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Is there a way to automatically open the "About" page of a Chromium based browser with PowerShell compatible code?


I am simply trying to code something that can either launch the Chrome browser to the "about" page; or open a tab with the "about" page, that will run in PowerShell.

I have tried the following, and it only results in chrome opening for a short second, and then closing...

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Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -ArgumentList '"chrome://about"'

`

This works with any HTTP/S: location, but I think it doesn't like the 'Chrome:' tag.

... Any ideas?


Solution

  • It's because that landing page/tab is not a legit URL. So you can do this (though well, you know, SendKeys ...).

    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
    Start-Process -FilePath 'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe'
    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 300
    [System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait('chrome://about{Enter}')