Saturday, May 6, 2017

google chrome - Windows 8 keeps removing some start screen shortcuts I make

I've made some custom shortcuts to Google Chrome profiles and successfully pin them to my start screen but when my computer reboots or goes to sleep and wakes they have disappeared. If i repin them they appear with a (2) or high number meaning they're already there by that same name. However they don't appear anywhere on the start screen or under all apps. If I use the search feature to find them they don't show anymore.



An example of one of the shortcuts details is:



Name: Work Profile Chrome




Target: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --profile-directory="Profile 1"



EDIT: It appears you can only have one Chrome shortcut. In order from left to right I had this shortcuts setup:




  • Work Profile Chrome

  • Non-profit Profile Chrome

  • Google Chrome < normal shortcut

  • Personal Profile Chrome




After it removed my icons again I was left with only Personal Profile Chrome shortcut. I have repeated the steps of completely remaking and repining the shortcuts many times. It keeps happening.

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