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February 15, 2006 - 2:31pm
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Anonymous (not verified)
Multiple instances bug?

Hi,

When I tried to run PortableFirefox for the first time, it detected
the firefox.exe running on my main machine. After shutting that down,
it could then run. Also, I could then restart the main machine firefox
as well.

What is this dependency? (Note, I code Win32 in my day job, so I would
like to help fix this.)

Why am I doing this? I really like having completely separate profiles
managed in separate firefox instances. I have separate bookmarks and cookies
etc from my main work firefox on this portable drive. I would like to still
use the work firefox as well.

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February 15, 2006 - 2:44pm
John T. Haller
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They are seperate

If you search the forums, this has been discussed a couple of times. Firefox itself will auto-kill itself and latch on to another running instance of Firefox if there is one already running. This is the way Firefox is coded. There is a way to allow the multiple instances which is explained in the launcher's readme and requires an INI file. The readme and a sample INI are contained in the PortableFirefoxCode directory.

Portable Firefox is seperate from a local install. It uses its own profile, bookmarks, etc. That's why it's called Portable Firefox.

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February 15, 2006 - 2:51pm
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drudru (not verified)
Right, but it still sees the other..

If they are meant to be separate, then why isn't this the default. Is it because it prevents detecting itself?

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February 15, 2006 - 3:43pm
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Because it isn't standard

It isn't a standard part of Firefox. And it may cause side effects.

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February 15, 2006 - 4:45pm
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drudru (not verified)
What are the side effects?

What are the possible side effects?

Also, what kind of support are you getting from the Mozilla team for these portability modifications?

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February 15, 2006 - 3:00pm
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drudru (not verified)
Also, real quick...

I changed the .INI file setting to true, but it still detects
the host firefox that is running. Hmmm.

This mod of firefox is way cool, though.

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February 15, 2006 - 3:43pm
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Read the readme.txt

You have to read the readme.txt as I said. Most likely, you didn't place the INI in the same directory as PortableFirefox.exe. The existing INI is a sample, it isn't used.

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February 15, 2006 - 4:43pm
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drudru (not verified)
Doh!

Ah, good stuff! Sorry about that. Here I am, I write apps, yet I didn't fully read the readme Smile

It works fine. Thanks!

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