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josegotme
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Firefox 57

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I have the ESR version installed. Is it possible to run 57 independently of the ESR version without conflict? Thus, I could try it out and hopefully switch in the future.
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Re: Firefox 57

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I think that the answer is yes... but what I did long ago is use the portable version of Firefox plus I also installed the portable manager app... it works fine.

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What I did was install the above app then using it I brought down Firefox and other neat tools.
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Re: Firefox 57

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Yes you can, just make sure they are using separate profiles. I have ESR installed and launch it with a Shortcut like:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox ESR\firefox.exe" -p "esr" -no-remote

If ESR is your default, then make a separate one for 57.

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -p "57default" -no-remote

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pr ... x-profiles

When you install 57, just don't let it run the first time as it will use your default profile and muck it up. Create the profile for it and make the shortcut first. Or, I guess what you could do is create a new profile called "57default" first and make it the default. Then install 57 and it will use that new default profile. Then go back into profile manager and make your previous profile the default again so that ESR uses it again and make a shortcut for 57 to use its specific profile.
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Re: Firefox 57

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Note that you can't open external links in a Firefox instance that is opened with the -no-remote command line switch.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Opening_a_new ... er_profile
https://developer.mozilla.org/Mozilla/M ... x_Profiles
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Re: Firefox 57

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And if you use the installer version of Firefox (rather than the Portable version as Doug posted about) the "last installed' version will "hold the keys" in the Windows Registry as the "Default Browser" if you set Firefox as the "Default Browser" in Windows.
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Re: Firefox 57

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rather than the Portable version as Doug posted about
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