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Background tool to open links in correct Chrome profile?
kunkel321:
I suspect that this is not even possible, but I thought I'd post anyway -- just in case.
I use Chrome as my web browser. Most of my bookmarks etc. are in my main personal profile. At work though, when people share links with me, I have to be in my Google account from work. You switch profiles by clicking your avatar in the top/right of the Chrome window. It's also possible to make Desktop links directly to each profile. In my case the two link targets are:
C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe --profile-directory=Default
and
C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe" --profile-directory="Profile 1"
The problem is that, if you don't specify (by using one of the above links), Chrome will always open a link using the most recently-accessed profile. So multiple times per day, I'll open a link at work that someone sends me, then Chrome will pop up in my personal profile and give me an error message that I don't have permission to access the file. It's super-annoying!
What I'd like is some way to "tell" Chrome that if I open an Outlook email link, use my work profile. I guess that would need to be some kind of back-running utility that stays on all the time? I don't know. Maybe an Outlook add-in is what I need.
Thoughts?
wraith808:
I have the same problem. I've found that it opens it up in the last browser that you used. If someone can figure out how it tracks which window you last used and the profile for that one, it seems that would do the trick.
kunkel321:
I wonder if the setting is in here:
C:\Users\steve\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
publicdomain:
What I'd like is some way to "tell" Chrome that if I open an Outlook email link, use my work profile. I guess that would need to be some kind of back-running utility that stays on all the time? I don't know. Maybe an Outlook add-in is what I need. -kunkel321 (January 26, 2022, 01:59 PM)
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It looks like it's a Windows default program issue (triggered outside of Chrome). Perhaps it can be solved via a "toggle" for handling "mailto:" links.
Thoughts?-kunkel321 (January 26, 2022, 01:59 PM)
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Thinking about a tiny program monitoring/detecting when chrome is active for switching your "mailto:" default app association, then back when Chrome is stopped... It may be as simple as that! (feel free to try changing your default email program. Cheers!)
wraith808:
It looks like it's a Windows default program issue (triggered outside of Chrome). Perhaps it can be solved via a "toggle" for handling "mailto:" links.
-publicdomain (January 26, 2022, 11:14 PM)
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No, it's not. The right app is being triggered. It's just the wrong profile.
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