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Firefox portable not as portable

Submitted by hart022 on May 4, 2007 - 6:12am

It seem that when i use firefox portable, i can use it at home. But when i try using on other PC's,None of the Extensions appear in the browser. then i check the Add ons menu they are there. My plug ins and bookmarks appear though. they appear in the file where the addons kept too.Then i check the registry under;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE i see a file called HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\mozilla.org. there are 2 REG_SZ Keys. one of the key values is not set. Should i set this value? if so, what # Should i use? or should i put the key on the Flash drive? or should i delete it?

Registering a portable app in Vista

Submitted by pwright2 on May 3, 2007 - 8:45am

Like a lot of folks, despite official disapproval, I run portable apps, including Firefox and Thunderbird, from my hard drive. Mainly because I like the control of where the data goes and ease of backup.

Recently my computer died and the replacement is running Vista. And Vista has been refusing to let me designate Firefox as the default browser. I finally found a note that says a program must be registered before Vista will allow it to be assigned as default.

Does anyone know what the minimal entry into the registry would be to get Vista to recognize my programs?

Tiny Firefox

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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.

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