Windows – How to get URL of currently opened webpage of Chrome application desktop shortcut

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A quick google on my need "How to get URL of currently opend webpage of Chrome application shortcut" give me nothing helpful.

So what is the fastest get the URL of an Chrome application desktop shortcut? In a browser, we simply copy the address bar.

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For example, let's say we create an application shortcut for this site at URL superuser.com; then we open it, and browse to this answer. At that moment, I want to share the page, and need to copy the URL of the currently opened website in front of my eye. I don't know how to right there.

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I'll try to answer this question. OP is asking for "Chrome Application", it can be created from Chromes menu->More tools->Create application shortcuts.

Once click this shortcut(its different from .url) it will open the URL in chrome but without address bar, menu button etc.. Here is a screenshot, desktop application and chrome side by side.

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So locating to address bar then ctrl+c wouldn't work. The only way I found, without an extension, is to use "View Page Source"(right click or Ctrl+U), with which, you get back to the standard chrome page with an address bar, then "ctrl+L, ctrl+C" will work, just need to remove the "view-source" from the copied content.

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