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Run separate Claude Desktop profiles side by side - #1

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Signed Claude Desktop builds ignore CLAUDE_USER_DATA_DIR, but the Windows standalone-installer build honors --user-data-dir (verified live: separate instance and login alongside the Store build). Managed Desktop profiles now launch with --user-data-dir= on all platforms.

  • Windows: launch via newest AnthropicClaude\app-*\claude.exe; Store build is refused for managed profiles with a prompt/banner linking claude.com/download. Add Claude Code launcher, themes, test project.
  • Swift/Linux/TUI: pass --user-data-dir=, match both flag forms, restore Desktop in the new-profile picker (macOS/Linux untested).
  • Docs updated; Main-only wording removed.

Signed Claude Desktop builds ignore CLAUDE_USER_DATA_DIR, but the Windows
standalone-installer build honors --user-data-dir (verified live: separate
instance and login alongside the Store build). Managed Desktop profiles now
launch with --user-data-dir=<profile> on all platforms.

- Windows: launch via newest AnthropicClaude\app-*\claude.exe; Store build
  is refused for managed profiles with a prompt/banner linking
  claude.com/download. Add Claude Code launcher, themes, test project.
- Swift/Linux/TUI: pass --user-data-dir=<dir>, match both flag forms, restore
  Desktop in the new-profile picker (macOS/Linux untested).
- Docs updated; Main-only wording removed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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moderniselife merged commit d7ff22c into main Oct 15, 2026
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