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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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answered 2 Years ago untroo · Accepted Answer

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.