Thursday, 10 September 2015

Create a shortcut for each different profile on Chrome

The whole family use Chrome as their browser.  On Windows machines we like to all have a browser open each with our own profile on it.  To launch each profile we single click on our shortcut in the Quick Launch toolbar.

I had to reinstall windows (HDD fail), but I couldn't work out how to get the shortcuts back.  The Internet wasn't very helpful and had lots of mediumly hard sounding solutions.  So I had to work it out myself.  Here it is:

How to create a shortcut for each profile on Chrome:

  1. Login to the profile you wish to create a profile for (left click on the current profile name at the top right of the browser and follow your nose)
  2. Hit the customize and control button in the top right hand corner (3 horizontal lines)
  3. Settings
  4. People
  5. Double click on the profile you want to create a shortcut for which is labeled as 'current'
  6. Choose a picture (or photo) so you can identify which profile shortcut is which.
  7. Click on the 'Add desktop shortcut' button << money shot
You can now drag the shortcuts onto the quick launch bar.

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