On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 at 15:38, Will McDonald <wmcdon...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The default behaviour for the desktop application invocation will be
> in /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop in the Exec definition if
> you don't mind hacking packaged files.
>
> There's probably a canonical mechanism to override that at a per-user
> level too.
>

And, just for posterity: https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=154052

Note: Please don't modify .desktop files in /usr/share/applications as a)
> that would require root and b) your changes will be overwritten the next
> time the app is updated. If you want to modify a .desktop file copy the
> file to ~/.local/share/applications and edit it there.
>
> .desktop files in ~/.local/share/applications take precedence over
> .desktop files with the same name in /usr/share/applications and you can
> hack up the ones in your home directory all day long - worst that could
> happen is you'd do it wrong and have to start over but the original
> .desktop file is still on your system :)
>
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