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Need a little bit of help: PortableFirefox.ini

Submitted by Freddy801 on April 30, 2006 - 2:41pm

Can someone please explain what is expected behaviour of settings inside PortableFirefox.ini...
I know, you're gonna tell me to read te readme.txt file, but I already have read it, and I'm not certain that I got it right... So, can anyone please explain it to me... expecially the "UserProfileDirectory=Data\userprofile" setting!

I mean, when I run PortableFirefox.exe, it creates Application Data, Desktop and Favorites folders inside my Portable Firefox v1.5.0.2 folder, even though I use the .INI file with fore-mentined UserProfile setting which reffers to a existing folder.

I don't get it!! Smile I'd like to keep my PFF folder clean, you know... Wink

Cannot copy Firefox to another drive...

Submitted by twnty3svn on April 30, 2006 - 12:17am

I just setup my Portable FireFox 1.5.0.2 on my hd with all extentions and themes. I then tried to copy it to my USB, and don't know (also can't find any info on any forums) if its a known problem, but it won't load from the USB.

I need it clik on the icon a few times and delete a few processes from task manager before it will load. And when it does, some extensions and themes aren't loaded.

It works fine if I set everything up from scratch from the USB. The same problem occurs when i copy my setup PFF to another USB drive.

Can anyone tell me if its a limitation of PFF or am i doing something wrong.

1.5.0.2 Plugins is not wired up properly

Submitted by Lucky on April 29, 2006 - 1:29am

It looks like you did not update the .nsi for the pluginsdirectory new location?

PluginsEnvironment:
;=== Set the plugins directory if we have a path
StrCmp $PLUGINSDIRECTORY "" UserProfileEnvironment
IfFileExists "$PLUGINSDIRECTORY\*.*" "" UserProfileEnvironment
System::Call 'Kernel32::SetEnvironmentVariableA(t, t) i("MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH", "$EXEDIR\$PLUGINSDIRECTORY").r0'

firefox problem

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on April 28, 2006 - 10:32pm

the library that i use my portable firefox at have change their computer, so that i cannot launch firefox from my usb flash drive.

what happen? i thought that you could use firefox on any computer.

please help!!

is there a work around?

i hate using their microsoft ie browser.

also now i have to use the library card # as my account to access the internet via their installed microsoft ie browser.

Opening File Associations

Submitted by Ronil on April 28, 2006 - 3:29pm

Hi Guys,

I had a question, with the new Portable Fire Fox, is there a way to set portably which programs will open my torrents? for example when on a site the program always asks me. I set it to never ask again but now it keeps on asking me to show it the application exe. Is there a file I can manually change to automatically select things like foxit pdf reader and utorrent for torrents?

The next questions I have, is there a file viewing extension for Firefox? this is so that I can quickly look into my folders to check the current version of file I am downloading?

Migrating from normal Portable FF 1.5.0.2 to the U3 version?

Submitted by MrChris on April 26, 2006 - 6:24pm

I currently have Portable FF 1.5.0.2 on my normal 2GB non-u3 drive. I now have a 4GB Sandisk Cruzer Micro U3 and have downloaded/installed the u3 version of FF from u3.com but how can I migrate all my extensions from the current version to the U3 version? Or is it just best to restall all my extensions? Im not new to this stuff but I am new to this U3 thing.

Thanks,

MrChris

Editing Portable FF

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on April 25, 2006 - 9:59pm

I have been having trouble modifying my portable firefox, I dont know if this is "allowed" by the creators, but I cant even use the INIs. Well, I can edit them but as soon as I restart Firefox, they revert to the old version.
My Main problem is that I am trying to edit the loading screen that is the picture of Portable FF and the USB cable, I edited and overwrote the file but when i Loaf Firefox, the old picture always appears. is there an imbedded file that I need to change? Please help me.

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