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Select a default profile to open external links in
Thanks to everyone for your feedback, we know that opening links from external apps hasn’t been the greatest experience for users with multiple profiles. We’re excited to announce that Microsoft Edge...
Avi Vaid It would be great if the browser was context-aware of logins from the application sending the URL.
E.g. If a user is logged into Microsoft Word as user foo, it should open the browser using the profile for foo. If the user is logged into Microsoft Word as user foo2, it should open the browser using the profile for foo2.
The decision tree is obviously more complicated than this (what do you do if foo2 doesn't have a profile in Edge?), but carrying the identity from one application to another--while letting multiple identities exist in the same user session on Windows--would be very helpful.