

It is possible that the new profile selector will receive updates and improvements before it is made available in release versions of the web browser. The example loads the Firefox profile testprofile in a new instance.įirefox Nightly is the cutting edge version of the browser.

Firefox can block companies from tracking your web activity or reading cookies left by other websites including social media trackers. You can open multiple Firefox windows and move tabs between them with just click and drag. Example: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Firefox Developer Edition\firefox.exe" -P "testprofile -no-remote If one page stops responding, all other tabs will still be responsive.Locate the target field under shortcut and add the information to the end of the line (make sure there is a space-character between the end of the path and the command.Right-click on the Firefox shortcut on the desktop and select Properties.On Windows, you have to modify shortcuts for that. The command -no-remote -P "profile name" loads the Firefox profile "profile name" in a new instance making the browser window that opens independent from other open instances of Firefox. What you can do is create profile specific shortcuts to load them directly. Even if that would be the case, it is likely only a temporary solution as the old/new search interface change has shown recently. It is unclear right now if Mozilla added a parameter to Firefox to switch back to the old profile manager. The profile creation wizard has not changed at all. Mozilla added an open button next to each profile so that you can launch profiles directly without having to make that profile the default. That's quite uncomfortable, especially if you switch between profiles regularly. Since there is no selection option available, to pick a profile to start it, you have to use "set as default profile" first before you start the browser. One issue that you will run into eventually is that you cannot just launch another profile as easy as before. Tip: you can open it in Firefox directly by loading about:profiles.īuttons are displayed underneath each profile to rename or remove it, and in the case it is not the default profile, to make it the default.
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The new window lists additional information about each profile including its full root and local directory.
