Note also the msGuidedSwitchAllowed switch that is optional. Mine are Profile 1 and 2, where 1 is my first Personal one and 2 is Work. You can find your Profile folders in C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge SxS\User Data. Put this in the location box above but change USERNAME to the right one for YOUR folder structure. Right click your Desktop and say New Shortcut from the right click menu. That means the manual steps below are not needed unless you want to understand the internals, add a custom switch (which can also be done from Properties), or apply a custom icon. UPDATE: It seems as of a recent version of Edge you can just open Edge the usual way, switch to the Profile you want, then right click the running Edge in your Taskbar and "Pin to Taskbar" and you'll get your custom Edge with the Profile Directory switch correctly configured! Super convenient. I find it easier to compartmentalize and easier than switching. The picker is nice, but I actually wanted TWO DIFFERENT EDGES pinned to my Taskbar. I have no idea why I bothered to hide the emails. Making custom Pinned Edge icons with Profiles Once it's "installed" I can pin it and run it and it looks like this in the taskbar. If I visit for example and click the Circle with the Plus inside it in the URL bar, I'll see this. A bunch of folks on my team legit don't install Office or Teams anymore. They all still run in Edge (with the Chromium heart) but they are pinned to your taskbar and/or start menu. You can use Outlook, Twitter, Gmail, Teams, TONS of websites as apps that are no-install. Basically "make this website an app." I'll pretend if you pretend.
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