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Can I manually access, and set-up, a profile outside of the browser?

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I set up a proxy in the browser using an address from a proxy list website and right after I did that it crashed every time I tried to open the browser. I searched on Chrome, trying to find a way to manually access my settings outside of the browser since I couldn't even get in to the browser, and I was directed to my profile. No website said how to alter the settings but they did say my settings were contained in the profiles. I thought to myself, "Since all my settings are in that profile, deleting it and reinstalling Firefox should fix it." It unfortunately didn't and now I have absolutely no way to make a new profile and every time I try to open Firefox it says I have an instance of the application running already.

I set up a proxy in the browser using an address from a proxy list website and right after I did that it crashed every time I tried to open the browser. I searched on Chrome, trying to find a way to manually access my settings outside of the browser since I couldn't even get in to the browser, and I was directed to my profile. No website said how to alter the settings but they did say my settings were contained in the profiles. I thought to myself, "Since all my settings are in that profile, deleting it and reinstalling Firefox should fix it." It unfortunately didn't and now I have absolutely no way to make a new profile and every time I try to open Firefox it says I have an instance of the application running already.

Gekose oplossing

Hi,

Please try firefox -p -no-remote in the Start > Run box (or press windows key + R if the Run box is not present), delete all the profiles with the files in it and create a new one. Please also see Firefox Profile Folder & Files and Backup.

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Useful links:

All about Tools > Options

Going beyond Tools > Options - about:config

about:config Entries

What's That Preference? add-on - Quickly decode about:config entries - After installation, go inside about:config, right-click any preference, enable (tick) MozillaZine Results to Panel and again right-click a pref and choose MozillaZine Reference to begin with.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Viewing video in Firefox without a plugin

Firefox Profile Folder & Files

Safe Mode

Basic Troubleshooting

Problematic Extensions

Troubleshooting Extensions and Themes

Testing Plugins

Troubleshooting Plugins

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Gekose oplossing

Hi,

Please try firefox -p -no-remote in the Start > Run box (or press windows key + R if the Run box is not present), delete all the profiles with the files in it and create a new one. Please also see Firefox Profile Folder & Files and Backup.

...............................................................................................................................

Useful links:

All about Tools > Options

Going beyond Tools > Options - about:config

about:config Entries

What's That Preference? add-on - Quickly decode about:config entries - After installation, go inside about:config, right-click any preference, enable (tick) MozillaZine Results to Panel and again right-click a pref and choose MozillaZine Reference to begin with.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Viewing video in Firefox without a plugin

Firefox Profile Folder & Files

Safe Mode

Basic Troubleshooting

Problematic Extensions

Troubleshooting Extensions and Themes

Testing Plugins

Troubleshooting Plugins

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Thank you so much!

It worked perfectly.