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Chrome portable with user data dir option

I am trying to get chrome portable to use a directory I have used with normal chrome using the --user-data-dir= switch. However the portable version doesn't pull the info. I have not tried doing a fresh one but do plan on that.

My end goal is to have multiple directories, one each for various profiles, and have them truly portable. I am guessing I will need relative links in the --user-data-dir= switch also. Is this possible with the portable version?

For instance:
GoogleChromePortable.exe --user-data-dir="..\ChromeProfiles\Profile1"

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This command line switch is already used within Google Chrome Portable itself. Grab the GoogleChromePortable.ini from Other\Source and copy it back to the GoogleChromePortable directory and use the ProfileDirectory= entry if you want to redirect it. Command line redirects called into GoogleChromePortable.exe are not supported.

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That explains it! Thanks for

That explains it! Thanks for that.

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What if I would like to have something like Firefox additional p

I've tried to create additional googlecromeportable folders as 2nd, 3rd etc, while copying the launcher and the ini file (with a redirection of the main paths to the original googlechromeportable), but no success.
Can You plese suggest how to do it?

Thanks a lot!

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