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Firefox Portable

Switching back to more stable versions as in 6.01 or older

Submitted by RALPHE on November 27, 2011 - 3:33pm

I have grown weary of the monthly new versions that that have nothing different that
a higher version number. I was able to change my desktop back to 6.01 as I had a copy
of that on my hard disk. My question is: Where Can I Get a Copy of Either V5 or V6
Portable ? I think that five and six were the last versions that worked for me.
Thank You
Ralph46546@yahoo.com

FFox portable 8.0 doesn't updgrade

Submitted by wintec on November 25, 2011 - 3:13am

Firefox 8.0 portable (localization Italian), using both executables "FirefoxPortable.exe" and ".\App\Firefox\firefox.exe"

> Help menu > About Firefox > shows "Firefox 8.0 [...] channel release"

>> Check Updates > shows "Firefox is updated"

..but release 8.0.1 is avaible on Mozilla servers and portable package is already avaible...

writing to C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\1ijc9r0a.default

Submitted by forwarder_1 on November 23, 2011 - 12:11pm

Hallo
At first sorry for bad english.
So why does firefox portable write allways stuff to C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming.
How can i prevent this. When i delete this directory firefox crashs.
thanks. greats form germany.

Make Firefox Portable between Windows and Linux (without Wine)

Submitted by ra.one on November 17, 2011 - 12:19pm

Here's way to make firefox portable for windows and linux (native, not wine) with same profile.

First make 4 folders for Firefox on your hard drive like:

D:\FirefoxBrowser
D:\FirefoxBrowser\Linux
D:\FirefoxBrowser\Windows
D:\FirefoxBrowser\Profile

Now let's install Firefox. Download Firefox installer for windows(exe) and linux(tar.gz) and save them. Open windows(exe) installer in 7-Zip and extract all files from core folder to FirefoxBrowser\Windows folder so firefox.exe is saved in path like:

D:\FirefoxBrowser\Windows\firefox.exe

Firefox 8 memory leak? downgrading to 7.0.1 here

Submitted by portable.me on November 15, 2011 - 2:28pm

Hello,

after the upgrade to portable firefox 8.0 I've experienced heavy ram-usage. With like 44 open windows I normally have ~1gb ram and 36% cpu (with you tube videos running) with firefox 7.0.1. System is amd e-350 cpu @1.6ghz and 8gb of ram on a 64bit win 7 pro os.
Running firefox 8.0 the cpu jumps up to ~60% cpu and >1,6gb ram (and rising). The comp nearly freezes and is barely able to handle typing in browser window with heavy lag.
Downgrading to 7.0.1 solved it for me, not sure what's the exact problem. Disabling/enabling every single add-on didn't help on 8.0.

FF7 & 8 won't work

Submitted by DF on November 14, 2011 - 4:45am

I have been running FF portable for years now but have had problems with the most recent updates: Nothing after 6.0.2 will upgrade it always fails and rolls back.

I don't think this is the upgrader specifically (It complains about firefox.exe being locked and can't rename it) as I've run the upgrade manually which I can get complete successfully but FF just crashes then.
I've also tried installing each version from scratch in a new folder and they just crash - all I get is the splash screen.

I am running WinXP with SP3.

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