is there an .exe path for side profiles?

[epsilonniner]

epsilonniner last edited by

I use the Opera GX side profiles to separate my Twitch channels and I was wondering where to find the file path for the profiles, for example, the exe path for the main browser would be

"C:\Users[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Opera GX Browser.lnk"

Where can I find the path for the side profiles?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @epsilonniner last edited by

@epsilonniner There isn't a different executable for each profile, what it does is to point to different profile directories.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

Right-click on the profile's shortcut (or right-click on the profile's pinned taskbar icon and right-click on "Opera GX - Profile Name"), goto "properties" and look at the target field on the "Shortcut" tab. That will tell you the opera.exe command that's used to load that particular profile. You will see a profile ID in the command for example.

In your main Opera GX profile, if you goto the URL opera://about, take note of the "profile" path and browse to it in File Explorer, you'll see a "_side_profiles" folder there that contains an ID folder for each of the side profiles. That's where the data for each profile is stored. You can goto the URL opera://about in a specific profile to get that path too.

In the ID folder for a specific profile, you'll see an xxxxxxxx_sideprofile.json file. That file contains the configuration for that profile (name and options etc.). You'll also see the "On the side.ico" file used for the icon for the shortcuts for that profile.

Given all that, you should get the idea.