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USMA56795
Aug 27, 2019Brass Contributor
How do you change which profile is the default?
I'd like to set a particular profile as my default profile for opening hyperlinks from other applications. Is there a way to specify which profile new Edge Dev windows open with?
- Feb 19, 2020
In Edge 81 onward, you can do this natively in the browser. Check out this discussion - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/select-a-default-profile-to-open-external-links-in/m-p/1174768
DarrenMH
Microsoft
Hi USMA56795 - the short answer, not today.
With that said, profile management is a big topic on this end. We could tweak some shortcuts to maybe open a specific profile when Microsoft Edge launches, but this isn't the end result you are looking for when it comes top URL's from within other apps.
Thanks for the feedback, I'll mark on this end as a feature request to track with profiles. A default profile as you mentioned is a good call out.
Thanks,
DarrenMH
RenatoPagan
Aug 28, 2019Brass Contributor
You can easily create shortcuts to open a specific profile. Create the shortcut using the path:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge Dev\Application\msedge.exe" --profile-directory="Profile 1"
I'm trying to find a way to use it as a default profile when clicking in URLs. Today it will use the last used/active profile.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge Dev\Application\msedge.exe" --profile-directory="Profile 1"
I'm trying to find a way to use it as a default profile when clicking in URLs. Today it will use the last used/active profile.
- chris_conleyAug 28, 2019Brass Contributor
- RenatoPaganAug 28, 2019Brass ContributorThe first profile I created was named "Default". The next ones were named "Profile 1", Profile 2, Profile 3.