How to launch a Google Chrome Tab with specific URL using C

Question

Is there a way I can launch a tab  not a new Window  in Google Chrome with a specific URL loaded into it from a custom app  My application is coded in C    NET 4 Full     I m performing some actions via SOAP from C  and once successfully completed  I want the user to be presented with the end results via the browser   This whole setup is for our internal network and not for public consumption - hence  I can afford to target a specific browser only  I am targetting Chrome only  for various reasons

User · Answer

As a simplification to chrfin s response  since Chrome should be on the run path if installed  you could just call   Process Start  chrome exe    http   www YourUrl com      This seem to work as expected for me  opening a new tab if Chrome is already open

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UPDATE  Please see Dylan s or d c s anwer for a little easier  and more stable  solution  which does not rely on Chrome beeing installed in LocalAppData     Even if I agree with Daniel Hilgarth to open a new tab in chrome you just need to execute chrome exe with your URL as the argument   Process Start    AppData     Local Google Chrome Application chrome exe                   http   www YourUrl com

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open in default browser Process Start  http   www stackoverflow net        open in Internet Explorer Process Start  iexplore     http   www stackoverflow net         open in Firefox Process Start  firefox     http   www stackoverflow net         open in Google Chrome Process Start  chrome     http   www stackoverflow net

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If the user doesn t have Chrome  it will throw an exception like this         chrome exe http   xxx xxx xxx --incognito       chrome exe http   xxx xxx xxx -incognito       chrome exe --incognito http   xxx xxx xxx       chrome exe -incognito http   xxx xxx xxx     private static void Chrome string link                string url                if   string IsNullOrEmpty link     if empty just run the browser                       if  link Contains         check if it s an url or a google search                               url   link                            else                               url    https   www google com search q     link Replace                                             try                       Process Start  chrome exe   url     --incognito                      catch  System ComponentModel Win32Exception e                        MessageBox Show  Unable to find Google Chrome                       chrome exe not found    MessageBoxButtons OK  MessageBoxIcon Error

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