Browser Tamer Help

Command line

Browser Tamer can be controlled from the command line. This is useful for scripting, automation, or for advanced users.

Launch configuration editor

Invoking Browser Tamer with no arguments will launch the configuration editor user interface.

bt.exe

Open URL

The most basic case is to just invoke Browser Tamer with a URL as an argument. This will behave exactly as you would click a link in an external application and follow the usual process of handling rule, invoking picker and whatever else you have configured.

bt.exe https://www.google.com

Open picker for any URL

If you want to open the picker for any URL, you can use the pick command.

bt.exe pick https://www.google.com

Terminal commands

You can also use terminal commands to control Browser Tamer, this does not pop up any UI.

List browsers and profiles

bt browser list

Returns a long list of all currently configured browsers and profiles.

browsers: 3 msedge name: Microsoft Edge cmd: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe system: yes hidden: no features: system chromium profiles: 3 > id: Default name: Personal args: "url" "--profile-directory=Default" --no-default-browser-check hidden: no icon: C:\Users\alone\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Edge Profile Picture.png incognito: no > id: Profile 1 name: Work args: "url" "--profile-directory=Profile 1" --no-default-browser-check hidden: no icon: C:\Users\alone\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Profile 1\Edge Profile Picture.png incognito: no > id: InPrivate name: InPrivate args: "url" --inprivate hidden: no incognito: yes firefox name: Mozilla Firefox cmd: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe system: yes hidden: no features: system firefox profiles: 4 > id: Profile0 name: No container args: "url" -P "default-release" hidden: no incognito: no > id: Profile0+c_2 name: Isoline args: "ext+bt:container=Isoline&url=url" -P "default-release" hidden: no incognito: no > id: private name: Private args: -private-window "url" hidden: no icon: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe incognito: yes aadb3a96-6f1b-444b-955d-ac5f7d451f7f name: Tor Browser cmd: C:\software\tor\Browser\firefox.exe system: no hidden: no profiles: 1 > id: default name: Tor Browser hidden: no incognito: no

Get default browser

bt browser get default

Will print the default browser in format <browser_id>.<profile_id>. You can view these ids using bt browser list commands.

Set default browser

bt browser set default <browser_id>.<profile_id>

Will set the default browser to the specified browser and profile. You need to specify correct browser and profile ids, which again can be retreived from bt browser list command.

Last modified: 20 February 2025