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Questions tagged [firefox-profile]

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Firefox has two default profiles: "default-release" and "default". Which one should I choose?

Guess what, "default" is not my default profile. That would be "default-release". Can I delete "default"? What's the reason for the double profile?
Wes
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How do you find out what Firefox Profile is running when Firefox is running?

Is there a variable, or an about:config setting, or an add-on that will tell you what Firefox profile you are running when Firefox is running? So I can come back to Firefox like 3 days later and know that these Windows are for this and those…
leeand00
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Starting Firefox with a specified profile from the dock (Mac OS X)

I have different Firefox profiles for each version I have installed on my system and I know I can specify the profile name I want to use like this: /Applications/Minefield.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P minefield Is it possible to create a dock…
Tomas Markauskas
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How to configure firefox built-in pdf viewer

I want to configure my pdf.js in Firefox. Specifically, I want to set the default zoom from auto to something else, say 150%. I found a pdfjs.database in about:config, which has a "zoom":"auto" in that table. I changed auto to 150% but nothing…
Fxyang
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Create Firefox Profile via Command Line

Is it possible to create Firefox profiles via the command line? I need to programatically launch Firefox with different proxy settings. From my understanding, I can do this via creating a profile. However, I don't want to create these profiles…
sKIPper76
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How can I export & import firefox addons settings

Is is possible to export (and import) firefox addons settings? I mean addons data. not their installable .xpi. For example, I've collected a custom blacklist for AdBlock on my Windows, and I want to have it on my Ubuntu
kikio
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How can I set different taskbar icons for Firefox profiles in Windows 7?

Is there a way to have different taskbar icons for two different Firefox profiles? I have two shortcuts which point to bat scripts which launch Firefox profiles in following manner: start "" "D:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe"…
chodorowicz
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How do I pin more than one instance of Firefox to my taskbar?

I have several Firefox profiles and I have them pinned to my taskbar. Since i installed windows 7 SP1 I can no longer have both there. Is there a way to fix this so that I can have multiple instances of the same program pinned at once?
user3109
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Is it safe to drop part of mozilla profile from the backup?

I have the problem, that my backup is flooded by mozilla's firefox' profiles. I have only one user with multiple profiles. The thing is that firefox saves various data in sqlite files etc that just are updated. I use a rsnapshot-based backup…
Christian Wolf
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Firefox 29 - how do I delete history entries visited fewer than x times

Context: I've been using my Firefox profile for a couple of years now. My history file has become huge, naturally. I got Firefox Sync set up between my main desktop PC and my laptop. HW configs: PC: i5-3450, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, Crucial M4 128 GB…
lousyuser
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Prevent Firefox from unloading specific tabs

Starting in v93, Firefox introduced a tab unload feature. I generally like it, but it always unloads those tabs that are most important to me. Is there some way - either setting or addon - to "protect" a tab so it is not considered for unloading? (I…
lonix
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Move Firefox user settings to another folder on same machine

Due to company restrictions where I currently work, My windows users folder %USERPROFILE% is space restricted. I get a warning that I must delete files before I can log off. Because of that, I have moved everything else out of my profile folder…
Jesper Rønn-Jensen
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Firefox "send tab" across different profiles?

I would like to keep my work profile and private profile on Firefox mostly separate (bookmarks, stored logins, browsing history), but still be able to send tabs between devices. Is such a thing possible in current versions of Firefox?
kdb
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Use Firefox profile manager without changing default profile

I use different Firefox profiles for different things. (This is Firefox 16.0.2) I have one general-purpose profile that I use for normal web browsing, plus some others for other things (e.g., javascript hacking). What I want to have is two…
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Removing "other bookmarks" from the Firefox bookmarks manager?

I don't know what this folder is for, and I don't know why Firefox forced this folder for everyone. But for me It is always empty because I never use it. I want to go a step further and permanently hide it from this drop down menu and the…
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