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Topic: «Chrome lacks titlebar - Multiple user profiles (How to identify?) , Many chrome windows, cannot control due to Chrome's lack of titlebar » on forum: Technical Support   Views: 2505
 
Pete Cam
 
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Posted: 07/08/2015 09:23:28
 
 
 I use many Chrome windows. I have many Chrome profiles associated with Google accounts. With my 3 desktop setup, I am having a difficult time trying to configure efficiency, so not to have to spend too much time resizing windows.

I frequently use User switching, now on Windows 10 Insider. For the last few major versions of Windows (7,8,8.1, and now 10 preview), it is a major pain to return to my primary windows account. Everything gets boxed small, and I spend 2-4 minutes rearranging things the way my productivity routine desires.

Chrome has a special titlebar and recently I saw there was a feature released in Actual Window Manager 8.4 which helps not overlap titlebar tweaks to where user's select their user profile in chrome.

I am hoping through either some RegEx or substring patter, or perhaps another way I can solve this highly inconvenient problem costing me much of my work time.

Does anybody have any suggestions?
 
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Vasiliy Ivachev
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Posted: 07/08/2015 11:22:05
 
 
 Hello Pete,

Thanks for the post.

How you are opening a new Google Chrome window (using a Google Chrome's shortcut with a preset url, using Ctrl+N etc.)?
Does each of these Google Chrome's windows have a unique window caption?
 
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Pete Cam
 
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Posted: 07/08/2015 18:32:08
 
 
 By using the special titlebar that Chrome uses. Near the top right (unmodified), there is a small text icon which brings down a list of all chrome profiles installed.

I might be able to create a short cut for each user, but I'm not sure whether there will be any indication to Actual Window Manager which chrome window belongs where.

By opening the Task Manager in Windows 10 Insider, Google Chrome (32 bit) (11) breaks down into windows where there is the title of the first site showing (for example: All Mail - Pete@gmail.com). I guess I would have to launch Chrome and hope A.W.M. recognizes the default 1st tab (if there even is one) for each user.

Still, I'm hoping for a better solution to Chrome's particular situation.
 
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Vasiliy Ivachev
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Posted: 07/14/2015 13:30:46
 
 
 Pete,

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By opening the Task Manager in Windows 10 Insider, Google Chrome (32 bit) (11) breaks down into windows where there is the title of the first site showing (for example: All Mail - Pete@gmail.com). I guess I would have to launch Chrome and hope A.W.M. recognizes the default 1st tab (if there even is one) for each user.
- I think this is the only way to identify (by the first tab) Google Chrome windows.
 
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