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Pinning Edge on taskbar for each different profile makes some not display the profile name
Hey folks, I use Edge with several profiles as I need to do testing and also keep logged into the same portal as many different users, for example managing different Office 365 tenants. I pin eac...
I'm sure this is too late to help the original poster, but figured I would post it for anyone else looking for a solution to this problem.
To change the profile name that appears on the taskbar you need to right-click on the profile name in the taskbar context menu and select properties. Then select the "Details" tab in the properties window and look for the "Folder Path" property. Next, open the folder listed in that property.
For me, the default profile shortcut was usually found in "%appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar" and secondary profiles were located in a subfolder under "%appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\\ImplicitAppShortcuts".
Finally, rename the shortcut that matches the name in the context menu and, voilà , the profile name changes in the context menu.
To change the profile name that appears on the taskbar you need to right-click on the profile name in the taskbar context menu and select properties. Then select the "Details" tab in the properties window and look for the "Folder Path" property. Next, open the folder listed in that property.
For me, the default profile shortcut was usually found in "%appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar" and secondary profiles were located in a subfolder under "%appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\\ImplicitAppShortcuts".
Finally, rename the shortcut that matches the name in the context menu and, voilà , the profile name changes in the context menu.
- Thank you esiemiat.
You surely helped me today.
Bizarre that this issue is still not solved in october 2021.
