Create shortcut
“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -P -no-remote
assuming that your mozilla has installed at C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
Setting up multiple instances of Firefox is a 5 minute task which is made possible by the creation of separate profiles, whereby each instance of Firefox will use its own profile. A few key points about profiles:
•Every profile has its own set of bookmarks, extensions, themes and browsing history.
•If one instance of Firefox crashes, it will not bring down other instances of Firefox running under different profiles.
•The only thing shared between profiles are the plugins (Java, Flash, etc).
•Separate profiles can be used to run different versions of Firefox at the same time.
Here’s how it’s done:
1.Launch the profile manager to create a new profile:
“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -profilemanager
Make sure you close all current instances of Firefox otherwise it will simply open a new window instead of the manager.
2.Create a new profile. I would recommend using a single lowercase word.
3.Modify your Firefox shortcut to look like this:
“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -P “profile-name”
4.Now that you’ve setup separate profiles, you still need to tell Firefox to run them independently of one another, by adding the “-no-remote” option to one or both of your shortcuts:
“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -P “profile-name” -no-remote
or
“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -P -no-remote
-no-remote allows you to run multiple profiles simultaneously, otherwise any new request to open a Firefox window will simply attach the window to the profile that’s already running.
-no-remote effectively tells Firefox to open an independent instance of the indicated profile.
The disadvantage of the -no-remote option is that it limits you to one instance of a profile at any given time, so clicking twice on a Firefox shortcut that has the -no-remote parameter will give you the following error.
Getting around this is fairly simple: only add -no-remote to the profile that you expect to use less often.
“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -P -no-remote
assuming that your mozilla has installed at C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
Setting up multiple instances of Firefox is a 5 minute task which is made possible by the creation of separate profiles, whereby each instance of Firefox will use its own profile. A few key points about profiles:
•Every profile has its own set of bookmarks, extensions, themes and browsing history.
•If one instance of Firefox crashes, it will not bring down other instances of Firefox running under different profiles.
•The only thing shared between profiles are the plugins (Java, Flash, etc).
•Separate profiles can be used to run different versions of Firefox at the same time.
Here’s how it’s done:
1.Launch the profile manager to create a new profile:
“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -profilemanager
Make sure you close all current instances of Firefox otherwise it will simply open a new window instead of the manager.
2.Create a new profile. I would recommend using a single lowercase word.
3.Modify your Firefox shortcut to look like this:
“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -P “profile-name”
4.Now that you’ve setup separate profiles, you still need to tell Firefox to run them independently of one another, by adding the “-no-remote” option to one or both of your shortcuts:
“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -P “profile-name” -no-remote
or
“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -P -no-remote
-no-remote allows you to run multiple profiles simultaneously, otherwise any new request to open a Firefox window will simply attach the window to the profile that’s already running.
-no-remote effectively tells Firefox to open an independent instance of the indicated profile.
The disadvantage of the -no-remote option is that it limits you to one instance of a profile at any given time, so clicking twice on a Firefox shortcut that has the -no-remote parameter will give you the following error.
Getting around this is fairly simple: only add -no-remote to the profile that you expect to use less often.
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