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Profilemanager not opening even after following the steps provided in Firefox website

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I wanted to set profile. When trying to open profile-manager using: firefox.exe -p or "\path\to\firefox.exe" -p, firefox browser is opening. SO restarted my system and tried again. The problem persists. Please help.

Mine is 64 bit Windows7 OS Firefox version 30.0

I wanted to set profile. When trying to open profile-manager using: firefox.exe -p or "\path\to\firefox.exe" -p, firefox browser is opening. SO restarted my system and tried again. The problem persists. Please help. Mine is 64 bit Windows7 OS Firefox version 30.0

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The key is to make sure Firefox is completely closed/exited first before trying to start Firefox with the ProfileManager. Otherwise a new window will just open instead.

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Note that you need to check the Processes tab in the Windows Task Manager.

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Hello cor-el, I have even tried to kill the Processes of firefox or mozilla... but none processes were alive.