Process.Start() with arguments to start Google Chrome

Question

I am trying to launch Google Chrome browser from a .NET program, with arguments. But I get strange behavior.

The following launches Chrome in 'incognito' mode from a command line. It works fine.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --incognito

But the following does not work in .NET. Chrome does open, but not incognito and it goes to this weird URL: http://xn---incognito-nu6e/

Module Module1
    Sub Main()
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe", "–-incognito")
    End Sub
End Module

Answer 1

You can use shortcut when call the chrome.exe instead using full path location.

Module Module1
    Sub Main()
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("chrome.exe", "--incognito")
    End Sub
End Module

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UPDATE

I found what is your problem in your code. Your code using –-incognito in the parameter, but it should be --incognito.

See the first character in that parameter. Should be - (hyphen-minus : U+002D) instead of – (En Dash/U+2013).

Module Module1
    Sub Main()
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe", "--incognito")
    End Sub
End Module