Hello,
I wonder if it is possible to use environment variables in path name in the FirefoxPortable.ini file, for instance %username%, %appdata%.
There are several profiles on the family PC and I would like to save each profile datas in the specific %appdata% directory.
I tried to set the "ProfileDirectory=" in the FirefoxPortable.ini file that way :
ProfileDirectory=..\..\..\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\FFdirectoryName\Data\profile
... but it didn't work.
I tried the following and it works :
ProfileDirectory=..\..\..\Users\ProfileName1\AppData\Roaming\FFdirectoryName\Data\profile
And so for the settings and plugins directories.
I know FirefoxPortable2ndProfile and use it already, but I can't with it save the different profile datas in each %appdata% directory.
I can write a batch to launch FirefoxPortable aiming at the right %appdata% by changing each time the FirefoxPortable.ini file, but it would be simplier to use the environment variables in it.
Is it possible ?
Regards.
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I tried to introduce a FireFoxPortable.ini in a FireFoxPortable\AppInfo\Launcher directory with sections [FileWrite1] to change "ProfileDirectory=" iin the FireFoxPortable\FireFoxPortable.ini file.
That seems not to work. FireFoxPortable doesn't support the launcher.ini ?
Firefox and Thunderbird use a custom coded launcher, not the typical PA.c Launcher. They don't support using a launcher.ini like you're trying to do. For what you're trying to do on a single PC shared among users, why aren't you installing Firefox? I'd recommend that route.
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