Profile manager will not work in Firefox 3.6.12 on a windows 7 machine
Trying to get the profile manager on a new installation. Machine running Widows 7 I set target in shortcut to: C:\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe -profile manager Click on apply get message: The name 'C:\Mozilla' specifies in the Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct.
Chosen solution
If a file path contains spaces the you need to add quotes around the full file path:
"C:\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -ProfileManager
(ProfileManager is one word!)
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Firefox normally installs to C:\Program Files\Mozilla\ Firefox\ - did you do a "custom" installation and specify the C:\ drive?
Modified by the-edmeister
I did a custom installation. I try to put all programs in individual C:\ drive folders. I have three other machines running Firfox and they all installed on C:\ drive folders, but they are all running XP. The profile manager works on all three of them.
Chosen Solution
If a file path contains spaces the you need to add quotes around the full file path:
"C:\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -ProfileManager
(ProfileManager is one word!)
Modified by cor-el
That worked, what if find unusual, is that on my other machines, it would not work with the quote marks. So that was one option I did not try. I tried by putting the whole link in quotes, and I tried by taking off the quotes.
My other machines work with no quotes????
Thanks.