v2.2.0 - Per-account variables, flags and links

Per-account settings for people who run tools against their accounts: environment variables, launch flags, and claude:// links that open where you want them.

Thanks to @orty for the environment variables (#11) and to @Reel-Box for the launch flags and link proposal (#8).

New

• Environment variables per account (#11). "ProfileEnv": { "Work": { "MY_VAR": "value" } } in %LOCALAPPDATA%\ClaudeProfiles\settings.json sets those variables only for the Claude the switcher starts for that account, so an MCP server or tool can tell your accounts apart.
• Launch flags per account (#8). "ProfileArgs": { "Work": "--flag --other=1" } (or a list) goes on every launch of that account, from the window, the tray, -Launch, links and the shortcuts you already have.
• Open a claude:// link in a chosen account (#8). -OpenLink <url> -Account Work opens one link there, whether sign-in routing is on or not. -OpenLinksIn Work remembers an account for every link that is not a sign-in, such as a link to a Claude Code session; with sign-in routing on, the router sends them there instead of your original account. -OpenLinksIn Default undoes it, and -Status shows where other links go.

For all three, keys are the profile's folder id (the name -List shows in brackets, or the plain name when there are none). Two limits apply: a copy that is already running keeps the environment and flags it started with, and Default on the Store build starts through the shell, which takes neither.

Fixed

• Under PowerShell 7, an environment variable set for one account's launch was left behind, empty, in the switcher's process, so a later launch of another account from the same process would have inherited it. The shortcuts run under Windows PowerShell 5.1, where this did not happen; it mattered only if you ran the switcher from pwsh yourself.

Downloads

File	Use it if you want to
Install-ClaudeProfileSwitcher.cmd	Install or upgrade in one step. Double-click it; it downloads the latest script, installs it and opens the switcher.
ClaudeProfileSwitcher-v2.2.0.zip	Get everything offline. Unzip, then double-click Install.cmd, or Claude Profile Switcher.cmd to run it without installing.
ClaudeSwitcher.ps1	Just the script, for PowerShell users or the one-line install below.
SHA256SUMS.txt	Check a download with Get-FileHash <file>.

irm https://github.com/PriyanshuGeTRekT/Claude-Code-Desktop-Switcher/releases/latest/download/ClaudeSwitcher.ps1 -OutFile "$env:TEMP\ClaudeSwitcher.ps1"; powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "$env:TEMP\ClaudeSwitcher.ps1" -Install

Upgrading from 2.1.0 changes nothing you did not ask for: your accounts, sign-ins, names, shortcuts and settings stay as they are.

Tested

• The five test suites pass in CI on Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7, including the new ProfileLaunch suite for these settings.
• Launch flags, environment variables, -OpenLink and -OpenLinksIn were run end to end on Windows 11 against a stand-in Claude.exe that records what it receives: the folder, then the flags, then the link, with the account's variables set.
• Not run against a real second account: opening a real Claude Code session link with -OpenLink. If a session link opens in the right account but does not resolve there, please say so on #8.

Known gaps

• Huorong antivirus has been reported to delete the switcher's shortcuts as Trojan/LNK.Runner.ad (#10). The shortcuts run a headless PowerShell, which is what that signature looks for. A bisect is under way on the issue to find which part of the launch chain trips it; a supported option will follow.
• After Claude's idle auto-update force-closes every window, only your original account comes back (#9). A watchdog that reopens your other accounts is being worked on.
• The installer (non-Store) build is still untested end to end by the maintainer.

Full changes: v2.1.0...v2.2.0

v2.1.0 - Right-account sign-ins, taskbar buttons, Cowork

Three things that make several accounts feel like separate apps: sign-ins that land in the right account, a taskbar button per account, and Cowork's local workspace working in every account.

Thanks to @orty for all three, built on @Sukarth's original router and taskbar work (#1).

