Any time I try to open a link from Slack, all I get is a blank new window opening in Chrome. Worth reinstalling, or do others have this problem?
3 Answers
I'm on fresh Ubuntu/Chrome/Slack and links were opening blank tabs in Chrome. This AskUbuntu answer worked for me:
Open file:
$HOME/.local/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop
Find the line:
Exec=/opt/google/chrome/chrome
Add a space and
%U
:Exec=/opt/google/chrome/chrome %U
Then save the file.
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Particularly, forgetting the argument is an easy mistake to make when creating your own desktop files, so this was exactly what I needed.– KatMay 23, 2017 at 18:35
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its work for me! find file sudo find -name 'google-chrome.desktop' and edit nano ./.local/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop– des1roerNov 28, 2017 at 10:41
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This was actually a problem with Google Chrome itself. Updated version fixed it.
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1Can you tell me which Chrome version you're running, that links work in? I'm having this same issue with 16.10– swajakJan 30, 2017 at 20:17
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I don't remember which one it was -- I'm using
Google Chrome 55.0.2883.87
now and it's been fine. Jan 30, 2017 at 22:21 -
Thanks. I did end up getting it working, and you reminded me to update this thread. Thanks!– swajakJan 30, 2017 at 22:32
To get into the slack I just run slack
command in commandline with the magic link as argument.
slack slack://ABCDSF4MR/magic-login/892109304726-LONG_SECRETKEY