chromium_chromium.desktop is created by snapd (in
/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/) when installing the snap.
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[snap] Deleting the
Thank you for following up, I'm now closing the bug.
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Invalid
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Hi,
sorry for taking so long to respond.
Setting the favourite to "chromium_chromium.desktop" instead of
"chromium-browser.desktop" does indeed seem to work! Thanks!
Is the chromium_chromium.desktop file generated when chromium is installed or
when it is first started by the user?
Because I'm
> Interestingly, the new Chromium window now displays a "file not found"
> error for file:///snap/chromium/1275/firstrun/snap-en.html when launched.
Oh, good catch, this is an (unrelated) regression, fixed with
https://git.launchpad.net/~chromium-team/chromium-browser/+git/snap-
Ok, so the issue with the launcher is that your favourite for Chromium
is 'chromium-browser.desktop', whereas it should be
'chromium_chromium.desktop'.
If you have the chromium-browser deb package installed, running /usr/bin
/chromium-browser (just once) should translate the desktop file name. If
I'm still able to reproduce it.
Interestingly, the new Chromium window now displays a "file not found" error
for file:///snap/chromium/1275/firstrun/snap-en.html when launched.
$ gsettings get org.gnome.shell favorite-apps
['thunderbird.desktop', 'libreoffice-writer.desktop',
Indeed, deleting the ~/snap folder isn't a reasonable use case, it will
break much more than just window tracking (for starters it will remove
your entire chromium profile, including bookmarks and navigation
history, which you most likely don't want).
That said, I can't seem to reproduce the bug.
