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Now I know this has been asked before but it seems that all answers I have found didn't work, Specifically nothing in this article worked, I tested all 19 answers (Make Google chrome with specific user profile as default browser). Now it could be because that article is outdated so I am asking for the updated method. My question is if I open a chrome.exe shortcut with no additional attributes, how can I do it so it opens a specific default profile every time and not the last profile that was in use? I am using windows 10 21H1 for clearance and chrome 89 (The latest version)

GingerGuy118
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    C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe --profile-directory="Default" worked for me. It also worked with Microsoft Edge (with the proper directory obviously). I changed Profile 1 since the directory name is "Default" not "Profile 1" – Ramhound Mar 23 '21 at 22:57
  • I cant add --profile-directory="Default" to Chrome.exe. and I am not using a shortcut to do so. could you tell me how you added that line? – GingerGuy118 Mar 23 '21 at 23:08
  • You can either use a shortcut or within a command prompt run the command. How are you launching Chrome if you are not using a shortcut? – Ramhound Mar 23 '21 at 23:09
  • Say I do a windows search or use an app like Wox that performs a web search with chrome but isn't using a shortcut to open it. – GingerGuy118 Mar 23 '21 at 23:13
  • What you want is not possible unless you use a different shortcut to launch Chrome with each profile. Chrome doesn't have a profile switcher like Firefox. Even then Firefox wouldn't allow you to do what you describe either. – Ramhound Mar 23 '21 at 23:16

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