Starting Chrome with a different Chrome profile

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In Chrome, you can have different profiles, with their own settings, bookmarks etc.
In some cases, it would be nice to run UiPath from its own profile. Example: I need to automate a legacy website, where browser cache sometimes causes issues (no kidding: the home page says “Please clear your browser cache before signing onto this website”). So, it would be nice to use a specific profile “uipath” that uses no cache at all.
Once I define this new “uipath” profile, to run Chrome with it I know these ways:

  1. On the command line

    chrome --profile-directory=“UiPath”

  2. Once Chrome is running, click on the profile symbol (just left of the 3 vertical dots that open Chrome menu), a menu will open, the additional profiles will be visible there, click on the desired one

The former seems easier.
Is there a way to tell UiPath to use a special command line argument when running Chrome?
Of course, other ways to achieve the same result would be great.

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Hi @borreo

1.Have you add a Chrome extension in UiPath Studio

2.the same need to be done in Google Chrome

Thanks
Ashwin S

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Yes, I have installed the extension both on my normal profile and on the new UiPath profile.

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Hi @borreo

Are you able to test it

Thanks
Ashwin S

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Yes, the UiPath extension works, I am able to automate Chrome with UiPath.
I just want UiPath to launch Chrome with a different profile, rather than the default one.

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Hi @borreo
Can you elaborate ur scenario

Thanks
Ashwin S

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How do I get UiPath to open Chrome in private mode?
And how can this help me in getting UiPath to run Chrome with a different profile?

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I see.
I have given permission to the UiPath extension to run in private/incognito mode, and I can automate the website, so Chrome will not store any new history.
But the private mode does not prevent the browser from using the existing history.
If I use Chrome manually and navigate to the site, it will collect history/cache. Then I launch UiPath, that starts Chrome in private mode, and the cache will cause problems.
That’s why I would prefer to have a Chrome profile to be only used by UiPath.

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Hi @borreo
Why dont use a send hot key for incognito mode by using send hot key as Ctrl+Shift+N

Thanks
Ashwin S

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I can use incognito/private mode, but it does not prevent the browser from using the existing history.

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Workaround that I tried: when opening the browser, I passed this URL:

in_URL+" --profile-directory=uipath"

This started a Chrome browser with the specified profile, the UiPath icon was visible and blue in the top right of the browser, but UiPath was not able to communicate with the extension.

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Hey @borreo did you have any solutions in working with different chrome profiles? I am getting the same outcome as you. I am unable to communicate with a new chrome profile

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Pls install uipath extension in all the chrome profile