Opening links from Blip app in Chrome creates a new user profile

[joeblowma]

BT Version: 5.6.12
Windows 11 25H2 (26200.8475)
Chrome: 149.0.7827.54 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Waterfox: 6.6.14 (64-bit)

Blip site

When clicking on links in blip that redirect to BT picker, selecting chrome starts a whole new user profile (whether chrome is already open or not). Picking Waterfox works normally.

The new chrome profile gets created here:
C:\Users\SomeUser\AppData\Local\Packages\BlipStudioInc.BlipApp_eydxbjyejh39j\LocalCache\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

example links from blip that do this (copied from BT popup)

• Discord
• Twitter
• Blip buy now

note:

• adding in "--profile-directory=Default" to the Chrome user has no effect.
• removing the two filters that have borderless windows set had no effect (initially that is what I thought it was doing)
• there is no indication in the BT logs that anything... weird happened

my config.ini

log_app = y
browsers_show_hidden = y
firefox_classic_profiles = n
firefox_containers = n
theme = cherry
log_rule_hits = y
default_profile = 0b37dd6a2608fd5eb3c35df413a5ff12:normal
toast_on_open = y
toast_visible_secs = 3
toast_border_width = 1
icon_overlay = profile_on_browser


[picker]
on_key_cs = n
on_key_ca = n
on_key_as = y
on_key_cl = n
on_conflict = y
on_no_rule = y
always = n
close_on_focus_loss = n
always_on_top = y
icon_size = 73.550423
item_padding = 10.000000
inactive_item_alpha = 0.527311
show_key_hints = y
border_width = 3
show_native_chrome = n
picker_opacity = 255


[pipeline]
unwrap_o365 = n
unshorten = y
substitute = n
script = n


[pipevis]
last_url = https://blip.net/pricing?email=SomeUser%40gmail.com&origin=desktop_home_menu&created=1770209571


[browser:43d5d300d710001cc331581c761169fb]
name = Google Chrome
cmd = C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
hidden = n
sort_order = 0
data_path = C:\Users\SomeUser\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data
engine = chromium
auto = y


[browser:43d5d300d710001cc331581c761169fb:Default]
name = Normal
arg = "%url%" --no-default-browser-check
incognito = n
hidden = n
rule = scope:domain|mode:app|127.0.0.1
rule = scope:domain|mode:app|localhost
rule = scope:domain|powershellgallery
sort_order = 0


[browser:43d5d300d710001cc331581c761169fb:Private]
name = Private
arg = "%url%" --incognito
incognito = y
hidden = y
sort_order = 1


[browser:d015c9902f2b501fd9c3bbeb657d20f8]
name = Microsoft Edge
cmd = C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
hidden = n
sort_order = 1
data_path = C:\Users\SomeUser\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data
engine = chromium
auto = y


[browser:d015c9902f2b501fd9c3bbeb657d20f8:Default]
name = Normal
arg = "%url%" --no-default-browser-check
incognito = n
hidden = y
sort_order = 0


[browser:d015c9902f2b501fd9c3bbeb657d20f8:Private]
name = Private
arg = "%url%" --inprivate
incognito = y
hidden = y
sort_order = 1


[browser:0b37dd6a2608fd5eb3c35df413a5ff12]
name = Waterfox
cmd = C:\Program Files\Waterfox\waterfox.exe
hidden = n
sort_order = 2
data_path = C:\Users\SomeUser\AppData\Roaming\Waterfox
engine = gecko
auto = y


[browser:0b37dd6a2608fd5eb3c35df413a5ff12:Default]
name = Normal
arg = "%url%"
icon = C:\Program Files\Waterfox\waterfox.exe
incognito = n
hidden = n
sort_order = 0


[browser:0b37dd6a2608fd5eb3c35df413a5ff12:Private]
name = Private
arg = -private-window "%url%"
icon = C:\Program Files\Waterfox\waterfox.exe
incognito = y
hidden = y
sort_order = 1

The link buttons in Blip under settings (also ones on the wheel menu upgrade/donate)

I imagine this is down to whatever environment vars Blip is using and may not even be a BT issue, but I thought I'd report it just in case it's an outlier (or someone is bored and wants to take a go at fixing it.) Strongly considering replacing Blip for this and some other issues, though it is very simple and convenient.

Thanks for the great tool!

[joeblowma]

Just dug up System Informer and inspected the process' environment. Dunno why this didn't occur to me before.

It's hijacking/setting:

LOCALAPPDATA="C:\Users\SomeUser\AppData\Local\Packages\BlipStudioInc.BlipApp_eydxbjyejh39j\LocalCache\Local"
PACKAGE_APPDATA="C:\Users\SomeUser\AppData\Local\Packages\BlipStudioInc.BlipApp_eydxbjyejh39j\LocalCache\Roaming"
PACKAGE_LOCALAPPDATA="C:\Users\SomeUser\AppData\Local\Packages\BlipStudioInc.BlipApp_eydxbjyejh39j\LocalCache\Local"

It also prepends the PATH variable

PATH="C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\BlipStudioInc.BlipApp_1.1.15.0_x64__eydxbjyejh39j\bin;%PATH%"

Weird, but makes sense. I'll leave the report up for comment, but I'm guessing this may not be something BT is meant for?