Running more than one profile in parallel

[dziq]

I have two firefox profiles: A and B. I would like to run two instances of firefox, one with A loaded and second with B. Is it possible?

[Guest]

Yes. Use

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firefox -ProfileManager

to select which profile you want to use.

[bollix47]

http://the-edmeister.home.comcast.net// ... sions.html

[Guest]

Yes. Use

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firefox -ProfileManager

to select which profile you want to use.

You have misunderstood the OPs question.

[Vectorspace]

the-edmeisters method has an issue: If you set the variable that makes it possible to run multiple instances, then any attempt to start another instance will bring up profile manager - including links from external applications. Instead, try the batch file method:

Create a text file and copy the following into it:

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@echo off
set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
start "" "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -p
set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=0

Save the file with a .bat extension.

When you double-click the bat file, it will start profile manager even if Firefox is already running, and you will be able to run multiple profiles simultaneously. Change the path to firefox.exe as appropriate.

You can also make it start a specific profile like this:

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@echo off
set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
start "" "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -p "profile name"
set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=0

the-edmeister and I have recently been discussing the batch file method, and he's probably going to add a page to his website on it soon.

[simoesluciano]

I have two firefox profiles: A and B. I would like to run two instances of firefox, one with A loaded and second with B. Is it possible?

Use:

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -no-remote -P Profile_1

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -no-remote -P Profile_2

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -no-remote -P Profile_3

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -no-remote -P Profile_N

[Vectorspace]

This thread is almost 2 years dead - why dredge it up with a solution that did not exist in the versions they are discussing?

[Guest]

The new google based forum search for this site gives results in order of "relevance", not date, so it is very easy to bring up ancient posts and actually hard to find recent ones.
This is a common cause for posting to old threads.

[trolly]

Is it that difficult to check the date of the last post? It is clearly visible. Ok, the google search delivers not always what you are looking for.

[dickvl]

We have a Sticky about that:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=560634 - Sticky: Using Google Search Through the Forums

[Guest]

That is a good point, to check the date before posting. But why is the google search on this forum configured so you can't sort by date? When you do a google groups search you can sort by date or relevance. I believe I have seen other sites that have a google search that sorts by date. For many problems as the sticky points out, the hits you get are no longer the best information on the subject because they are not recent.

[danielgtr17]

thx Vectorspace i did wat u said it worked ^^ i created a second profile then made the text file with extension .bat and it worked thx alot ^^ ur the best im using firefox 2.0 and windows XP

[danielgtr17]

thx Vectorspace i did wat u said it worked ^^ i created a second profile then made the text file with extension .bat and it worked thx alot ^^ ur the best im using firefox 2.0 and windows XP

im cureently using 2 intances of firefox i have one with all my history and the other one is black so it worked if it hadnt it woul;d also have the history on it

[dickvl]

In Firefox 2.0 you can add -no-remote as a switch to the target in the shortcut as written above by simoesluciano and you do not need the bat file solution with the MOZ_NO_REMOTE environment variable anymore.