Ubuntu – Google Chrome opens in a new window in a new launcher icon

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When I open Google Chrome on Ubuntu 14.04, it opens a new window on a different launcher icon (I have Chrome in my Launcher pinned) and the title of the window is a tab that I don't have open any more. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Google Chrome.

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rm $HOME/.local/share/applications/google-chrome-*.desktop

From then on, Unity launcher won't create a second icon when you open Chrome.

I suspect that file is created when Chrome navigates directly to a site upon launch. The google-chrome-*.desktop file gives Unity a different Name value for Google Chrome than that defined when the application was added to the launcher, so Unity launcher doesn't know it's the same application.

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In Terminal run :

gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop

If the resulting Gedit is empty, add following lines to it (Copy and Paste):

If it is not empty, edit the available content in it to become as following:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=
Name=Google Chrome
GenericName=Web Browser
Exec=google-chrome %F
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=google-chrome
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
StartupWMClass=google-chrome
StartupNotify=true
Actions=NewWindow;Incognito;TempProfile;
X-AppInstall-Package=google-chrome

[Desktop Action NewWindow]
Name=Open a New Window
Exec=google-chrome
TargetEnvironment=Unity

[Desktop Action Incognito]
Name=Open a New Window in incognito mode
Exec=google-chrome --incognito
TargetEnvironment=Unity

[Desktop Action TempProfile]
Name=Open a New Window with a temporary profile
Exec=google-chrome --temp-profile
TargetEnvironment=Unity

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