Default Browser Profile

AzDayton

I have Vivaldi set as my default browser, but I have two Profiles - one for work (Profile 1), and one for myself (Default).

The problem is, when something opens Vivaldi, it doesn't necessarily open MY profile. Quite often it opens the WORK profile instead.

I need a way to ensure that it opens MY Profile instead. But there's only the one entry in Windows' "Default Apps" - and it doesn't specify.

Is there any way to accomplish that?

Thanks..

Dayton - Wed. 08/19/2020 @ 16:24:17

Obiwan2208

Vivaldi Browser Help:
https://help.vivaldi.com/article/user-profiles/

Next time check the help pages may help for doubts or troubles.

I don't use more than one profile, but taking a look I've realize than can be open the two profiles at same time on different Vivaldi's instances, or switch between them...just take in mind if useful for you

BoneTone

Chromium doesn't really have a mechanism for setting a default profile. On Linux there is an environment variable that may or may not work: $CHROME_CONFIG_HOME. On Mac, you can maybe write up some kind of AppleScript wrapper. On Windows, you can try renaming the profile folders, such that the one you want to be default has the folder name Default. Since it sometimes opens one profile and sometimes the other, I don't think Chromium really has the concept of a default profile. I think it may just be opening in the most recently used profile, or the one currently being used. There is a lot of details left out of your description to know exactly the behavior you're seeing, but regardless, there is no setting for a default user profile, as far as I am aware. But, if you're only seeing it load the wrong profile when the browser is running, and it loads the user profile in the Default directory whenever the browser is not running, then renaming the profile directories may do the trick.

Obiwan2208

I'm agree w/ you, Chromium can use profiles but not effective way.

This isn't a solution for your problem as I said I don't work w/ various profiles on day-a-day but may make things easier, it's to create a shortcut to run vivaldi w/ a specific profile:
vivaldi://settings/manageProfile
Select URL, copy and go

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ryofurue

I have exactly the same problem as OP.

Zoom, for example, coordinates with Google Calendar, but sometimes Zoom contacts the "wrong" Vivaldi Profile running the wrong Google account.

Pathduck

Yes, this is a problem with the way profiles work at the moment, since the last used profile is the one opened on next launch. For those interested, this is saved in the file Local State in the user data dir:
"last_used" : "Profile 4",

There are some workarounds though, depending on user skill level:

Install the secondary profiles in Standalone versions of Vivaldi.
Use the --user-data-dir launch argument to set a completely different user data directory for the secondary profiles. For instance %localappdata%\Vivaldi-work and so on. This would avoid having to maintain standalone installations.
Use a tool like FileTypesMan to edit the launch parameters of the default Vivaldi process, specifying the profile with the --profile-directory argument. The "Default apps" setting in Win10 is really dumbed down, but it's still dependent on the good old file types that have been in Windows for ages.

Obiwan2208

The --user-data-dir is a good option.

I used it with Opera and Telegram portable (travelling) to separate my life between personal<->work, depend of moment I ran one or other, or both at same time, just using the corresponding shortcut with the modifier.