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To configure the settings for a custom browser profile:

  1. Do one of the following:

    • To execute on a custom Chrome profile, open a Chrome

    tab
    • browser, enter chrome://version/ in its URL address bar, and then copy the Profile Path value.

    • To execute on a custom Edge profile, open

    a
    • an Edge

    tab
    • browser, enter Edge://version/ in its URL address bar, and then copy the Profile Path value.

    • To execute on a custom Firefox profile, open a Firefox

    tab
    • browser, enter about:profiles in its URL address bar, and then copy the Profile Path value.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Open an existing execution profile that you want to use to execute on a custom browser profile.

    • Add a custom execution profile.
      Note: For more information on execution profiles, refer to Working with Execution Profiles.

  3. Click the Browser tab Settings > Local Profile > Browse.

  4. From the Browser Type drop-down list, select the associated browser.

  5. Paste the Profile Path value , in the Browser Profile Path.
    Note: The last value name at the end of the Profile Path value denotes the browser profile name. If the last value you have entered is a different browser profile name, edit the desired browser profile name in the last value of the Profile Path.
    For example, if the Profile Path is C:\Users\john.smith\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\JohnS, the last value then JohnS is the custom Edge browser profile name.

  6. Under EdgeOptions, ChromeOptions, or FirefoxOptions (depending on the selected browser), enter the following value in args:
    --profile-directory=<profile_name>, where profile_name indicates the name of the custom browser profile.

  7. Edit If necessary, edit any other required settings of the execution profile.
    Note: For detailed instructions on configuring the required execution profile settings, refer to /wiki/spaces/QAS8/pages/1381631256.

  8. Click Save.

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