Resetting how Google Chrome enumerates its profiles on Windows
I would like to avoid re-installing Chrome completely, and wonder how to "reset" the enumeration of profiles for Google Chrome on Windows.
Here is what I have tried:
- Close all Chrome professes, and delete all the
Profile #folders that I found inC:Users<username>AppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser Data
- Create a new profile for Chrome. (Ref: post on opening the "Profile selector").
Before I start the exercise, there had been Profile 1 up to Profile 5 folders alreday. After I tried to create a new profile after deleting all the five existing folders, still, the new profile is stored in Profile 6.
Looking forward to a way to reset the enumeration of profiles without uninstall Chrome and cleaning up the registry items.
Why it matters? Well, here goes a set of alias that I try to keep in sync across my Windows machines and mac:
alias chrome="/Applications/Google\ \Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ \Chrome"
# alias chrome='/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe'
alias chrome_profile='chrome --profile-directory="Guest Profile"'
alias p1='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 1"'
alias p2='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 2"'
alias p3='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 3"'
alias p4='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 4"'
alias p5='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 5"'
alias p6='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 6"'
alias p7='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 7"'
alias p8='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 8"'
Now, on my Windows machine, I can at best get p1 to be assigned to Profile 7, if the enumeration pattern should continue. This brings me trouble with reusing the alias settings across machines.
google-chrome
asked Feb 7 at 0:41
llinfengllinfeng
283114
add a comment |
I would like to avoid re-installing Chrome completely, and wonder how to "reset" the enumeration of profiles for Google Chrome on Windows.
Here is what I have tried:
- Close all Chrome professes, and delete all the
Profile #folders that I found inC:Users<username>AppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser Data
- Create a new profile for Chrome. (Ref: post on opening the "Profile selector").
Before I start the exercise, there had been Profile 1 up to Profile 5 folders alreday. After I tried to create a new profile after deleting all the five existing folders, still, the new profile is stored in Profile 6.
Looking forward to a way to reset the enumeration of profiles without uninstall Chrome and cleaning up the registry items.
Why it matters? Well, here goes a set of alias that I try to keep in sync across my Windows machines and mac:
alias chrome="/Applications/Google\ \Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ \Chrome"
# alias chrome='/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe'
alias chrome_profile='chrome --profile-directory="Guest Profile"'
alias p1='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 1"'
alias p2='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 2"'
alias p3='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 3"'
alias p4='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 4"'
alias p5='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 5"'
alias p6='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 6"'
alias p7='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 7"'
alias p8='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 8"'
Now, on my Windows machine, I can at best get p1 to be assigned to Profile 7, if the enumeration pattern should continue. This brings me trouble with reusing the alias settings across machines.
google-chrome
asked Feb 7 at 0:41
llinfengllinfeng
283114
add a comment |
I would like to avoid re-installing Chrome completely, and wonder how to "reset" the enumeration of profiles for Google Chrome on Windows.
Here is what I have tried:
- Close all Chrome professes, and delete all the
Profile #folders that I found inC:Users<username>AppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser Data
- Create a new profile for Chrome. (Ref: post on opening the "Profile selector").
Before I start the exercise, there had been Profile 1 up to Profile 5 folders alreday. After I tried to create a new profile after deleting all the five existing folders, still, the new profile is stored in Profile 6.
Looking forward to a way to reset the enumeration of profiles without uninstall Chrome and cleaning up the registry items.
Why it matters? Well, here goes a set of alias that I try to keep in sync across my Windows machines and mac:
alias chrome="/Applications/Google\ \Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ \Chrome"
# alias chrome='/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe'
alias chrome_profile='chrome --profile-directory="Guest Profile"'
alias p1='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 1"'
alias p2='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 2"'
alias p3='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 3"'
alias p4='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 4"'
alias p5='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 5"'
alias p6='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 6"'
alias p7='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 7"'
alias p8='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 8"'
Now, on my Windows machine, I can at best get p1 to be assigned to Profile 7, if the enumeration pattern should continue. This brings me trouble with reusing the alias settings across machines.
google-chrome
asked Feb 7 at 0:41
llinfengllinfeng
283114
I would like to avoid re-installing Chrome completely, and wonder how to "reset" the enumeration of profiles for Google Chrome on Windows.
Here is what I have tried:
- Close all Chrome professes, and delete all the
Profile #folders that I found inC:Users<username>AppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser Data
- Create a new profile for Chrome. (Ref: post on opening the "Profile selector").
Before I start the exercise, there had been Profile 1 up to Profile 5 folders alreday. After I tried to create a new profile after deleting all the five existing folders, still, the new profile is stored in Profile 6.
Looking forward to a way to reset the enumeration of profiles without uninstall Chrome and cleaning up the registry items.
Why it matters? Well, here goes a set of alias that I try to keep in sync across my Windows machines and mac:
alias chrome="/Applications/Google\ \Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ \Chrome"
# alias chrome='/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe'
alias chrome_profile='chrome --profile-directory="Guest Profile"'
alias p1='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 1"'
alias p2='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 2"'
alias p3='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 3"'
alias p4='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 4"'
alias p5='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 5"'
alias p6='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 6"'
alias p7='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 7"'
alias p8='chrome --profile-directory="Profile 8"'
Now, on my Windows machine, I can at best get p1 to be assigned to Profile 7, if the enumeration pattern should continue. This brings me trouble with reusing the alias settings across machines.
google-chrome
google-chrome
asked Feb 7 at 0:41
llinfengllinfeng
283114
asked Feb 7 at 0:41
llinfengllinfeng
283114
asked Feb 7 at 0:41
llinfengllinfeng
283114
asked Feb 7 at 0:41
llinfengllinfeng
283114
asked Feb 7 at 0:41
llinfengllinfeng
283114
283114
add a comment |
add a comment |
0
active
oldest
votes
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "3"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fsuperuser.com%2fquestions%2f1402920%2fresetting-how-google-chrome-enumerates-its-profiles-on-windows%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
0
active
oldest
votes
0
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
Thanks for contributing an answer to Super User!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fsuperuser.com%2fquestions%2f1402920%2fresetting-how-google-chrome-enumerates-its-profiles-on-windows%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
