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    donkeys4hire is offline Junior Member
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    Hey guys I'm new here obviously. I would like to add another user profile for my wife. You know different home page, bookmarks etc. than I do. How do i create this? I don't really know code and such and don't understand how to do things to well on the PC. I need it really "dummy-it-down" mode walk me through it pretty easy for an idiot to understand. Thanx.

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    If your on windows this app would probably be the easiest way to do it...
    http://www.parhelia-tools.com/produc...glechrome.aspx

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    There's an argument for this, "--user-data-dir". You follow it with a folder e.g. "C:\davesprofile" or whatever (random name btw :P), like this:

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    "C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --user-data-dir="c:\davesprofile"
    Make a shortcut with that as the location, and keep your original shortcut too for your own profile. Obviously change the path to chrome.exe to fit your system (easiest way is copy path from current shortcut if you have one) and the profile folder (btw, Chrome will create the folder upon first run with a new profile if it doesn't already exist), and rename it to distinguish it from your profile.

    Hope this helps, if you don't understand, I can make a step-by-step guide.

    This is easier in a way than the above method, because this way BOTH profiles can be enabled at the same time, and each is started from a different shortcut. With the method above, you would have to backup one profile and restore the other every time a different person wants to use Chrome.

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    Please step by step it for me, I'm a dumbass when it comes to stuff like this.

    Quote Originally Posted by SifJar View Post
    There's an argument for this, "--user-data-dir". You follow it with a folder e.g. "C:\davesprofile" or whatever (random name btw :P), like this:

    Code:
    "C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --user-data-dir="c:\davesprofile"
    Make a shortcut with that as the location, and keep your original shortcut too for your own profile. Obviously change the path to chrome.exe to fit your system (easiest way is copy path from current shortcut if you have one) and the profile folder (btw, Chrome will create the folder upon first run with a new profile if it doesn't already exist), and rename it to distinguish it from your profile.

    Hope this helps, if you don't understand, I can make a step-by-step guide.

    This is easier in a way than the above method, because this way BOTH profiles can be enabled at the same time, and each is started from a different shortcut. With the method above, you would have to backup one profile and restore the other every time a different person wants to use Chrome.

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    Okay, here goes:

    1. Create a folder somewhere easy to remember (e.g. C:\Chrome\NewProfile)
    2. Find your current Google Chrome shortcut
    3. Right-click shortcut and copy the contents of the "location" box
    4. Right-click the deskop and choose "New>Shortcut"
    5. In the location box, paste the location you just copied. Then at the end add "--user-data-dir" followed by the location of the folder made in step 1. (e.g. --user-data-dir "C:\Chrome\NewProfile")
    6. Click "Next", and then enter a name for the shortcut (e.g. "Dave's Profile")
    7. Click "OK"
    8. Rename your original shortcut if you'd like (e.g. "Bob's Profile")
    9. Finished. Now clicking e.g. "Dave's Profile" should load the new profile and clicking e.g. "Bob's Profile" should load your original profile

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    Nice! Appreciate the details.
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