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Unable to open firefox 10 profile manager

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I am trying to set few profiles in Firefox 10 but when trying to launch the profile manager (firefox.exe -P), a new browser window opens but the profile manager doesn't get open. Has this feature been depricated?

I am trying to set few profiles in Firefox 10 but when trying to launch the profile manager (firefox.exe -P), a new browser window opens but the profile manager doesn't get open. Has this feature been depricated?

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The profile manager will only open if there are no other Firefox windows open, so make sure Firefox is properly closed. You can add -no-remote to the shortcut to get around that.

Having said that, the built-in profile manager is probably going to be depreciated. Instead, a separate application will handle it. A pre-release version is available.

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Projects/ProfileManager

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As optional has described, if an instance of Firefox is already open, you have to add -no-remote: firefox.exe -p -no-remote

Firefox Commands

Modified by Vivek

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You can use -no-remote at anytime to open the profile manager.
You only can't open the profile manager if the -no-remote switch isn't specified and Firefox is running.

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