I have a Chrome icon on my taskbar. If I left-click it, it glows as if to open, but then the glowing goes away and nothing happens. If I right-click it, then I can successfully open Chrome by clicking 'New window' or 'New incognito window' under 'Tasks'. [I'll add that the exact same problem occurs with Chrome's desktop icon, and with the Start menu's entry for Chrome. Neither will open unless you right-click and choose 'Open new window' or 'Run as administrator'.]
I suspected it had something to do with a more general problem, where Windows 8 refuses to treat you like an Administrator. I've tried a lot of fixes over the months, and I think most manifestations of the problem have been dealt with. But Chrome still won't open normally.
Upon observing Task Manager, I've found that delegate_execute.exe runs for about one second and then goes away.
In addition to creating a new Chrome profile, and reinstalling Chrome, here are some attempted fixes that have not worked:
Fix #1:
Right-click the Chrome icon in the Taskbar
Right-click on 'Google Chrome' in the menu
Left-click 'Properties'
Left-click 'Advanced' under 'General' tab
Check 'Run as administrator', OK, OK
Fix #2:
Right-click the Chrome icon in the Taskbar
Right-click on 'Google Chrome' in the menu
Left-click 'Properties'
Left-click 'Compatibility' tab
Check 'Run as administrator' under 'Privilege level', OK
Fix #3:
Right-click the Chrome icon in the Taskbar
Left-click 'Unpin this program from taskbar'
Start Chrome
Right-click the icon again
Left-click 'Pin this program to taskbar'
Fix #4 (as per http://piglings.blogspot.de/2009/04/google-chrome-not-working-google-chrome.html):
Run cmd
cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\(version number)\Installer
setup.exe --rename-chrome-exe
Any help would be appreciated.
Windows 8, Version 6.2 (Build 9200)