Q: can i use google chrome to open icloud in my windows computer?

Notes are synced into the Notes folder of your iCloud email account. See: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12081

Has someone answered the basic question of having the iCloud apps open in Chrome, rather than IE?  I see this thread is over a year old, and yet I haven't found a solution. 

In case anyone is still finding a solution, here is one:

right click on the iCloud apps, properties and change the target to: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" https://www.icloud.com/#contacts

or "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" https://www.icloud.com/#photos

and etc etc

This will tell the iCloud apps .exe programs to instead launch Chrome and go to the specific iCloud app page.

If you want to use Firefox as your default browser, then change the path to the Firefox.exe.