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Browser extension "Companion Apps" in FF Portable?

Submitted by saronno on December 6, 2017 - 1:49am

I'm running a browser extension (or should I say "add on"?) which requires the presence of a so called "companion app".
In a non-portable environment such an app has to be installed in the main OS, as well as the browser itself.

I'm wondering whether there is a way to "install" such an app inside the FF Portable's folder, in order to carry it around together with the browser, in a USB key or similar device.

PS. I searched, before posting, for similar questions but did not find any.

Will the 2nd Profile version be updated to 57?

Submitted by mertzi on November 29, 2017 - 8:22am

Hello. I don't want to update my main Firefox installation yet because several add-ons I use are legacy without replacements. But I'd like to segue to FF 57 and instead of creating a new Portable Apps directory it would be nice to use a 2nd profile installation in my regular PA directory for the transition. I know I can use the beta but betas are betas.

Have a nice day!

Can't start Desktop Firefox and Firefox Portable (52.20) at the same time

Submitted by fethi on November 28, 2017 - 6:26am

Is it ipossible to launch the "Desktop Firefox" and Portable Firefox (52.2.0) in the same time?
If I start "Desktop Firefox" then I start Portable Firefox I get an error message pop up:
"Another instance of Firefox is already running. Please close other instances of Firefox before launching Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition"
Is there a solution?

Okay to Delete Firefox 32-bit from Portable Apps Folder?

Submitted by Abraxian on November 26, 2017 - 5:44pm

I have Firefox v57.0 "installed" as a portable app. In the "App" folder there is a "Firefox" folder and a "Firefox64" folder. I only ever use the 64-bit version so is it possible to completely delete the "Firefox" folder? It's kind of strange in a way. The "Firefox" folder contains 113 files. The "Firefox64" folder contains 112 files. What is the extra file in the "Firefox" folder?

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