My Windows 7 shortcut with arguments keep getting changed

I have a shortcut to chrome on my desktop with a parameter:

Target: C:\Users\Eyal\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe --allow-file-access-from-files

Every few days (I can't figure out the trigger), it gets re-written to this:

Target: C:\Users\Eyal\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

The parameter disappears. My only guess is that maybe Windows doesn't like that the Target isn't a file and rewrites it. It happens about once every 2-3 days.

Is there a way to make a shortcut with a parameter that I won't have to keep fixing?

Eyal

Posted 2012-08-31T00:34:21.333

Reputation: 543

1Are you sure it is not just chrome updating itself? Try to create a second (identical) shortcut manually and use that one – scibuff – 2012-08-31T00:47:10.110

This was a shortcut that I made myself. I right-click-dragged chrome to my desktop, made a shortcut, and modified the target. – Eyal – 2012-08-31T09:15:07.543

Answers

Probably either chrome or some other software is messing with the shortcut.

Options:

Try naming the shortcut differently than the Default name.
Create shortcut manually i.e. by right clicking on the desktop and select New>Shortcut and follow on screen instructions.
Alternatively you can use Batch file to launch chrome in the mode you want. (This will not be affected by updates or anything like that)
Create a text file, paste following command to it, save it with extension .bat.
```
START C:\Users\Eyal\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe --allow-file-access-from-files
EXIT
```

Double Click the file to launch chrome. (You can customize the icon to make it look like the chrome shortcut)

Ankit

Posted 2012-08-31T00:34:21.333

Reputation: 4 082