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The Profile Manager is now apparently a separate function. Where do I download it?

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The Profile Manager is now apparently no longer an integrated function, but is separate. In the main Mozilla information area, there is only the old method (firefox.exe -profilemanager) mentioned. Where do I download the new program?

The Profile Manager is now apparently no longer an integrated function, but is separate. In the main Mozilla information area, there is only the old method (firefox.exe -profilemanager) mentioned. Where do I download the new program?

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Modified by John99

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Try using
firefox.exe -P

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If you notice, I already mentioned firefox.exe -p (or -profilemanager) above.

Problem was, this command line wasn't working, in either of the Windows 7 'Start' methods. The default profile was loading without a manager option appearing. The task manager confirmed firefox was not staying loaded.

After several hours playing around, I 'appeared' to sort it.

I had once long ago used a second profile and deleted it with the manager. I located the firefox profiles.ini file and saw the value (1) in the line 'StartWithLastProfile' which of course steers the manager's 'start without asking' function. I edited that to (0) and the command line firefox -p then brought up the profile manager box as it normally should have done.

It seems strange for it to have made a difference, as I have experimented by changing the ini file line back to (1) and the -p switch works normally.

Main thing - it works.


Cheers