Both "/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome https://ask.libreoffice.org" and
"google-chrome https://ask.libreoffice.org" worked as expected when typed into a terminal.

"firefox https://ask.libreoffice.org" worked in the same way.

following example works with:
Version: 6.1.5.2 (x64)
Build ID: 90f8dcf33c87b3705e78202e3df5142b201bd805
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: default; 
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); Calc: 

REM  *****  BASIC  *****
Sub Main
 Dim strURL As String
 strURL = "https://ask.libreoffice.org"
 shell("C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe", 2, strURL, false)
 shell("C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe", 2, strURL, false)
End Sub

please have a look how the shell() function works:
https://help.libreoffice.org/6.1/en-US/text/sbasic/shared/03130500.html

I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to
'UNCONFIRMED' if the issue is still present

I looked at the reference. The macro examples I've given are as shown in the reference - at least insofar as I can tell. The numeric arguments are optional but I added a "1" to both example macros with no change in their behaviors.

if you want to pass params, e.g. your url, 
you should use the 3 third param for it:

> Param
> Any string expression that specifies the 
> command line that want to pass.

Created attachment 149320 [details]
Screenshot of Google error

I modified the test macro as follows:

Sub Test_Chrome
    Dim strURL As String
    strURL = "https://ask.libreoffice.org"
    Shell( "/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome ",1,"https://ask.libreoffice.org" )
End Sub

The URL is the third argument. I've attached the error notification.  This is the same behavior as before.

This is working as expected in
Version: 6.3.0.4
Build ID: 057fc023c990d676a43019934386b85b21a9ee99
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded



Sub Test_Chrome
    Dim strURL As String
    strURL = "https://ask.libreoffice.org"
    Shell( "/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome " + strURL )
End Sub

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Also this is working well

Sub Test_Chrome
    Dim strURL As String
    strURL = "https://ask.libreoffice.org"
    Shell( "/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome ",1,"https://ask.libreoffice.org" )
End Sub

hello Roy Kimbrell,
Have you tried Bogdan's solution from comment 7 ?

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