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How to use profiles with firefox 7

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FUBAR-BDHR
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I've been using firefox since long before it was even called firefox or even mozilla. One of the features I've always loved is being able to store my profile on a network drive and access it from any computer. I'm currently installing firefox 7 on a new machine and the old firefox -profilemanager command does nothing. How do I add an additional profile that is located on a mapped network drive?

Also are the new profiles backward compatible with version 3.6.x or do I have to update every machine at once?

I've been using firefox since long before it was even called firefox or even mozilla. One of the features I've always loved is being able to store my profile on a network drive and access it from any computer. I'm currently installing firefox 7 on a new machine and the old firefox -profilemanager command does nothing. How do I add an additional profile that is located on a mapped network drive? Also are the new profiles backward compatible with version 3.6.x or do I have to update every machine at once?

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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  1. Try using just -p or -P
  2. You're looking at possible problems using a Profile in Firefox 7.0.1 and then switching back to Firefox 3.6.x. Most users don't necessarily have a problem going back to the older version once, but backward compatibility isn't guaranteed. And if you do it repeatedly, the chance of having a problem increases each time it is done.
FUBAR-BDHR
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Tried -p earlier and -P just now. Neither does anything.

I'm not looking at going back and forth for very long just a week or 2. Need to back up each machine then update everything.