You should be able to chose the profile you want to use on Chrome startup

[Mitch K]

I think it only makes sense that when have more than one user profiles bound to Chrome, the first screen that should pop up when you start Chrome should be the one that prompts you to select a user.

Then it should only open the windows from that profile's previous session (or a new window for that session depending on your preferences) and nothing else.

After this initial process you should still be able to open a new window for another user profile and have the windows from the different profiles be open alongside, simultaneously. 

But the point is that on startup you should choose a profile to start.

The current behaviour is problematic, at least in Mac OS, because there is no easy way to open user sessions independently from each other, like you can do in Windows with desktop shortcuts, and it kind defeats the purpose of having, say, a home profile and a work profile.

[Roger]

Hi Mitch,

If you right click the chrome dock icon, you can open any profile independently, pretty much like on windows. You also have a People menu in chrome which allows you to quickly switch to another profile.

In your screenshot I noticed that you are using a supervised user.  In that case, if you have the childlock feature available.  Chrome will show the people chooser on startup if you make sure to childlock your "Mitch" profile before closing it.

[Eric Landrum]

If you are on Chrome 41+ you can add the following to your desktop target and it will give you what you want. 

--Profile-Directory="Guest Profile"

Example: C:\Users\boomer\AppData\Local\Chromium\Application\chrome.exe --Profile-Directory="Guest Profile"

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[Mitch K]

Hi Roger,

I should have clarified in my OP, that when I said "there is no easy way to open user sessions independently from each other" I meant on browser startup. 

In Mac OS in order to open, for example, a session with my Work profile, Chrome needs to have already started, opening my previous session of my Home profile first and then I can start/resume my Work profile session.

The right click on the dock icon and the People menu are all nice, but Chrome needs to already be running in order to use them. 

On the contrary, on Windows, if I wanted to instantly start/resume my Work profile session all I would have to do would be to double click the Chrome shortcut that is bound to my Work profile.

I was not aware of the childlock feature though, I will try it to see if it's close to the functionality I have in my mind, thanks.

[Mitch K]

Hi Eric,

Thanks for the tip, but my issue is mostly specific to the behaviour on Mac OS