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Elmer
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LocalHomepage not working in 2.0.0.6?

Hello!
I'm trying to configure FFP to start with a local html file. I tried
LocalHomepage=start.html
in FirefoxPortable.ini but it has no effect. I know the INI file is read because if I do
AdditionalParameters=start.html
it opens the page correctly. I know why it works with AdditionalParameters, but I'd like to make LocalHomepage work the way it is intended to, so that nothing unexpected can happen later. I'm using Firefox_Portable_2.0.0.6_en-us.paf.exe on Windows 2000, limited user account, and FFP is installed on a hard disk in preparation for burning to CD.

Thanks!

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Why don´t You load

Your local page, go to tools/options/main:StartUP "when firefox starts : Show my homepage", "Homepage:use current page" ?
or, else load your page, Bookmarks/Bookmark this page, then go to tools/options as above and set "Homepage:Use bookmark"
It should work, you don´t have to manage .ini. Smile

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José Pedro Arvela
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It doesn't work

wk, your ideas won't work because Firefox uses fixed paths to the homepage. What can be tried is to add a \ before the path, saying that way that it is on the root of the drive (or the path preceded by \ without the drive letter).
So, instead of:

LocalHomepage=start.html

you use:

LocalHomepage=\start.html

That way it should work, you also must remember not to delete the other entries, or else it doesn't work.

EDIT: Try also:

LocalHomepage=.\start.html

for saying that it is on the same folder of PFirefox if the first doesn't work.

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I apologize, I neglected the last quote..

.. about burning on CD, thought he wanted to use it on a special Harddisk with the path set to his own Homepage. But if FFP is to be used on CD it´s different ;there might be some issues with the read only situation, it´s discussed here somewhere else and isn´t the topic of this post. Wink

EDIT : You can use the scrapbook firefox addon, load the homepage , save it into scrapbook, that would fully exclude the path problem https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/427 :), then proceed with tools/... as mentioned above.
I use it a lot , almost forgot. There are different ways to store data, local on HDD as in Your FF profile. There´s another addon on the author´s site called "backup helper" that can backup your saved scrapbook contents whereever You like. Smile

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Still not working, deciding to go for AdditionalParameters

Hello and thanks for your suggestions!

I tried different flavors of relative and even full absolute paths but still not working, it's as if FFP does not obey the LocalHomepage parameter. I did not try the extensions suggested, because I need to work with the minimal installation possible. So, I'm going with AdditionalParameters for now, hoping that future versions will not have this problem.

Thanks again!
Elmer.

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We are talking about ..

an addon of 229kb!Take that one working against a bunch of futile experiments.So, You should at least give it a try.Good luck and maybe You could post Your working solution. Wink
EDIT: @Elmer . Forget about all the trash I stated above. Don´t know why Your FirefoxPortable.ini doesn´t work. I just copied the phrases out of the FFP.ini example put in the FFP source folder, set the path as stated there in the readme, put the newly created .ini and the My Homepage folder containing the html and associated data into the same directory with the FFPlauncher, it worked at once.It looked like this

[FirefoxPortable]
FirefoxDirectory=App\firefox
ProfileDirectory=Data\profile
SettingsDirectory=Data\settings
PluginsDirectory=Data\plugins
FirefoxExecutable=firefox.exe
AdditionalParameters=
LocalHomepage=My Homepage\homepage.html
WaitForFirefox=false
DisableSplashScreen=false
AllowMultipleInstances=false
DisableIntelligentStart=false
SkipChromeFix=false
SkipCompregFix=false
RunLocally=false

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