How to create a Google Chrome profile with a pinned Start Menu shortcut
Source: How to Create Profiles in Google Chrome
- Open a command prompt at C:\Users\DrJekyll\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application
- chrome.exe --user-data-dir="..\User Data\MrHyde" --first-run
- exit
- If you want to clone the first profile:
- Close both Chrome instances.
- Rename C:\Users\DrJekyll\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\User Data\MrHyde\ to C:\Users\DrJekyll\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\User Data\oldMrHyde\
- Copy C:\Users\DrJekyll\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ to C:\Users\DrJekyll\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\User Data\MrHyde\
- Open the C:\Users\DrJekyll\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Google Chrome folder
- Right-click > New > Shortcut
- Location: C:\Users\DrJekyll\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
- Next
- Name: Mr Hyde
- Finish
- Right-click on the new shortcut > Properties
- Target: C:\Users\DrJekyll\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\..\Application\chrome.exe --user-data-dir="C:\Users\DrJekyll\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\User Data\MrHyde"
- The extra ..\Application\ tricks Windows into letting you pin the icon to the start menu next to the first one for Google Chrome
- If you want, you can click Change Icon... and pick another icon for better at-a-glance recognition.
- Target: C:\Users\DrJekyll\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\..\Application\chrome.exe --user-data-dir="C:\Users\DrJekyll\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\User Data\MrHyde"
- In the Start Menu, type "Mr Hyde", right-click on the shortcut and select "Pin to Start Menu"
- After launching the new "Mr Hyde" Google Chrome, consider setting a different theme:
- Tools > Options
- Personal Stuff > Get themes