Google Chrome - "Missing File Error - Unable to Find Locale Data Files - Please Reinstall"

The error you're seeing is simple - Google Chrome cannot load because it doesn't have access to files required to get it running.

Whilst this can be caused by a number of potential issues, the core of the problem is that your chrome.exe application is either missing or incorrectly named, preventing Chrome from being able to load.

To fix the problem, you need to ensure you are able to either recover the lost file, or repair any of the damaged references it may have. There are a number of potential ways to do this, which I will detail in this article.

Causes


Corrupted Files
Incompatible Version
Duplicate Files With Incorrect Names
Damaged Plugins etc

The primary cause of the error is that chrome.exe is inaccessible