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another instance of firefox is already running

Submitted by novw on May 10, 2021 - 7:08am

Another update. another F-up. Every time I try to open a (web-)link from an outside program (mail, excel, ...) I get a popup telling me "another instance of firefox is already running. Please close other instances of firefox before launching mozilla firefox, portable edition". If I completely ignore the popup (=leave it open), en click the SAME link a second time, it is opened in firefox portable. But that requester remains open till I click it . So: opening a weblink is now a "please click three times, because FF does not like users" thing? Any solution ideas?

FirefoxPortable on Windows 10?

Submitted by cbaxterm on April 30, 2021 - 10:30am

I am using FirefoxPortable v88. This works perfectly under Windows 7 but when the same flash drive is started using Windows 10 64-bit I receive the following message:

"You've launched an older version of Firefox
Using an older version of Firefox can corrupt bookmarks and browsing history already saved to an existing Firefox profile. To protect your information, create a new profile for this installation of Firefox.
[Exit] [Create New Profile]

Firefox portable has problems with some authority's certificate

Submitted by kanu on April 30, 2021 - 9:13am

For example https://sede.mjusticia.gob.es/es/
That's the Spanish Government's Ministry of Justice website. While trying to load the browser finds a certificate but it spits SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER and the web won't go HTTPS.

I guess this won't be the only official website that has this problem.

Enterprise policies

Submitted by damasko on April 2, 2021 - 3:40am

Hello, I used to have FF portable on my usb drive (bitlocker enabled) running on the Win10pro company laptop (Lenovo T14).
Today I notice that some settings are working no more, disappeared or greyed out and displaying "managed by your organization". For example, I lost the Mozilla account login for the sync.
The policy values are the following.
I supposed that being a portable app, the resident OS would not touch it, is there a way to avoid such interference by the company?

Can not open multiple Firefox Portable browsers at the same time

Submitted by rick400tec on March 15, 2021 - 12:23pm

error says already running.
installed firefox portable in separate folders so i can hopefully log into websites like microsoft and google with different accounts in different browsers at the same time accessing all google apps under that one email address. I use sperate browsers for credentials and project management with saved tabs where i left off.
I have changed ini allow multiple instances to 'true'
I have renamed firefox portable.exe (successfully) and sub folders(32/64) firefox.exe (unsuccessfully) programs to unique names

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