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Is there a global shortcut to open an incognito window of Chrome?

I know that there is ctrl+shift+n but that only works in the context of Chrome – not while in other applications.

I also know that you can drag the order of the applications in the task bar and then use win+1 (to 9) in order to switch the focus to that application. Playing around with the keyboard, I've also noticed that you can open a window, too, with win+shift+1 … but that's not incognito. (win+ctrl+1 opens the application in admin mode – which is a nice discovery but also not what I'm looking for)

I'm searching for a solution that

  • doesn't involve the mouse and
  • doesn't mess with my alt+tab order,
  • preferably involving the task bar (but that's optional).
WoodrowShigeru
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I've got two solutions – but they're more like workarounds than solutions:

(1) win+alt+1 opens the taskbar context menu (I think it's also called "jump menu") and from there I can select it with ↓.

(2) I can also open the "Run" window by pressing win+r and then type chrome --incognito the first time // hit enter on subsequent times.

But can anyone find something better?

WoodrowShigeru
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    Put chrome --incognito in batch file then assign any shortcut key to the batch file ? – Skycc Oct 20 '16 at 10:25
  • Having tried that, I'm running into two issues: (a) Apparently, I can't attach .bat files to the taskbar. (b) Opening it from the Windows Explorer always triggers a security warning. Any ideas? – WoodrowShigeru Oct 20 '16 at 10:58
  • Might need 1 more step creating shortcut point to the batch file, then you can assign shortcut key at the properties. No need to attach to taskbar. I guess the security warning is asking for admin permission, set to run as admin should bypass the warning – Skycc Oct 20 '16 at 11:11
  • The shortcut to a batch file won't stick either, unfortunately. – WoodrowShigeru Nov 06 '16 at 12:03
  • But (as I just found out) this does work if you set a global hotkey directly to the shortcut, when not involving the taskbar. – WoodrowShigeru Nov 06 '16 at 12:09
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What about creating a shortcut of Chrome, in properties append chrome --incognito into target textbox and assign a shorcut key?

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  • Apparently (and surprisingly to me), this doesn't merge with an existing non-incognito taskbar slot. So I like this answer best! – WoodrowShigeru Nov 06 '16 at 12:00
  • Hm, I was so stuck on the taskbar that I didn't realize you were talking about global hotkeys for the shortcut file. (d'uh!) That works too, of course. – WoodrowShigeru Nov 06 '16 at 12:10