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How do I make my main Chrome profile a shorcut like other profiles?

User generated imageChrome can make profiles.  And each new profile it makes you have an option to make a shortcut on your desktop.  Why am I not given this option for the main profile I use?

A common problem I have is if I forget to check which profile I am in and have to restart my computer for an update (thanks Windows), I have the hardest time remembering and finding my main profile again because whenever I click the main Chrome app it opens the profile that is not my main.

Ideally, if I can make a shorcut, then I wouldn't have to search around for the main profile again.  Unless there is a way to make the main profile priority no matter what profile was last opened?
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@John, I don't see this option.  Is it because I'm on a mac right now?

Shums, my browser doesn't have step 2 or step 6 "add desktop shotrcut" is that because I'm on a mac right now?
It tried the newest version of Chrome on Windows 10 and it works.

Chrome for MAC / Linux will be different,
1. Open Chrome and click the profile badge in the upper-right corner of the window on the title bar
2. Click “Switch person” on the popup dialog box.
I totally forgot about this option.  Ha!  I am on my Windows machine now.  Not sure why Mac settings are so different.  Oh well.

I tried John's and Shums' comments and either will work for me.  I will use the switch person option for the meantime.
Thank you for the update and I was happy to help.