I want to use Portable Firefox to run Firefox from my university's network space (which was recently increased to make this practical). However I want to share the main firefox directory with other users to save some space, letting each user keep just his/her own profile. (User copies PortableFirefox exe and a default ini and profile dir.) This also makes Firefox updates quick and easy.
I tried setting FirefoxDirectory in PortableFirefox.ini, but it does not work.
Is it possible to add support for absolute paths in the launcher? This will help a lot in this case.
The lines I tried that gave me a "firefox.exe not found" error:
FirefoxDirectory=\\opn-nov\USR\USERS\13105493\Firefox
FirefoxDirectory=p:\Firefox
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I did notice in the readme that relative paths must be used, but relative paths are not enough for this case.
Absolute paths are simply not supported in the current system with any of the apps. They are designed to run from a single drive. There is a slight possiblility of adding it later on.
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Oh right is there anyway we could program this to work??
The source is included, so anyone can make an enhancement to it. Drop a note back if you do, and if it works well and is stable, I'll add it in to the base product.
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