#903 Open URL Incognito or InPrivate browsing (different to Alternate Browser?)

[Huw]

I believe the Alternate Browser feature (located in Options > Misc) can be used with a command line argument (switch) e.g. -private for MS Edge or -incognito for Chrome, however the record's URL must be prefixed with [alt], whereas I don't know in advance which sites I might need or want to access this way. Is there another way to achieve what I want? If not, might you consider this an enhancement request?

[Rony Shapiro]

Ticket moved from /p/passwordsafe/support-requests/542/

[Rony Shapiro]

Nice idea. Added "Browse w/Alt Browser" menu item that's visible only when an alt browser's defined.
Implemented in commit 86ba2a2eb, will be in next release.

[Huw]

Thank you so much for this! Version v3.59 works beautifully for me on Windows 10 21H2 Edge 101.0.1210.53 64-bit – it even reuses the initial InPrivate window for any further Alt Browser requests.

I'll note here that the following works for me
Alternate Browser: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
Browser Command Line parameters: -inprivate

You can check your browser session executable path by entering edge://version/ in the Edge address bar.

Using %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\MicrosoftEdge.exe does NOT work for me – the parameter is dropped and the URL opens in a standard browser, although that may not apply if you have no browser session already open. There probably more to it than this, but after having difficulties getting this working I thought my solution worth writing down.