Gulp open chrome in windows with arguments borrowed from - https://github.com/karma-runner/karma/issues/479

gulpfile.js

gulp.task('open', function (done) {
  var uri = 'http://localhost:' + CONFIG.PORT + '/tms.html';

  var spawn = require('child_process').spawn,
  tempDir = 'C:/temp-chrome-eng';

  var args = [
    '--user-data-dir=' + tempDir,
    '--no-default-browser-check',
    '--no-first-run',
    '--disable-default-apps',
    '--start-maximized',
    uri
  ];

  var cmd = 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe';

  var chrome = spawn(cmd, args);


});

For a more sophisticated example utilize karma-chrome-launcher (https://github.com/karma-runner/karma-chrome-launcher/blob/master/index.js)