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#FIREFOX PROFILE MANAGER WINDOWS UPDATE#

You can now start using Nightly safely with its own dedicated profile. To do this, set the command text field to target the executable file, likely /usr/bin/firefox, and add the -P PROFILE_NAME parameter, replacing PROFILE_NAME with the name of the specific profile.

If you want individual icons to launch specific profiles, you will need to set the command line for your new launcher.

Enter firefox -ProfileManager, and press Enter to open the Profile Manager (Choose User Profile) window.

app file for the Firefox channel you want to target. Also, you'll want to change the path in the do shell script to point to the correct. It's best to follow all steps in the "Creating the scripts" section, including the "edit ist" step. You can find a useful tutorial to set up custom launchers here: Managing Multiple Firefox Profiles in OSX. This causes the Profile Manager to appear at startup unless you start Firefox with a custom launcher.

Remove the checkmark from the box, Use the selected profile without asking at startup.

Select Create profile…, name it Nightly and click Done.

Press Return to open the Profile Manager (Choose User Profile) window.

For example, if Firefox is installed in the recommended location, you would enter /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -profilemanager. app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -profilemanager. Type or paste in the path to Firefox, followed by.Warning: If you select a profile to use without asking, be very careful to only start Nightly or other Firefox versions with shortcuts customized to start with a dedicated profile. If you have customized all of your Firefox shortcuts to launch with a dedicated profile, the next time your default Firefox browser is launched and the Profile Manager opens, you can select the profile you would normally use (such as default) and then checkmark the Use the selected profile without asking at startup box before you start Firefox. When Firefox is your default browser, HTML files, Internet shortcuts and links opened in other applications will start Firefox with the Profile Manager when the Use the selected profile without asking at startup box is not checked.

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -P default

#FIREFOX PROFILE MANAGER WINDOWS UPDATE#

In the Shortcut tab, update the Target: field by adding a space, then -P default after the path to the Mozilla Firefox executable, which in most cases, would be as follows:.Right-click the Mozilla Firefox icon on your desktop and select Properties.The following example is for a profile named default: In most cases, you can use an existing Firefox profile instead of creating a new one. Do the same for the shortcut that starts your normal version of Firefox."C:\Program Files\Nightly\firefox.exe" -P Nightly In the Shortcut tab, update the Target: field by adding a space, then -P Nightly after the path to the Firefox Nightly executable, which in most cases, would be as follows:.Right-click the Nightly icon on your desktop and select Properties.

You can now update the shortcut you use to start Firefox Nightly, so that it automatically opens with your new Nightly profile:.

Click Exit to close the Profile Manager.

This causes the Profile Manager to appear at startup unless you use a custom shortcut to start Firefox with a specific profile.

Select Create profile…, name it Nightly and click Finish.

The Profile Manager (Choose User Profile) window will open.

Enter firefox -ProfileManager and click OK.

The following steps are for Firefox Nightly but you can use the same procedure to create dedicated profiles for other versions of Firefox. Then follow the instructions below, applicable to your operating system. You should first quit all running instances of Firefox, Beta, Firefox Developer Edition or Nightly. Note: You cannot create or manage profiles while Firefox is running.