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I've been using a multi-profile setup in firefox for years, just by launching it with firefox --new-instance -ProfileManager %u which lets me pick a profi
by ttctciyf 4y ago
I've been using a multi-profile setup in firefox for years, just by launching it with
firefox --new-instance -ProfileManager %u
which lets me pick a profile at startup, each with its own settings, cookies, history, and add-ons, etc.. This works fine for me, I don't really feel the need to launch into a different profile from the browser's own menu, if that's what you're referring to?
- nicoburns 4y agoCan you run multiple profiles at the same time using this approach?
- Semaphor 4y agoFirefox doesn’t restrict how many profiles you run at the same time. You can start them either via -ProfileManager, or by going to about:profiles.
- BeefWellington 4y agoThe --new-instance flag lets you run multiple copies of even the same profile. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/CommandLineOptions#-new-instance https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/CommandLineOptions#-new-ins...
- ttctciyf 4y agoIME, starting Firefox with this flag, then (from the profile manager) picking an already-running profile, I get the fatal error: > Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To use Firefox, you must first close the existing Firefox process, restart your device, or use a different profile. So I guess it allows multiple instances but only with different profiles, at least on my system.
- BeefWellington 4y agoIf that's true (I haven't tested), then --no-remote is what you're looking for.