Windows 10: Browser crashes when trying to upload a file

I'm using Windows 10 Desktop PC, and this issue has been happening for a while now. It initially started with Google Chrome my main browser, but now all browsers - Firefox and Edge - are affected, which leads me to believe that it's a Windows 10 issue and not a browser-specific problem. Any time I try to upload a file—an image to a Twitter or LinkedIn post or an attachment to an email in Gmail - my browser crashes regardless of file size or format, especially when I try to add or edit the text of the message. I performed SFC/scannow, and everything appears to be okay. I also tried reinstal

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Browsers Crash when Opening File Save or File Upload

So I recently upgraded to windows 10 from windows 7 and now have been having this annoying issue with my browsers. So whenever I try to upload or a download a file my browser crashes. So when I either click upload or download, it is supposed to open the
browse window you know to choose the file to upload or either choose the destination to upload. But what happens is that it doesn't open that window. Then the browser crashes. But on my windows bar it shows the green progress thing on the browser saying that
the file is being downloaded but it really doesn't. I find that when I delete all files in my download folder it fixes my problem. But that gets real tedious to do every time. Also I find these weird temp files every now and then in the download folder. If
you have a solution please help I can't find anything on the internet.

 

Increase image file upload size cap

that's a good idea

 

Increase image file upload size cap

Okay, first off, people need to learn to calm down. That includes the OP and everyone replying. I would consider this a very legitimate concern he raises and I'll explain why and what I would suggest to fix it to address all the concerns brought up.

I see three sides to this.

• OneMoar wants to upload bigger files. Generally speaking, most users are lazy so this is a valid concern from a usability standpoint. While I do believe there should be an upload limit, there should be a separate storage limit.
• Concern with bandwidth: I suspect that uploading images is a relatively small amount of bandwidth and that serving up said images is much more costly. So that would put emphasis on getting not putting if bandwidth is a concern.
• Storage, a very real concern because a lot of images adds up quickly which adds a need to efficiently store said images.

So my suggestion (assuming W1zz wanted to do this out of kindness of his heart,) is this:

• Increase upload limit to 10-20MB max.
• Institute a storage limit of 2-5MB max.
• Use PHP's GD library to convert uploaded images to JPEG or PNG.
  • PNGs tend to look nicer than JPEGs, but use more space. Probably preferable for smaller images or images requiring transparency.
  • JPEG tends to be very flexible when it comes to quality and the amount of compression. PHP's GD lib gives you control over this.

So long as the image is uploaded in a format GD can read which includes most commonly used formats, it may not be unrealistic to re-store it in a different format. It's also not unrealistic to use GD to scale the image as well.

I've used GD before and it's relatively easy to use and is relatively quick with respect to performance. I would be willing to write up some examples with respect to how to do it if it were welcomed.

Side note: I see a watermark, GD might be getting used already so this might not be a stretch if the CPU cycles are there to spare.