New

• Sign-ins go to the account that asked (#4). Signing in through the browser used to bring the login back to your original account. With sign-in routing on, it reaches the account you were adding. It's off until you agree: you're asked the first time you add an account, and you can switch it from the tray (Send sign-ins to the right account), with -RouteSignIns, or back off with -Revert. -Status shows its state.
  • Store version of Claude: Windows needs one choice from you. In Settings > Default apps, set CLAUDE to Claude Profile Router. The switcher opens that page for you.
• Each account gets its own taskbar button (#5), with its coloured badge, instead of every account piling onto one Claude button. Pinning an account's shortcut shares that button. Your original account keeps Claude's own button.
• Cowork's local workspace now starts in every account (#6). Before, extra accounts showed "Workspace unavailable. The isolated Linux environment on this device failed to start." Each one runs its own local VM, which takes about 4 GB of memory and over 10 GB of disk per account.

What changes when you upgrade

• Account folders move, once, automatically. Extra accounts move from %LOCALAPPDATA%\ClaudeProfiles\<name> to %LOCALAPPDATA%\ClaudeProfile-<name>, the first time the new version runs. A link (junction) is left at the old place, so Code chats that remember the old path keep working. An account that's open at the time moves on a later start. Anything that can't move is noted in %LOCALAPPDATA%\ClaudeProfiles\switcher-error.log, and that account keeps working from where it is.
• Launching an account adds its Start menu shortcut if it doesn't have one. Windows takes the taskbar button's icon from it.
• Your accounts, sign-ins, names and shortcuts are otherwise unchanged.
• Going back: an older switcher only looks in the old place. Thanks to the links it still finds moved accounts there, but don't run two versions side by side.

Downloads

File	Use it if you want to
Install-ClaudeProfileSwitcher.cmd	Install or upgrade in one step. Double-click it; it downloads the latest script, installs it and opens the switcher.
ClaudeProfileSwitcher-v2.1.0.zip	Get everything offline. Unzip, then double-click Install.cmd, or Claude Profile Switcher.cmd to run it without installing.
ClaudeSwitcher.ps1	Just the script, for PowerShell users or the one-line install below.
SHA256SUMS.txt	Check a download with Get-FileHash <file>.

irm https://github.com/PriyanshuGeTRekT/Claude-Code-Desktop-Switcher/releases/latest/download/ClaudeSwitcher.ps1 -OutFile "$env:TEMP\ClaudeSwitcher.ps1"; powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "$env:TEMP\ClaudeSwitcher.ps1" -Install

Tested

• Sign-in routing, taskbar buttons and the folder move were tested by @orty end to end on Windows 11 with the Store version of Claude. That included a real sign-in being routed, and a Code chat resuming after the move.
• The test files pass on the installer build too (@Sukarth).
• This release passes all four test suites in CI on Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7. Installing it over a 2.0 setup was tested in a sandbox: the account moved with its data, a link was left behind, routing stayed off, and nothing was logged.

Known gaps

• Sign-in routing and taskbar buttons haven't been tried end to end on the installer (non-Store) build. Reports are welcome via the installer build template.
• If a sign-in still lands in the wrong account, run ClaudeSwitcher.ps1 -Status and include its output in an issue.

Full changes: v2.0.1...v2.1.0

v2.0.1 - Chat transfer fix for Store installs

A small fix release on top of v2.0.0.

Fixed

• Transfer chats said an account "has not used Claude Code yet" when it had. On some Store (MSIX) installs, Windows keeps a second account's files inside Claude's package folder, not where the switcher looked. Chat transfer now checks there too, in both directions. Thanks to @KaiCaborn (#3).

Also

• The first automated tests, covering chat transfer. CI runs them on Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7.

