Is there a way to retrieve the internet address ?

[Eric Daleboudt]

I have a strange problem with Chrome on Win 10 using Beta

When Chrome updated to 55 my quicklinks were broken for some time.

They all just opened a new tab. A few weeks before 56 they did work again.

When 56 came around they were once again broken.

So I renamed default to default.old and let Chrome create a new profile

Now I can make quicklinks that do work.

But how the (bleep) do I get my dead links addresses back.

Please NOTE:

This does not apply to Win 7 there my old links still work. there I use Chrome beta as well.

So this is a serious problem of 56 on Win 10

[PhistucK]

What is a "quicklink"?

☆PhistucK

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[Eric Daleboudt]

Hello Phistuck,

Thanks for your reply.

The word quicklink in Holland is used for a link like this one.

Iexplore makes them just like any other link but chrome behaves differently

Left is a quicklink made with Chrome, right made manually.

B.t.w. Snelkoppeling (dutch) translates to Quicklink

 

This is how i make them.

[PhistucK]

Now I get it. The translation is "shortcut". :)

1. A URL shortcut and a regular shortcut is not the same thing (on Windows, anyway).

2. You way of creating a shortcut is "Creating application shortcuts...", which is not a regular "open a browser with this URL", it is "open this URL in Chrome (specifically) in application mode", which is a window without a toolbar and without an address bar.

Anyway, this sounds like a bug.

When I use "Create application shortcuts...", though, the target shows -

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"  --app=https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0

So, I see the URL in the shortcut.

Can you paste the full target ("Doel" in your case)?

It looks like you are trying to create a shortcut for a Chrome application (which is something you install from the web store), in which case, you must install the Chrome application again in order to open it using that shortcut.

A quick way to get to its installation page is to go to -
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ID

And replace that ID in the URL with the value of --app-id from the shortcut target (ihinnbdg... in your case).

Then click on Add to Chrome or Install in order to re-install that Chrome application and the shortcut should work (though your locally stored data might be missing since you renamed your profile directory)

☆PhistucK

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[Eric Daleboudt]

Hello Phistuck,

Thanks again, but I do not use a app to create a shortcut. Just the way I show in the last picture.

This is the target:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"  --profile-directory=Default --app-id=ohodnjbjlemfbkddflbpjfhmcmopcjda

Where do you see "Create application shortcuts..."

What I do would sound like "Create shortcut on desktop" and tick [Window]

[Eric Daleboudt]

In English:

Click theTree dots in the top righthand corner, Customize and control Chrome/More tools/Add to shelf..

Booted my Chromebook with my English account.

[Bastiaan Quast]

Hello,

Did you ever figure this out? / Is t gelukt om hier achter te komen?

I need this because I created a Chrome "Web App" / shortcut for Google Tasks, from the embeded part of Gmail, but I need to add some parameters to the URL for it to lead properly.

Bastiaan