Question How to pin browser (Chrome) profiles into Windows Start?

[Dean0919]

Hello, how can I pin Chrome profiles into Start? I right clicked on them and chose "pin to start", however when they got pinned there, they had different names like "profile 2" & "profile 3" & when I was clicking on them nothing was happening. Is there any way to pin profiles in start?

Windows version 1909 (OS build 18363.900).

 

[Ralston18]

Start or Taskbar?

Try the following link:

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/custom-chrome-browser-profiles/

I found a number of similar links.

 

[Dean0919]

Start or Taskbar?

Try the following link:

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/custom-chrome-browser-profiles/

I found a number of similar links.

Start. Unfortunately I don't see any information there how to pin them in start.

 

[Ralston18]

Does the process provided in the link work?

Also found the following link:

https://www.howtogeek.com/256629/ho...hortcut-to-open-a-specific-profile-in-chrome/

And, in case I am going off-track here is another link. Specifically titled "pinned Start Menu shortcut":

https://sites.google.com/site/theitnotes/desktop/how-to-create-a-google-chrome-profile

 

[Dean0919]

Does the process provided in the link work?

Also found the following link:

https://www.howtogeek.com/256629/ho...hortcut-to-open-a-specific-profile-in-chrome/

And, in case I am going off-track here is another link. Specifically titled "pinned Start Menu shortcut":

https://sites.google.com/site/theitnotes/desktop/how-to-create-a-google-chrome-profile

Thanks for the links but none of them address my issue. The last thing explains how we can create Windows shortcust of profiles. I already knew it. In fact, I already have shortucts of those profiles on my desktop and taskbar. My problem is that I want them to pin in the start, but when I do, they don't work (when I click on them, nothing happens) and they get weird name.

I want them in start because, my work computer is part of domain/server and sometimes we have issue that something happens to it and shortcuts in taskbar get screwed up. So, having shortcuts in my taskbar isn't reliable and I don't use (like) shortcuts on my desktop. So, I thought it would be ideal to pin my Chrome profiles in the start, but seems like Chrome or Windows 10 doesn't allow this.

 

[Ralston18]

Here is another link that seems to address your requirements:

https://www.tenforums.com/browsers-...owser-chrome-profiles-into-windows-start.html

Unfortunately link is undated and no indication if the suggested process worked or not...

Noted that you also posted in another Forum - no problem with that beyond me now going in circles.

 

[Dean0919]

Here is another link that seems to address your requirements:

https://www.tenforums.com/browsers-...owser-chrome-profiles-into-windows-start.html

Unfortunately link is undated and no indication if the suggested process worked or not...

Noted that you also posted in another Forum - no problem with that beyond me now going in circles.

Hehe, yeah, it's me there Posted on other forums too. One user suggested that I can create copies of those shortcuts in start menu folder here C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

I went there, but don't see start menu at all. This is how it looks here:

https://imgur.com/mOrfhHC

View: https://imgur.com/mOrfhHC


I don't understand why I don't have start menu here. Maybe because it's managed by server or something?

 

[Ralston18]

Late thought: your "work Computer" - actually yours or owned by your company?

May be some Group Policy configuration/control?

If company owned, you likely will need IT support staff to help get the profiles into Start.

Reference link:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...indows-10-start-screens-by-using-group-policy

 

[Dean0919]

Late thought: your "work Computer" - actually yours or owned by your company?

May be some Group Policy configuration/control?

If company owned, you likely will need IT support staff to help get the profiles into Start.

Reference link:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...indows-10-start-screens-by-using-group-policy

It's owned by company and we have IT guys here, yes. I don't even have administrator rights.