How to put Chrome shortcut on Desktop?

This worked for me on Ubuntu 17.10. Please modify the path as necessary.

cp /usr/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop /home/<username>/Desktop/

and then

chmod 750 /home/<username>/Desktop/chromium-browser.desktop

All I did was, go to

/home/otiswong/.local/share/applications/chrome-nmmhkkegccagdldgiimedpiccmgmieda-Default.desktop

and copy and paste it into the desktop

You have to basically follow the steps described by google:

1. click menu -> more tools -> create shortcut
2. your tab will close and shortcut will be put on desktop
3. RIGHT-CLICK the shortcut, and click "Allow Launching"

it should update icon and should work.