The default behavior of running chrome via the command-line:
chrome www.google.com
opens a new tab in an existing instance of chrome and moves the focus from the terminal to the newly created tab.
Adding the new-window switch:
chrome --new-window www.google.com
opens chrome in a new window but does not move the focus.
What options should I use to open a new window but also switch focus to that window?
Note: I'm using Windows 7.
try this one
start chrome /new-window www.google.com
opens google.com in a new instance of chrome.
Give a time and it will focus on active window:
start chrome.exe --new-window "http://hotmail.com"
start chrome.exe --new-window "http://gmail.com"
TIMEOUT 1
start chrome.exe "http://yahoo.com"
in 2023, with Chrome version Version 110.0.5481.97 (Build officiel) (64 bits), starting Chrome using START Dos command doesn't work anymore !
The solution that works on my Windows 11 PC
set chrome="C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
start "test" %chrome% --new-window "www.google.com"
or
%chrome% --new-window "www.google.com"
If using START Dos command, first parameter just after start string is imperative !
If I run following commands,
set chrome="C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
start %chrome% --new-window "www.google.com"
Windows return an error message that indicate that it doesn't find "--new-window" !
I use START command to load multiples LOCAL files in Chrome using following BAT script
set chrome="C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
set dirname=%cd%
set url=
set url=%url% "file:///%dirname%\TABLES.CUMUL.SOLAIRE.html"
set url=%url% "file:///%dirname%\CHARTS.CUMUL.SOLAIRE.html"
set url=%url% "file:///%dirname%\TABLES.CUMUL.JOUR_NUIT.html"
set url=%url% "file:///%dirname%\CHARTS.CUMUL.JOUR_NUIT.html"
set url=%url% "file:///%dirname%\TABLES.CUMUL.JOUR_NUIT_SOLAIRE.html"
set url=%url% "file:///%dirname%\CHARTS.CUMUL.JOUR_NUIT_SOLAIRE.html"
set url=%url% "file:///%dirname%\TABLES.CUMUL.EXCLUSIF.html"
set url=%url% "file:///%dirname%\CHARTS.CUMUL.EXCLUSIF.html"
start "kWh" %chrome% --new-window %url%
You can try following command for the same.
start chrome google.com
It will open Google in the new window of the chrome and also gets focused on that webpage.
