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Re: How do you start the freeware Brave browser in Tor mode from a Windows desktop/taskbar shortcut?

From Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows, alt.msdos.batch
Subject Re: How do you start the freeware Brave browser in Tor mode from a Windows desktop/taskbar shortcut?
Date 2020-11-16 07:47 -0700
Message-ID <i1fhoaFk84uU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <ropj79$m4p$1@news.mixmin.net> <xx53f3wmn9s7$.grfnkaq3nels.dlg@40tude.net>

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On 11/15/2020 12:44 AM, JJ wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 21:46:17 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:
>> How do you start the freeware Brave browser in Tor mode 
>> (from a Windows desktop/taskbar shortcut)?
>> 
>> Starting Brave via a desktop/taskbar shortcut is easy:
>> o mklink %userprofile%\desktop\brave.exe "C:\app\browser\brave\brave.exe"
>> 
>> Which creates a link whose target is the Brave browser in normal mode:
>> o Target=C:\app\browser\brave\brave.exe 
>> 
>> And starting Brave in private mode is almost just as easy:
>> o Target=C:\app\browser\brave\brave.exe --incognito
>> 
>> But how do you start Brave in Tor mode via a desktop/taskbar shortcut?
>> o Even better, how do you start Brave in "ingognito plus Tor" mode?
>> 
>> This simply opens Brave in private mode (not Tor mode):
>> o Target=C:\app\browser\brave\brave.exe --incognito --tor
>> 
>> There _must_ be a way to make that link; but I don't know how yet.
>> o Do you?   (perhaps via a batch file?)
> 
> Brave don't use Tor.


Even though I don't think I'm particularly brave, I also don't use Tor.


-- 
Ken

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How do you start the freeware Brave browser in Tor mode from a Windows desktop/taskbar shortcut?  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-11-14 21:46 +0000
  Re: How do you start the freeware Brave browser in Tor mode from a Windows desktop/taskbar shortcut? JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> - 2020-11-15 14:44 +0700
    Re: How do you start the freeware Brave browser in Tor mode from a Windows desktop/taskbar shortcut?  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-11-15 12:57 +0000
      Re: How do you start the freeware Brave browser in Tor mode from a Windows desktop/taskbar shortcut? JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> - 2020-11-16 21:08 +0700
        Re: How do you start the freeware Brave browser in Tor mode from a Windows desktop/taskbar shortcut?  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-11-16 16:04 +0000
          Re: How do you start the freeware Brave browser in Tor mode from a Windows desktop/taskbar shortcut? JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> - 2020-11-18 18:50 +0700
    Re: How do you start the freeware Brave browser in Tor mode from a Windows desktop/taskbar shortcut? Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2020-11-16 07:47 -0700
      Re: How do you start the freeware Brave browser in Tor mode from a Windows desktop/taskbar shortcut?  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-11-23 18:08 +0000

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