May 26, 2014

Google Chrome With Double Icon In Plank

I recently downloaded Google Chrome from this page. The download for my computer is google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb ( Version 35.0.1916.114 ).

Installation is simple : right click the package and choose Open With Software Center.

Start Google Chrome with Applications > Google Chrome and an icon will appear in Plank. Right click the icon and check Keep In Dock.


After closing and restarting Google Chrome a second fuzzy looking icon appears in Plank :


To solve this problem :

Open Slingshot ( Applications ) and type gksu in the searchbox :

Run pantheon-files as root :


Navigate to File System >usr >share >applications and find the Google Chrome icon. Right click and choose Open With Scratch.
On three lines starting with Exec=/usr/bin/  you need to replace  google-chrome-stable with google-chrome.

Done...

Update : this solution might not work anymore. What can work is the following ( in Terminal ) :
cp /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop ~/.local/share/applications

Open google-chrome.desktop with Scratch and write under [Desktop Entry] the following line :

StartupWMClass=Google-chrome-stable
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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 27, 2014 at 4:16 AM

    the same problem with Spotify...

    [Desktop Entry]
    Name=Spotify
    GenericName=Music Player
    Comment=Listen to music using Spotify
    Icon=spotify-client
    Exec=spotify %U
    TryExec=spotify
    Terminal=false
    Type=Application
    Categories=Qt;Audio;Music;Player;AudioVideo
    MimeType=x-scheme-handler/spotify

    Any solution?

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  2. AnonymousMay 27, 2014 at 4:56 AM

    In case of Spotify replace Exec=spotify %U with Exec=spotify

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    1. ParisMarch 31, 2015 at 4:52 PM

      Thanks for the advice, works great on 14.04 :D

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  3. UnknownMay 27, 2014 at 7:01 AM

    Nope, did not work for me. Still seeing that damned second icon.

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    1. UnknownMay 27, 2014 at 10:05 AM

      Did you remove Chrome's icon from the dock prior to modifying .desktop file?
      Otherwise, you can try renaming google-chrome.desktop file to google-chrome-stable.dekstop in /usr/share/applications and in this case .desktop file should have:
      Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable
      But again, you need to remove Chrome's icon from the dock first.

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  4. UnknownJune 8, 2014 at 4:38 AM

    This works for me, Thanks a lot for the tip !!

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  5. Ivan FilhoJuly 9, 2014 at 6:36 PM

    Here it worked when I changed path to the real location of Chrome: /opt/google/chrome/chrome

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  6. Joel LinoAugust 10, 2014 at 8:11 AM

    Works perfectly, I was tired to have to open Chrome via Slingshot. Thanks a lot

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  7. AnonymousOctober 21, 2014 at 6:35 PM

    Your solution works for me, but with one issue. On reboot it acts as if the change didn't happen at all and only fixes itself when I re-save in the file editor.

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    1. EricOctober 21, 2014 at 8:03 PM

      Try another solution : http://kb.openstudioproject.com/content/fix-double-google-chrome-icon-docky-and-plank

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  8. AnonymousMarch 31, 2015 at 6:21 PM

    THANK YOU SO MUCH

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