The new profile is usually smaller in size as well. The easiest way to distinguish between the different profiles is to check the creation or modification dates.Open the default profile folder here, select Ctrl-A to copy everything, go back to the main profiles directory, open the new profile folder, and paste everything into it.Visit C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles and do the following: You need to copy the information from your old profile to the new one, so that the newly installed copy of Firefox loads it. If you have only one profile, create a new profile when the profile manager pops up after you double-click on the newly created shortcut.Ĭlose Firefox afterwards again - all open instances of the browser - and do the following. -p displays the profile manager on start.-no-remote enables you to run multiple copies of Firefox at the same time on your system.
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Add the following commands to the end of the target line -no-remote -p so that the full line looks like this: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox Beta\firefox.exe" -no-remote -p Right-click the shortcut afterwards and select Properties from the context menu. The shortcut is either created in the directory directly, or alternatively on the desktop depending on the version of the operating system that you are running. Right-click on it and select New > Shortcut. Open the Firefox directory on your system and locate the firefox.exe application.