There are many reasons why Mozilla Firefox is considered by many to be the best browser in the market today mainly because of the wide customization options available to the users.
One of them is the ability to control the location of the whole application data using profiles.
Why is this important and useful?
All of user's local settings, plug-ins, browsing history, saved passwords and bookmarks are stored in a specific folder.
This folder is stored in Firefox's application data directory by default under a default user folder.
Changing this, gives user the flexibility of using different versions of the browser using different plug-ins and passwords.
If you are concerned about security of your passwords for example, you have the ability to create a new non default profile running only by you using a special shortcut. The default profile will remain unchanged, so if you're using a public computer no one without access to your shortcut will be able to run Firefox with your private profile data.
How to do it
* First of all you need to run the Firefox profile manager. So create a new Firefox shortcut on your desktop, or copy and paste an existing one.
* Right click on the shortcut and select properties.
* In the target box add " -profilemanager" (without the quotes) to the end of the existing contents and press OK.
* Now run the newly created shortcut and the profile manager will appear with the default user's profile selected.
* Click the Create profile button. In the next screen enter a name for your new profile and press the choose folder button to select the location of your data.
* Press Finish. The new profile will appear in the profiles list. If you want to use the new profile as the default, select it, check the don't ask at startup checkbox below and click start Firefox.
* If you want to run your Firefox new profile using a shortcut, create a new shortcut for Firefox or copy/paste an existing one and add " -P yourProfileName" at the end of the existing target text box. (eg. "C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe" -P myOwnProfile)
Advantages
Using this method you can have all your Firefox specific profile data in a folder of your choice, meaning that you can manage it and get backups easily. You can also create profile specific shortcuts and run lighter profiles with no plug-ins for faster browsing or private profiles if you protect your shortcut.
Please note: Firefox cannot run multiple profiles simultaneously. To run under a different user profile you have first to close all open windows.
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One of them is the ability to control the location of the whole application data using profiles.
Why is this important and useful?
All of user's local settings, plug-ins, browsing history, saved passwords and bookmarks are stored in a specific folder.
This folder is stored in Firefox's application data directory by default under a default user folder.
Changing this, gives user the flexibility of using different versions of the browser using different plug-ins and passwords.
If you are concerned about security of your passwords for example, you have the ability to create a new non default profile running only by you using a special shortcut. The default profile will remain unchanged, so if you're using a public computer no one without access to your shortcut will be able to run Firefox with your private profile data.
How to do it
* First of all you need to run the Firefox profile manager. So create a new Firefox shortcut on your desktop, or copy and paste an existing one.
* Right click on the shortcut and select properties.
* In the target box add " -profilemanager" (without the quotes) to the end of the existing contents and press OK.
* Now run the newly created shortcut and the profile manager will appear with the default user's profile selected.
* Click the Create profile button. In the next screen enter a name for your new profile and press the choose folder button to select the location of your data.
* Press Finish. The new profile will appear in the profiles list. If you want to use the new profile as the default, select it, check the don't ask at startup checkbox below and click start Firefox.
* If you want to run your Firefox new profile using a shortcut, create a new shortcut for Firefox or copy/paste an existing one and add " -P yourProfileName" at the end of the existing target text box. (eg. "C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe" -P myOwnProfile)
Advantages
Using this method you can have all your Firefox specific profile data in a folder of your choice, meaning that you can manage it and get backups easily. You can also create profile specific shortcuts and run lighter profiles with no plug-ins for faster browsing or private profiles if you protect your shortcut.
Please note: Firefox cannot run multiple profiles simultaneously. To run under a different user profile you have first to close all open windows.
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