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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.
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
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