Feature request: Config for user data directory

[Nezteb]

It looks like the app currently doesn't allow you to set the data directory:

brave-portable/main.go

Lines 42 to 63 in 2f22c0c

	func main() {
	utl.CreateFolder(app.DataPath)
	app.Process = utl.PathJoin(app.AppPath, "brave.exe")
	app.Args = []string{
	"--user-data-dir=" + app.DataPath,
	"--disable-brave-update",
	"--no-default-browser-check",
	"--disable-logging",
	"--disable-breakpad",
	"--disable-machine-id",
	"--disable-encryption-win",
	}
	// Cleanup on exit
	if cfg.Cleanup {
	defer func() {
	utl.Cleanup([]string{
	path.Join(os.Getenv("APPDATA"), "BraveSoftware"),
	path.Join(os.Getenv("LOCALAPPDATA"), "BraveSoftware"),
	})
	}()
	}

It'd be nice if we could choose where that data is stored, including in the install directory of the portable app itself. This seems like a good candidate for a config item perhaps? Example:

app:
  cleanup: false
  user_data_dir: 'C:\portapps\brave-portable\data\user'

This is somewhat related to an existing issue, but I wanted to phrase this as more of a feature request than an inquiry. 😄

[ednykissyou]

This portability is not very scientific.
The portable "brain portable. exe" you set up cannot be used as the default browser for Win11.
Moreover, the response speed of "brave. exe" is faster than that of "brave portable. exe", but "brave. exe" does not have a "data" folder.

[ioc2e3]

Excuse me ...

If can choose the ( portable program ) ...

Data storage location ( such as the installation directory of the portable program ) ...

That would be great ...

.

[Neustradamus]

There is another problem linked to this ticket.

Brave Browser does not respect good user data folder:
Data must be in %AppData% not in %LocalAppData%.