Selenium Chromedriver : How to open a specific Chrome profile - selenium

Question

I want Selenium to open and control one of my existing Chrome profile named Selenium. I've tried different solutions but none of them work.
Profile name : Selenium
Profile directory : Profile 5
1- First I've tried :
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('user-data-dir=C:/Users/raphg/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data')
options.add_argument('profile-directory=Profile 5')
This opens the right chrome profile but in a Chrome window that is not controlled by Selenium. Plus, my script crashes with the error : selenium.common.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException: Message: invalid argument: user data directory is already in use, please specify a unique value for --user-data-dir argument
2- Then I've tried to clone the profile directory and to reference it like this :
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('user-data-dir=C:/Users/path_where_I_put_the_directory')
options.add_argument('profile-directory=Profile 5')
This time, it gives me no crashes, but this opens a Chrome profile that is like a clone of my Selenium profile and it is not connected to my Google account unlike the real one.
With images, real profile VS the clone :

Answer 1

Solved!
In short: you need to clone the entire 'User Data' folder, not just the profile you'll be using.
Here were the problems:
For the first solution I've tried, the error I got (user data directory is already in use) speaks for itself, I couldn't use any profiles if I had already a profil in use. Here I was using 'Default' (for browsing purpose) so using any profile in User Data folder with Selenium would give this error.
That brings us to the second solution I've tried : moving the profile I needed to another location. The reason Selenium webdriver opened like a clone of my profile was because it was missing some files from the 'User Data' folder.
So to solve this:
1- Go to C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome and copy the 'User Data' folder
2- Paste it to wherever you want (let's say to C:/Users/my_scripts. So now you have C:/Users/my_scripts/User Data)
3- Use the profile you want with Selenium
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('user-data-dir=C:/Users/my_scripts/User Data')
options.add_argument('profile-directory=Default')
# Or
options.add_argument('profile-directory=Profile 5')