Firefox Portable

I am still new to Firefox but I am loving it. Especially now I carry it with me on my flash drive. One thing I would like out of it would be able to view MS Word documents in the browser so I wont have to download and then view them on MS Word. Also it would be nice to be able to view Powerpoints on Firefox if possible. My work computer doesn't have those programs so it would be nice to just be able to view them in Firefox for simplicity.

Thanks,
Neil

Hi all,

I'm sure I'm not thet first one who's wanted some sort of PDF solution from Portable Firefox, so I figured I'd post what I came up with.

1) I downloaded Foxit, the portable PDF reader, and dropped it in PortableFirefox\firefox.

2) In Firefox, I went to the download options, chose 'plug-ins', and disabled the PDF mime-type.

3) After I'd done this, I opened a PDF on the web, and told it to open using Foxit (by pointing it at the Foxit location), and to remember the preference.

4) Finally, I edited PortableFirefox\profile\Mimetypes, and I removed the path for the Foxit executable, so that the part pertaining to the Foxit reader read as follows:

Upgraded PFF to 1.5.0.2. on flash drive. Had no problem.

Needed to uninstall regular FF from my hard drive. Went to uninstall and the uninstaller was pointing to my flash drive and wouldn't do anything, got an error. This was apparently caused by the install on the flash drive.

Only way I could make uninstall on hard drive version work was to reinstall ff on hard drive and then do an uninstall.

What did I do wrong?

thx

I have a problem with regular win32 Firefox where Firefox automatically downloads to the temporary directory in the background before I can choose a location to save to. The details of this are in my post in the mozillaZine forum for Firefox Support.

Topic title: Help to disable dling to temp dir before I can pick location
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=2222069

I have problems with address field and open location (Ctrl + L) function in
version 1.5.0.2 (but not in version 1.0.7). Both functions do not react. Of course I can write a new address but then nothing happen a new site is not opening.
I am grateful for explanations or comments!

I have been snooping around the forum, but had no success in finding anyone with the same problem as me.
I seem to have multiple problems with mine as listed:
- I have a large gap which I can't get rid off underneath the status bar.
- I cannot open a new file or location.
- If I customize my toorbar settings, the main toorbar becomes disabled.
- I must view the "Manage Bookmarks" Window to actually see my bookmarks on the menu.

I found these bugs on mine within 5 min and I believe there may be more.
I reinstalled it with no sucess and I honestly believe my case is unique. I would like someone to help solve this matter as soon as possible.

I have successfully downloaded portable firefox and sent it to my USB memory stick.I would also like to incorporate my bookmarks,settings etc.but have not succeeded.I initially tried to follow the recommendation in the FAQ but it didnt work for me.I then tried using MozBackup.Again no luck.Would someone please help me out?
I am not familiar with a lot of the jargon so the instructions need to be very simple

I want to install Portable Firefox on my account at school. I am not allowed to install programs or unzip folders. Aside from using a CD or USB device, how can I put the firefox files on my account? Are there any stand alone programs that will unzip a folder?

I'm using portable Firefox and am pretty happy with it.
Its privacy/security settings might not be perfect, but achieve the goal of leaving less information on all the PCs I'd be using.
With that taken care of, can there be solution for privacy on the server side?

For example, it's no secret sites in general, especially the ones requiring the logon collect vast amounts of information, with times and IPs of logins included.
Now, I would want to have control over which IP is shown, for example the same one (possibly bogus) all the time.

Is that something achievable at all? Already exi

Well, the 1.5.0.2 update runs fine for me. It does, however, break my ability to use Flash, or to reinstall flash, althought this may be an issue with macromedias site and not PFF. (says server not found.)

I use flash alot. My school uses it ALOT for instructional materials. (Flash papers).
And our school online learning center has flash elements that i can no longer use, not to mention Student Services.

I tried a fresh PFF installfrom sourceforge, did NOT install my extensions, in case one of them was the culprit, and updated to 1.5.0.2. Again, it broke. I luckily had a fresh backup. ( Monday night is my backup night, PHEW!!!).