Firefox Portable

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-download firefox portable from https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable.
-install it to say, d:\apps\firefoxportable.
-download zip.exe and unzip.exe from http://stahlworks.com/dev/index.php?tool=zipunzip.
-put them in d:\apps\firefoxportable dir.
-copy 2 vbs files to d:\apps\firefoxportable dir (see end of this text).
-Optional: make copy of your d:\apps\firefoxportable\data\profile dir, or rename it to d:\apps\firefoxportable\data\profile2

-optional (warning this will delete your profile settings!!!):

Meh, why hard-coding all the paths in a portable release. Paradox and not customizable
Have a look at Diashapes Portable (not supported anymore, works with Dia 0.97 only) and Dia Portable. User could set custom install paths, settingsdirectory, appdirectory ... and with the proper ini-entries it just works. Always.

Oh, and there is a major bug:

Dear Mr. Haller,

I just wanted to mention that the Firefox Portable (Minefield) 3.7 Alpha 1 download will no longer install because the Minefield has upgraded to FF 3.7 Alpha 2. It's not a big deal, but I just thought I would mention it.

Sincerely,
Kent Coley

hi
sorry for my english
in iran some of web site's are closed by government.
so me have to open then by proxy or VPN.... i use ultra surf(ultrareach.com)and it's add on for fire fox....
i can browse all website's but when i want to send a comment on facebook.com,browser shows me a error and the comment is not sent....
also when i want to publish my text's on blogger i have same problem!
problem i also in the balatarin.com and donbaleh.com (they are like digg.com for us in iran)
twitter has the same problem too.....

The firefox portable current edtion oan previous editions, install ok on my USB Flash drive but when launching the app I recevie "Failed to Intitialize properly (0xc0000005)" upon execution.

I have tried installs multiple times (Erased and foramtted USB flash drive) each time) with no success. I even copied over the entire structure of ff portable from a working flash device. same issue. I also tried a second flash device, same issue.

Tried to run in WIN 98 Comaptibiltiy also
Any suggestions
Thanx Dzj

I just installed Portable Apps suite for the first time on a 4GB hard drive. I have tried to run Firefox and each time it takes about 5 minutes to start up and before it finishes loading it states that it cannot run a script if I continue it eventually loads but then crashes. I just tested it on Windows Vista and Firefox works fine, it only fails on Windows XP. Any suggestions?

I've only ever used Firefox Portable on admin accounts, but last week I tried it in a controlled environment, and the results were disappointing.

I was running Portable Firefox 3.6 (official build) on a flash drive on a laptop running Vista Home Premium SP2 through the computer's Guest account. Firefox was installed, and connects to the Net without a proxy, but is loaded down with tons of badware, strange toolbars and the like. Portable Firefox wouldn't connect to anything. Google, the start page (start.portableapps.com) or a couple other sites.

I can't get to gmail, when i type in gmail.com all it does is sit there and say loading continually, it never actually makes it to the log in screen. Someone please help, gmail is where i have all my accounts. I can imagine a well known web browser like firefox not working with one of the biggest email carriers.

I have my PortableApps (including Firefox) installed in my Dropbox (which makes it the world's first genuine cloud-based OS ). How come the computers that are synced with my Dropbox don't have the same Firefox configuration? They should, right? Say I install some Firefox add-on on one computer, I configure the add-on, and move to a different computer and start FireFox portable there. Then surprise! I have to configure the add-on on that computer as well! Why is that?

Everytime I fire up FFP from my USB drive, it creates a randomly named directory in C:\TEMP called nsa184.tmp. The format is actually NS***.tmp.
It contains the following files:
FindProcDLL.dll
newadvsplash.dll
registry.dll
splash.jpg
system.dll

They don't get deleted upon closure. Why are these here, and how can I make sure they go away after FFP closes?