Open links with default profile

spy20imsa

Hi,
Vivaldi is my default browser.
Also, i've two profile.
I would like to open links by a default profile.
That's could be possible ?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Sylvain

Pathduck

@spy20imsa Hello and Welcome to the Vivaldi Community

The "Default" profile will always be the one last opened. So when closing Vivaldi always make sure to close the one you want as default for links last. ... Yeah it's not ideal that we can't set a specific profile as standard.

DoctorG

Unfortunately adding a --profile-directory="Default" parameter in Windows registry for Vivaldi > shell > open > command will be reset after changing default browser.

spy20imsa

@pathduck Yes that's exactly what I'm doing. But I forget it regularly

spy20imsa

@doctorg Great I'll try and tell you what I think

spy20imsa

@doctorg Hi,
I want to try you advice, but i'm not sur how can apply these

Can you explain me how i can add these key ?
Thanks in advance

DoctorG

@spy20imsa In Regedit Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet
Select in left tree the Vivaldi and go down to shell → open → command

spy20imsa

Sorry I don't understand "go down to shell → open → command"

DoctorG

@spy20imsa Pardonnez moi!
My fault.

Please open the next subtrees below Vivaldi until you reach shell → Open → command
Then double click in right pane on (Standard) to edit
Go to end end of vivaldi.exe inf field
add a space and --profile-directory="Default"
Hit Return

Oh, no! That does not work for Vivaldi.
I try to investigate more.

This works for me:
Open Regedit Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes
Select in left tree pane your Vivaldi
Select sub tree \shell\open\command
Double click in right pane on (Standard) to edit
Go to end of vivaldi.exe in field
add a space and --profile-directory="Default"
Hit Return

Now Vivaldi always starts with Default profile.

DoctorG

@spy20imsa said in Open links with default profile:

I don't understand "go down to shell → open → command"

Just a guess. In your french Windwos Developer means Expand to show more keys in tree?
Sorry, but i do not know the correct one as i have a German Windows.

spy20imsa

@doctorg thank you, that's a perfect explanation.
Yes, it was a question of "Developing".
My chosen profile is open when opening the Vivaldi application.
However, from other apps like outlook, if I click on a link, it will open in the vivaldi window where the focus was previously.
But from what I understand we can not do better today.

tanchinchun

I'm able to do it via changing the registry entry at

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VivaldiHTM.XEQUNY3DXY77YXIMDI7CGPLJWA\shell\open\command

I changed the value from

"C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\Application\vivaldi.exe" --single-argument %1

to

"C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\Application\vivaldi.exe" --profile-directory="Profile 5" --single-argument %1

stardepp

@tanchinchun Thank you for this, it works well.

koil

Hi guys.

I have default system vivaldi

Also snapshot vivaldi (installed as standalone), this one I selected to add handler so it can be used as a default browser if I wanted.

Now I started launching my main vivaldi with custom profile path, to ensure that any update only launches on a empty profile, and I notice now even if I set as default browser, it will launch a new instance using default profile.

So I followed the guides here, I checked both registry entries and only the snapshot version of vivaldi is in the registry at those locations, there isnt the default one to edit.

However the default one has a handler as I can select it in the windows UI (it shows both).

I am not bothered so much if vivaldi isnt running at all, but its weird when its already running, I click a link then it launches a new instance on empty profile.

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