In Chromium (in Windows 10) I created a shortcut with Menu > More tools > Create Shortcut...
So I got a shortcut launching chrome_proxy.exe with parameters. What is the difference between chrome_proxy.exe and chrome.exe? They seem to do the same job.
1 Answer
chrome_proxy.exe is a workaround so Windows does not try to follow the shortcut and load other files in the directory for icons. By doing this Windows is forced to show the icon set in the shortcut file.
It's a binary proxy, so any calls to chrome_proxy.exe just executes chrome.exe
You can read more about it here (Chromium Code).
