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I installed Chrome via a PPA in order to get the proper codecs/DRM stuff required to watch Netflix on Ubuntu (15.10). Now if I run $ google-chrome-stable from the command line it works great.

But I'd prefer to not have to run it from the command line every time so once it was open I pinned/locked it to the launcher. Great, now I can click the icon.

However, when it's launched this way, the Netflix codec stuff doesn't work and I get an error. What gives? How is starting Chrome from the launcher different from starting it from the command line?

Marplesoft
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I expect your launcher is running the command google-chrome.

Mine is:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Google Chrome
GenericName=Web Browser
Comment=Access the Internet
Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome
Terminal=false
Icon=google-chrome
Type=Application
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;

Open terminal and run this command:

sudo -H gedit /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop

and edit the Exec line.

Tim
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