# How to test in parallel using specific chrome profile in katalon?

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**Category:** Web Testing\
**Tags:** katalon-studio\
**Created:** [July 1, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-test-in-parallel-using-specific-chrome-profile-in-katalon/56233 "2021-07-01T09:23:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![kazurayam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/kazurayam/32/333_2.png) [@kazurayam](https://forum.katalon.com/u/kazurayam)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-test-in-parallel-using-specific-chrome-profile-in-katalon/56233/8 "2021-10-26T00:34:27Z")

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If you have the chrome.exe somewhere else, then you need to declare it as follows

> [@How to open a second browser without closing the first?](http://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-open-a-second-browser-without-closing-the-first/11407/2):
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> Hi Kevin, you can open two WebDrivers manually and switch between them. Drivers are located in Katalon installation folder - configuration\resources\drivers System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","C:\\path\\to\\chromedriver.exe") System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\path\\to\\geckodriver.exe") WebDriver chrome = new ChromeDriver() WebDriver ff = new FirefoxDriver() // let Katalon know that chrome driver is usedDriverFactory.changeWebDriver(chrome)// Katalon keywords work as …

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