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Save DanielSmon/cc3fa072857f0272257a5fd451768c3a to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
For running multiple MS Teams accounts side by side. Save this with the name of the MS Teams profile you wish to use. When launched, a folder will be created in your user profile. See https://danielsmon.com/2020/04/02/multiple-ms-teams-accounts-on-the-desktop/.
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| @ECHO OFF | |
| REM Uses the file name as the profile name | |
| SET MSTEAMS_PROFILE=%~n0 | |
| ECHO - Using profile "%MSTEAMS_PROFILE%" | |
| SET "OLD_USERPROFILE=%USERPROFILE%" | |
| SET "USERPROFILE=%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Teams\CustomProfiles\%MSTEAMS_PROFILE%" | |
| REM Ensure there is a downloads folder to avoid error described at | |
| REM https://gist.github.com/DanielSmon/cc3fa072857f0272257a5fd451768c3a | |
| mkdir "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Teams\CustomProfiles\%MSTEAMS_PROFILE%\Downloads" | |
| REM Fixes missing "Desktop" folder | |
| mkdir "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Teams\CustomProfiles\%MSTEAMS_PROFILE%\Desktop" | |
| ECHO - Launching MS Teams with profile %MSTEAMS_PROFILE% | |
| cd "%OLD_USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams" | |
| "%OLD_USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\Update.exe" --processStart "Teams.exe" |
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I played around with this again. Script still works for Teams Classic. The "New Teams" is a UWP app and I didn't find a way to open a second window.
As an alternative you can create multiple profiles in Firefox or Chrome and open a Teams instance in each browser instance