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Firefox Portable with VLC Plugin?

Submitted by Dragonpoet101 on January 3, 2013 - 5:35pm

So I am running Firefox 17.0.1 Portable on a usb drive. I am trying to add in the plugins for several different extensions. I have managed to add Java (jPorable), Shockwave, Flashplayer, Sliverlight, and Adobe Reader all by copying the correct .dll's over to the plugins folder designated for the corresponding applications. So now I want to add the supporting .dll's to the plugins folder for Windows Media files and Quicktime files. I looked everywhere about how to install the correct .dll's for Windows Media files and had no luck.

I use IE7 at work, want a browser on a flash drive to use

Submitted by GoneToPlaid on January 2, 2013 - 2:12pm

I have to use IE7 at work and I always have problems with memory leaks, HTML5 sites, and just all around crapiness from IE7. I would like to install Firefox on a flash drive and use it at work. Is this something the network guys will be able to detect and trace back to me? Also, I was warned about redundancy but it was not explained, any ideas?

Thanks

Portable opens pages in desktop FF if desktop FF already open

Submitted by Cman139 on January 1, 2013 - 3:55pm

1. USB contains FFPortable and a www folder containing index.html
2. I run FFP with index.html on the command line. Sort of like this:
FirefoxPortable index.html
If the desktop already has a copy of the desktop version of FF running, then the index.html file is open in the desktop instead of being open in the USB FF. Of course the USB FF has all the plugins needed to view index.html.

I've tried adding -new-window to the command line but it just opened a new window on the desktop instance.

So I need to either instruct users to close any copies of FF before plugging in USB.
OR

Bookmarks in 'Private Browsing by PortableApps.com'

Submitted by John van Someren on December 30, 2012 - 6:48pm

I cannot transfer bookmarks from Firefox Portable 17.0.1 to Private Browsing by PortableApps.com

I have saved my bookmarks in Firefox Portable 17.0.1 and they are in a file called bookmarks-2012-12-30.json. Firefox chose the filename. It then successfully read the file back in, so I know that it's OK.

I cannot find how to import these bookmarks into Private Browsing by PortableApps.com. When I eventually find where to import bookmarks (and I can only find it occasionally) it asks for an html file. Nor can I find anyway of exporting the bookmarks from 17.0.1 in html format.

Copy of Desktop Ff to USB

Submitted by thomasmann on December 29, 2012 - 7:54pm

Hello, I am completely new to this.

I have downloaded and installed portableapps on an empty USB stick.
I have then clicked the apps I want on it, and they were installed there.

But... what I want is my own complete Ff setup, incl bookmarks and addons, that I have on my desktop.
If I remember correctly, that would be the Ff Profile.
But, naturally the folder where I normally would paste a copy of the profile, is not on the USB stick.....

How do I transfer this to the USB stick?

Thanks

[Closed] Crash Reporter stores reports in AppData, does not submit, does not handle restarts

Submitted by Drugoy on December 29, 2012 - 1:13pm

Hi.
I've noticed that whenever firefox crashes - crash dumps get saved to the '%AppData%\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports' folder.
I think it's incorrect, because I'm a user of a portable browser and I expect to have all the browser related data in it's portable folder.

I've used Process Explorer and found out that process 'firefox.exe' has an environment called MOZ_CRASHREPORTER_DATA_DIRECTORY and it points to the '%AppData%\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports' folder.

Problem with Microsoft Outlook in Firefox

Submitted by Paul Gauci on December 27, 2012 - 3:29am

I have a Microsoft Outlook account, which I access through both Firefox Portable and Internet Explorer. When I use the former the commands in the coloured band are half-visible because the bottom half of the white lettering would be located outside this band (against a white background). When I use the latter, I do not experience such a problem.

I am using the latest version of Firefox Portable in a laptop the OS of which is Win7 Ultimate 64-bit.

Thanks and Regards

Paul

Cant use some facebook applications after upgrade to portable firefox 17.0.1

Submitted by inlandsurfer2 on December 26, 2012 - 3:17pm

After firefoxportable upgrade to 17.0.1 the buttons on the top left corner to check messages, see comments, and friends requests no longer work, but they work in private browsing. I also cannot use chat.
I have disabled all the add ons and plugins. Still no joy. Anybody got any answers?

FF Portable is using local desktop plugins

Submitted by Cman139 on December 11, 2012 - 4:18pm

I am running FF Portable (17.0.1) for the first time today. I installed it onto a flash drive then tried running it from there. I expected that it would not have any plugins but it loaded all my local plugins and could it could run flash and Unity3d.

When I go to "Add-ons" I see the same list of plugins as I would see running the local desktop copy of FF.

I'm confused because, for one, I don't want this behaviour, and two, I didn't think it could even happen.

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