Firefox Portable

yes, I know, I should be going to 4.0 but there are a couple of add-ons I can't do without that don't work under 4.0 yet - so I'm sticking with 3.6.xx for the moment.

now, I know I can update to 3.6.16 by going Help > Check for Updates, but should I wait until a PortableApps version is released instead?

From memory, these days it should be ok to let Firefox update to 3.6.16, but I just wanted to be sure (and maybe wait a couple of extra days if a PortableApps release is around the corner?)

Will it update just FirefoxPortable.exe, or will it overwrite the entire contents of the FirefoxPortable folder?

I really don't know how software updates work on Windows. My only experience updating apps is on a Mac.

I need to know whether to back up the profile before hand.

Is this possible and if so, how? If I've got 3 running, 4 says "another instance is already running." I can't jump to 4 just yet because some of my job-critical plugins such as Selenium IDE haven't been updated yet.

Thanks in advance.

hi there,

can anyone say when the stable ff4 portable version will be released here?

it seems there are some "pre-releases"?

[link to illegal software removed by mod JTH]

thanks,
skump

If you have Win 7, and you pin the launcher .exe file to the taskbar, and use it, it shows a seperate icon for the actual window. If you pin THAT to the taskbar it stores the settings on the default location(bad). Up until now the only way to avoid this is to do a complex appid hack, but I have found an easier mcguyver solution.
1. get portable app(in this case FF beta portable)
2. pin the 2nd (running window) icon to the taskbar only.
3. use that, but if you are getting an addon or theme, use the portable launcher.exe to keep your settings on the usb

I have searched before doing this post, but if there is a link to my answer then I will be glad to know of it

I have just purchased a new laptop/new book.... HP dm1z and am setting it up. Someone has advised that it is better to install portable app as opposed to full applications as they can be removed better/easier and new versions installed when they come out without 'messing up' the computer as much as it does when installing and then updating with the full application software.
So can someone please advise me of the pros and cons of installing portable apps vs full app please.

Some of my school's computers recently "upgraded" to Server 2003. Firefox Portable 3.6 won't run on these machines. I watched the start up in the task manager, and both firefoxportable.exe and firefox.exe start and then close. The splash comes up, the the application just closes.

Is this something to do with Server 2003? Or did my school configure something so that certain apps won't run? The school district is full of a bunch of paranoid control-freaks, and they may have found a new way of restricting our accounts.

Seeking a way to run firefox but each one with a lot of its session to a website.

example:
if connect to site XXXX and insert login: prova and password: prova
I enter the site xxx with prova account
if open new firefox and connect to site xxxx the website
i am already being linked to account as if he saw evidence cookies

I want to keep open many firefox each one that connects to the website xxxx with different accounts xxx simultaneously.

thanks

I just installed Firefox 4 RC 1 Portable, but Java is no longer available. It's installed locally on my machine, and java applets run fine in Google Chrome Portable and Firefox portable 3.6.15. On the about:plugins page, the Java plugin is no longer listed, while it shows this for 3.6.15:

Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U19

File: npjp2.dll
Version: 6.0.190.4
Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_19 for Mozilla browsers

Any idea?

Hello,

When I go into about:config to make mplayer the app for the
mms protocol Firefox still tells me the mms protocol is still
not configured.

about:config reads...

network.protocol-handler.app.mms;/usr/bin/gnome-mplayer

I wonder why this isn't working ?

thx.

patrick013