Thanks for the suggestions actually it worked. Not sure which one worked because it did them all and then a restart fixed it. Thanks for the help!

Community Champion | Employee
December 30, 2021

You are welcome!

Community Champion | Employee
January 20, 2022

Excellent!  Please do the following.

  1. Quit/close Google Chrome and re-launch 
  2. Quit/close the Zoom client and re-launch it.  
  3. Lastly, have a colleague start a Zoom meeting and invite you to join it. 

Please reply with the results of your ability to join the meeting.

 

DDubZoomer

Newcomer
January 27, 2022

it still has the same issue

Community Champion | Employee
January 31, 2022

Hello @Jabirar ,

You mentioned in an earlier post that you had tried the suggestions I made to the original community member of this post, in addition to clearing browser cache and cookies.  They were as follows.  

  1. Check in Windows Task Manager if there are multiple instances of Zoom processes running.  If so, close or kill those processes
  2. Clear Windows temporary files from cache using the Windows Disk Cleanup utility
  3. Validate that Zoom has the required permissions for the camera and microphone. This can be done in the Settings app in the Privacy-> App Permission menu.  Validate that the permission to allow the desktop to access the camera is enabled as well as the microphone.  You can find these settings on the side menu.  

You mentioned that performing these tasks has not resolved your issue.  One other option is to try joining a test meeting from this support page  .   If this is not successful, I believe your best course of action outside of,

  1. deinstalling the Zoom client,
  2. rebooting and reinstalling the client,
  3. closing all tabs to reduce browser memory usage

is to call or log a support ticket with Zoom technical support to have a support engineer do a forensic analysis of your issue.   You can reach Zoom support at this link .

 

If this response has resolved your question, please click the Accept as Solution button below to share this solution with the Community

 

DDubZoomer