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Where did my GUIDEcx tab go?! 😱

I always end up with like 15,000 tabs open and hate it when my important applications get lost in the weeds. It’s why I like to run things like my email and calendar in their applications rather than running them in the web. 
GUIDEcx is an essential part of my work day, and so making it easy to get to and work with was HUGE for me, and thanks to Chrome’s ability to create manual desktop apps I was able to make sure it doesn’t get lost in my sea of tabs. 

Here’s how you do it! 

Creating a GUIDEcx Desktop Application Via Chrome Shortcut 🎁

  1. Go to your chrome menu (three dots in upper right)

  2. More Tools > Create a Shortcut

  3. Name it GUIDEcx

  4. Check the “Open as window” checkbox

     

    How to Create a Chrome desktop Application of GUIDEcx

     

Note: I believe other browsers have this same capability - but I use chrome 😅

FYI: 
There is a limitation with Chrome Apps that will cause your GUIDEcx app to show an error each time you launch the GUIDEcx app. But not to worry! If you get this error, you can click the “homepage” hyperlink on that screen and you will be taken to GUIDEcx, and it will work great!

 

The reason this error occurs is because when you create the chrome app it automatically adds "/index.html" to the end of the GUIDEcx URL, which is not a valid webpage.

 

Bypassing the Error

If you'd like to not have to run into that error each time you launch your new GUIDEcx app, you can install a Chrome Extension that will make it so that you will be automatically redirected to the GUIDEcx home page when it attempts to go to the invalid page.

  1. Download the Chrome Extension: Redirector

  2. Create a new redirect (see details below)

  3. Hit Save

  4. Relaunch GUIDEcx

What to enter for the redirect:

Description: Name it whatever you’d like
Example URL: https://app.guidecx.com/index.html
Include pattern: https://app.guidecx.com/index.html
Redirect to: https://app.guidecx.com

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GAME CHANGER!!!! Thanks for dropping some wisdom! @Sara Fowers 

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