Firefox Portable

I've had this problem with the regular install but thought I'd mention that while I've had
no problems with FF portable 63.0.3, FF portable 64 causes my laptop to over heat and shut down.
I'm back on 63.0.3 with no issues.

I have the latest version of FireFox Portable on a flash drive.
I have it because I use public library (Windows) computers and those computers don't always have the latest version of FireFox installed.

When I open FireFox from my flash drive, it brings up the library home page as my Home page.

When I open the Options for the Home page in the browser, that option is grayed out/disabled.

Is there a way that I can set my home page to blank?
How is the installed version overriding the portable version?

.. or do I have to erase my portable version and _install_ FF, to continue surfin' on the "safe" site?
regards from Stuttgart, DE

My current installed version of Firefox Portable 52.8.1 ESR loads up and reports as Firefox Portable 60.0.10 ESR.

Somehow Firefox Portable ESR is automatically updating itself. I have had this happen to me twice now. I think the "timebomb" kicks off every 30 to 60 days. At least that's what I seem to remember from when it last bombed out; the main FF 52.8.1 ESR folder timestamp is about 40 days old right now.

For years, I have used FF Portable (on Windows 7). However, I ALWAYS disable the auto-update feature. This is because the update process always tries to create another copy of my user profile, bookmarks, and add-ons under these locations:

C:\Users\[logon name]\AppData\Local\Mozilla
C:\Users\[logon name]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla

Note: The same thing happens if you set FF Portable as the Default Browser and Windows tries to start FF Port like a normal application. A second set of application files are created.

Firefox was really pesky last week - every day (perhaps even more often - I'm not sure) it popped up a notification saying that version 63.0.1 was available and suggesting I download it. Until today PortableApps did not say it was available, so I kept clicking "Not Now" on the notification until I could upgrade through PortableApps. In the Options, there are only two choices: "automatically install updates" or "check for updates but let you choose to install them".

Hi all,

This is the 3rd time an update has wrecked my Firefox portable. After updating to version 63, it will no longer boot. Every time I try to start Firefox, I get "...firefox.exe - Application Error - The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000022). Click OK to close the application." I am using Windows 10.

So, I downloaded a new Firefox Portable install package - version 63 - installed it in a new directory - and the brand new version is also not working, same error.

Please make a portable package for Mozilla Firefox in Romanian.
In Romania, Mozilla Firefox is very often used as the main browser.
It's hard for me to install myself manually and look for ro.xpi, compatible with the latest version of Mozilla Firefox.
I use Mozilla Firefox Portable very often.
Please enter and Mozilla Firefox Portable in Romanian https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable#localizations.

Steps to reproduce:

• Run Firefox Nightly installation
  (either from PA updater or installer from site will do)
• wait until it successfully finish
• try running the app

Result:

• Error message "Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition cannot be started. You may wish to re-install to fix this issue. (ERROR: firefox.exe could not be found)"

Expected:

• Firefox Nightly portable starts

Workaround:

• Rename "App/core" folder to "App/Firefox" manually

OS:

I have installed Firefoxportable 52.9.0 on my computer hard disk on Windows 7. Besides running it portably via firefoxportable.exe, I sometimes start firefox.exe in FirefoxPortableLegacy52\App\Firefox and run it as if it were a local installation. FF created a profile folder in c:\users\[pc_names]\AppData\Roaming\.... I also set the Options, so FF is always run as default browser.