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I installed Signal Private Messenger and it's now in the list of apps at chrome://apps.

How can I start the app directly app from the command line?

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  • Are you on Windows?
    – Prasanna
    Commented Apr 15, 2016 at 17:35
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    Possible duplicate of How to run Chrome apps via command line?
    – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
    Commented Apr 15, 2016 at 18:40
  • Installing a Chrome app in Linux creates a separate "launcher" (desktop file, similar to a Windows icon) specific for that app - that is the app can be found in the menu or with a program launcher. Isn't that the case in Windows?
    – cipricus
    Commented Nov 7, 2019 at 17:12

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Here is an example using the Postman chrome application. I used the approach described above. I first created a new tab in Chrome so I could launch the application. But instead of launching it I right clicked and selected Create Shortcuts and then selected Desktop. I then opened the desktop shortcut and got the command text below. As you can see, the app-id is an internal id, so you could not just type this in yourself. I tested it from the Windows Start commandline and it works fine.

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

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  • Great. Thanks. I had only tried google-chrome --app bikioccmkafdpakkkcpdbppfkghcmihk (and similar). google-chrome --app-id=bikioccmkafdpakkkcpdbppfkghcmihk works just fine. --profile-directory=Default may be omitted.
    – user569825
    Commented Apr 21, 2016 at 22:26
  • The profile argument can be omitted only in case of a single Chrome user-profile. If you have a second one, the first will be "Default" and the second "Profile 1".
    – cipricus
    Commented Nov 7, 2019 at 18:05

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