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Submitted by Airheadq on May 2, 2007 - 4:47pm

Yeah I know, this has been ask and answered many times. I'm going to ask again. Please don't post rude comments or anything. Just don't answer.

I've use Portable Firefox thousands of times. What I want to know what do you need for full functionality but taking up the smallest space as possible? Which means full themes, add-ons, and user profile. Its just for one user (me) so I don't need to have to make any other profiles. Thanks.

Files are left on Hard Drive = NONportable

Submitted by USBman on April 29, 2007 - 7:26pm

I have found that traces can be left behind on the host computer when using Firefox Portable. Specifically, files can be left in the "X:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox" folder.

I had concerns that this was possibly related to an add-on or some settings I had changed, so I downloaded a fresh copy and found that this was still not the case. I did, however, go on to discover that this only happens when Firefox Portable was executed from a folder at a specific location on the hard drive.

Proxy problem with 2.0.0.3

Submitted by michaelblight on April 26, 2007 - 8:46pm

I am behind a proxy that requires authentication, and under 2.0.0.1 all was working fine. After upgrading to 2.0.0.3 when I start portable firefox I get a proxy authentication dialog that is half empty - the OK and Cancel buttons are there but with no text in them, and clicking on them does nothing. Sometimes the dialog is missing all of the text entirely. Pressing Enter or Esc do nothing - all I can do is close the dialog, at which point it just reopens (again and again, I have closed it over 30 times and it still reopens).

possible auto update problem

Submitted by azjerry on April 26, 2007 - 3:30pm

I use FFP off a USB drive at work and have for quite awhile. Work is the only place I use it. When FF wants to update, it's done at work.

I was in the Add/Remove Programs and was surprised to see FF 2.0.0.3 listed there. I verified that I did not have a locally installed copy of FF, shut down FFP, removed my flash drive and then started the uninstall. Sure enough I got an error that it couldn't find the uninstall and gave a path to the location on my (removed) flash drive. I let XP remove the uninstall entry and all is well.

Cannot keep the histroy

Submitted by sarahgellar33 on April 26, 2007 - 12:18pm

Hello,
I am a big fan of portable firefox. However, I found that there is a problem. When I tried to check the history of the webpages which I have surfed, I always found that the history shown in the sidebar is completely empty.
I am wondering that maybe portable firefox does not have this funciton. That should be fine as well. I do not know if there is a plugin or something which can keep the history for me? Hope sb can give me an answer. Thanks.

Firefox default homepage

Submitted by stewpidasso on April 26, 2007 - 10:39am

Hi all,

I've searched the forums and google for this one and I'm not sure what's going on. I just installed 2.0.0.3 and when I start Firefox portable, the default homepage is "start.com" I've changed this in "tools/options", reset to the default, and even set options to a blank page. I still get start.com. I also have Firefox ver 1.5.0.11 (u3 edition)and it does not have this problem.

Can anyone help me on this?

TIA.

Mike

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