Hi,
It is not possible to use two instances at the same time on Chrome.
Thats why I start to use Chrome by giving it a user profile directory parameter.
I create a .bat file which includes this command:
E:\PortableApps\PortableApps\GoogleChromePortable\GoogleChromePortable.exe --user-data-dir="E:\MyPersonelData\ChromeUserData"
I have some question here. I would be happy if you can answer me:
1- When I start the .bat file, the command line windows is appearing. But it is not closing until any Chrome window closes. But want it to close itself. How can I make this?
2- I will copy "E:\MyPersonelData\ChromeUserData" folder to another computer which has installed Chrome. And I will give this command:
chrome.exe --user-data-dir="E:\MyPersonelData\ChromeUserData"
It will works stable?
I am asking this, because I did not see any file on:
E:\PortableApps\PortableApps\GoogleChromePortable\Data
except:
-settings (which is using by portableapps format)
-profile (which is giving by me as parameter to chrome)
Thank you
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Alternate profile locations are not supported by Chrome Portable as it can't update the profile paths later.
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What do you exatcly mean by "not supported"? I know that it is not good idea because "E:\MyPersonelData\ChromeUserData" breaks the portability because it is not under "GoogleChromePortable\Data" folder. But is there any other problem (stability problems) by doing this?
Basically Chrome Portable isn't designed to have a profile anywhere besides within the Data folder. So, if you feed it a custom location, all bets are off. You're basically bypassing all of Chrome Portable anyway, so you may as just well chrome.exe directly.
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I think we are not talking about the same directories...
The 'profile' folder is the parameter which I give to chrome. It is not the 'Data' folder which is using by portableapps.
Or I am missing sometyhing. I will be happy if you can explain it more simply. I am using with this parameter since long time and it works very stable.
I am not talking to change the directory \Data or something.
No, I get it. I'm saying by passing that command in, you're completely bypassing everything GoogleChromePortable.exe would try to do, so stop passing that to GCP.exe and just pass it to chrome.exe. You're basically not using Chrome Portable by passing in that command line switch. Passing that path in is not in any way shape or form supported, so you're on your own with attempting to structure this.
It's also worth noting that a profile used with Chrome on any computer is locked to that computer. If you move it to another computer, you'll lose just about everything except your bookmarks and cookies. That's just a design flaw of Chrome itself in an attempt to prevent 3rd parties from adding extensions or search plugins.
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