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Setting FFP as DefaultBrowser but use roaming Profile (Win 7)

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yves030
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Setting FFP as DefaultBrowser but use roaming Profile (Win 7)

Hi,

I´ve read hundred of Posts about setting FFP as DefaultBrowser,
or using "Special" ProfileManagers for FFP... but I can´t find
a solution for this problem:

When I open a URL from my eMail by clicking a link, I managed
to set FFP as default Browser, so this is fine... but...:

When I have FFP already opened, I get a new Tab, which is fine.
But, when I do not have an instance of FFP running and click the
URL Link, FFP is started, but with the profile from the host pc
located at the default folder C:\Users\Yves\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

How do I manage to let FFP ALWAYS use my "portable" profile stored in
C:\PortableAppsSuite\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\App\DefaultData\profile ??

Thanx for reading,
Yves

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Solution found!

I have already tried hacking the registry entry, but that didn´t work..
but I just had the idea that I may not have used the start-options in proper order... so I moved them around and found out, that the desired
behaviour only comes up, when I use the -profile switch as the FIRST
parameter AND when -osint is NOT PRESENT... So I changed every occurence of

"C:\PortableAppsSuite\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\App\Firefox\firefox.exe" -osint -url "%1"

into

"C:\PortableAppsSuite\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\App\Firefox\firefox.exe" -profile "C:\PortableAppsSuite\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\Data\profile" -url "%1"

et voilà
yves

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THANK YOU!

THANK YOU!
That had been irritating me for so very long. Your fix works well.

yves030
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you´re welcome..

nice to see, that at least one user could be helped...

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