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georgea, I appreciate the tips. Unfortunately I had already tried reinstalling both the CRD extension and the host service and both of mine are up to date. Today I even got updated to Chrome 86. My system remains stubborn.

I recreated the CRD desktop shortcut that had previously opened the PWA, but it still opens in a Chrome tab.

I tried the same on another PC with the same results, so either CRD no longer has a PWA or there is something weird about my Google account that prevents the PWA from working on any PC.

In answer to JCCWsusser, the only thing I have found I can’t do in CRD is type the BitLocker password into a system because that happens before Windows is running so CRD is not online yet. Other than that, it’s almost identical to sitting at the remote PC.

I love using Google Chrome Remote Desktop, but since I got a Chrome update (maybe version 85), Chrome Remote Desktop no longer works as a PWA (Progressive Web App). It just opens in a browser tab.

When I try to launch the old shortcut to the PWA I get “This app is no longer supported. To ensure you’re getting the latest features and security updates, please use the Chrome Remote Desktop web app.”

I’ve tried to uninstall and reinstall to get the PWA functionality back without success.

The best work-around I’ve come up with is

“C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe” –profile-directory=”Profile 1″ –new-window –window-position=1680,0

so at least it opens in it’s own window with the correct Google user. I can even pass it a URL for a specific session to open the correct remote computer so I wind up at the page where I enter my PIN.

The only downside to the workaround is the –window-position parameter doesn’t seem to do anything so I can’t get it to open on monitor 2. Passing positive or negative numbers doesn’t change where the window appears.

If anyone has any tips on restoring the PWA functionality (which seemed to remember it’s monitor) or getting the –window-position to work, I’d love to hear it.