Start MS Edge in new window with own icon?

[PowerJack]

After quite some search I guess I need to ask the Windows gurus among you for a short guidance.

As more and more Devices (printers, etc.) come with their own web interface I find it quite cumbersome to have this web interface as one tab among many in my Edge browser.

First improvement
I was already successful to find a way to start a web interface (URL) in a new Edge window. 
When I move my mouse pointer to the Edge icon in my task bar I can click on that new window.
That already provides a faster navigation compared to finding the right tab in the main Edge window.

My question
The ideal situation for me would be to have this window as a separate icon in my task bar, so that it looks like a separate application.
There is certainly a way to set the icon of an application with AutoIt.
But currently I think that this might not be feasible because it is still one and the same msedge.exe program?

[Subz]

Couple of ways you could just create a shortcut and pin it to the taskbar, you can use different profiles to load a seperate instance for example, this would use the default profile:
Note: if you want a different icon (for example I used Google icon) you'll have to download it and place it in a common area.

FileCreateShortcut(@ProgramFilesDir & "\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe", @DesktopDir & "\Google Shortcut.lnk", @ProgramFilesDir & "\Microsoft\Edge\Application",  "--profile-directory=Default http://www.google.com", "", @ScriptDir & "\favicon.ico")

Alternatively you coud just create a script using Run to open Edge and create your own custom icon.

Run('"' & @ProgramFilesDir & '\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --profile-directory=Default http://www.google.com')

 

Edited October 18, 2021 by Subz

[PowerJack]

Thank you Subz for the guidance.

Edge opens in a different window the moment you launch it  with a different profile in the command line parameters.

😀

[PowerJack]

SOLVED. (Silly me!)

Finally I found out that MS Edge has already exactly the functionality I described in my first post. No workarounds with .lnk files, user profiles or even AutoIt programming necessary.

Functionality is called "Turn a Website Into an App"  and is available directly unter the Edge "..." icon as "Apps". 

A really nice functionality for devices with own web pages. And most of us have several of them: DSL/Wifi router, network printer, NAS stations, ...