Downloads

File	Use it if you want to
Install-ClaudeProfileSwitcher.cmd	Install or upgrade in one step. Double-click it; it downloads the latest script, installs it and opens the switcher.
ClaudeProfileSwitcher-v2.0.1.zip	Get everything offline. Unzip, then double-click Install.cmd, or Claude Profile Switcher.cmd to run it without installing.
ClaudeSwitcher.ps1	Just the script, for PowerShell users or the one-line install below.
SHA256SUMS.txt	Check a download with Get-FileHash <file>.

irm https://github.com/PriyanshuGeTRekT/Claude-Code-Desktop-Switcher/releases/latest/download/ClaudeSwitcher.ps1 -OutFile "$env:TEMP\ClaudeSwitcher.ps1"; powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "$env:TEMP\ClaudeSwitcher.ps1" -Install

Upgrading keeps your accounts and shortcuts as they are.

Known gaps

• Signing in through the browser may land in your original account. Two users have reported that when a second account signs in via the browser, the login goes to the original account's window instead. A fix is being worked on in #1. If you hit this, please add your Claude version and build (Store or installer) there.
• Open accounts share one taskbar button. Also being worked on in #1.
• The installer (non-Store) build is still untested by the maintainer. Reports are welcome via the installer build template.
• Chat transfer has not yet been confirmed between two real signed-in accounts.

Full changes: v2.0.0...v2.0.1

v2.0.0 - One-click accounts

Run several Claude desktop accounts on one Windows PC, side by side. This release makes adding and switching accounts close to one click.

Downloads

File	Use it if you want to
Install-ClaudeProfileSwitcher.cmd	Install in one step. Double-click it; it downloads the latest script, installs it and opens the switcher.
ClaudeProfileSwitcher-v2.0.0.zip	Get everything offline. Unzip, then double-click Install.cmd, or Claude Profile Switcher.cmd to run it without installing.
ClaudeSwitcher.ps1	Just the script, for PowerShell users or the one-line install below.
SHA256SUMS.txt	Check a download with Get-FileHash <file>.

Or from PowerShell:

irm https://github.com/PriyanshuGeTRekT/Claude-Code-Desktop-Switcher/releases/latest/download/ClaudeSwitcher.ps1 -OutFile "$env:TEMP\ClaudeSwitcher.ps1"; powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "$env:TEMP\ClaudeSwitcher.ps1" -Install

Windows may show a SmartScreen or "unknown publisher" prompt for downloaded files. The script is plain text: you can open it and read it before running.

What's new

• Add account in one click. Opens a fresh Claude window at the sign-in screen and adds it to the list. Also from the tray, Ctrl+N, -AddAccount, or a Claude - Add account Start menu entry.
• Switch to open accounts. Launching an account that is already open brings its window forward instead of starting a second copy, from the window, shortcuts or tray.
• Tray icon. Jump between accounts, add one, or Start with Windows. Closing the window keeps it in the tray.
• Transfer Claude Code chats from one account to another.
• Rename accounts (the label only; sign-in is untouched), plus a right-click menu and keyboard shortcuts.
• Shortcuts you can tell apart: each account gets a coloured badge icon on the desktop and in the Start menu.
• Installs to a fixed place, so deleting the download breaks nothing, and shortcuts open without a console window flashing.

Fixes

• Claude Code sessions (which run their own claude.exe) no longer make the original account look open, which used to block launching it.
• Accounts under a Windows user folder with a space in its name now show as running, and can no longer be deleted while open.
• Shortcut icons no longer go blank after Claude updates itself.
• A mistyped -Launch name is an error instead of creating an empty account. Invalid names and a wrong -ClaudePath are caught.
• "Last used" is accurate.

Upgrading

Run any of the installers above. Existing accounts are kept as they are, and existing shortcuts keep working. Re-running -Install also moves them to the installed copy.

Known gaps

• Tested on the Store (MSIX) build of Claude. The installer build is still untested; please report back with the installer build template.
• Chat transfer is new and has not yet been tried between two real accounts. If a copied chat doesn't show up or resume, please open an issue.

Full changes: #2