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How to open shortcut links in Private window without editing shortcut?

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For work, I receive and send lots of desktop shortcut links. I want to be able to click on them and for Firefox to automatically open in Private mode.

I see this question asked a lot, but the main "solution" is to edit the shortcut with "-private". However, other people whom I send the shortcut files to use different browsers, so I can't edit the shortcut files.

Another solution I have seen is to change regular Firefox to never remeber history. However, this isn't a solution for me either, because I want Firefox to remember my history during normal browsing, just not when opening these work links.

I simply want to be able to select "Firefox Private mode" as my default browser option, so shortcut links open in private mode. Then I can have a regular-mode Firefox button pinned to my taskbar to open regular-mode Firefox windows when doing my normal browsing.

Is this possible?

For work, I receive and send lots of desktop shortcut links. I want to be able to click on them and for Firefox to automatically open in Private mode. I see this question asked a lot, but the main "solution" is to edit the shortcut with "-private". However, other people whom I send the shortcut files to use different browsers, so I can't edit the shortcut files. Another solution I have seen is to change regular Firefox to never remeber history. However, this isn't a solution for me either, because I want Firefox to remember my history during normal browsing, just not when opening these work links. I simply want to be able to select "Firefox Private mode" as my default browser option, so shortcut links open in private mode. Then I can have a regular-mode Firefox button pinned to my taskbar to open regular-mode Firefox windows when doing my normal browsing. Is this possible?

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This may not work in every situation, but it is pretty fast to set up. (I tested on Windows 7.)

Part One: Create a Firefox shortcut that loads a private tab

right-click the edge of the Desktop > New > Shortcut

Location of the item (including the quotation marks):

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -private-window

Name for the shortcut:

PrivateFox

Note: -private only works in the initial startup, not if any non-private windows are already open, so we use -private-window instead.

Part Two: Convert New Shortcut to "Send To" item

In the Windows system search box, type or paste

shell:sendto

and press Enter.

Resize the resulting Windows Explorer window so you can see the PrivateFox shortcut and drag it into this folder.

Part Three: Test

Right-click any .url type shortcut > Send to > PrivateFox

Firefox should load the standard private tab welcome page (purple background) and then the URL of the shortcut should load in its place.

What do you think?

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Solution choisie

This may not work in every situation, but it is pretty fast to set up. (I tested on Windows 7.)

Part One: Create a Firefox shortcut that loads a private tab

right-click the edge of the Desktop > New > Shortcut

Location of the item (including the quotation marks):

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -private-window

Name for the shortcut:

PrivateFox

Note: -private only works in the initial startup, not if any non-private windows are already open, so we use -private-window instead.

Part Two: Convert New Shortcut to "Send To" item

In the Windows system search box, type or paste

shell:sendto

and press Enter.

Resize the resulting Windows Explorer window so you can see the PrivateFox shortcut and drag it into this folder.

Part Three: Test

Right-click any .url type shortcut > Send to > PrivateFox

Firefox should load the standard private tab welcome page (purple background) and then the URL of the shortcut should load in its place.

What do you think?

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Thanks, jscher2000 - that solution works perfectly.