Windows 7: Firefox - Create and Run Multiple Profiles

• Each profile will remember its own bookmarks, downloads, history & session.
• Each profile should remember its position on the Taskbar.
• You can run multiple profiles simultaneously (see below) and transfer items between them.

profiles.ini
C:\Users\<Your User Name>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini

profile(s)
C:\Users\<Your User Name>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<Profile Name>

1 - Close all opened instanced of Firefox.

2 - Open the "Run" or "Start Menu Search" box and type "Firefox.exe -P" (without the quotes; remember the space; Capital P). The FF Profile Manager will open.

3 - Choose "Create Profile".



4 - Click "Next".



5 - Enter the name for the new profile (e.g. stocks, new, etc.).



6 - Click on "Finish". Your new profile should appear in the list.



7 - Repeat until you have created the required number of profiles.

8 - Remember to deselect, "Don't ask at startup".

The next time you start FF, the Profile Manager should open and you can select the desired profile from the list.

1 - Make a copy of your profile (e.g. "default") and then change the name (e.g. "Default User"). Repeat for as many profiles as you like. (see "Default location of important files:" above)

2 - Close all opened instanced of Firefox.

3 - Open the "Run" or "Start Menu Search" box and type "Firefox.exe -P" (without the quotes; remember the space; Capital P). The FF Profile Manager will open.

4 - Choose "Create Profile".



5 - Click "Next".



6 - Enter the name of the copied profile that you edited.

7 - Click on "Choose Folder".



8 - Navigate to the copied profile folder that you made and click "OK".

9 - Click on "Finish". Your new profile should appear in the list.



10 - Remember to deselect, "Don't ask at startup".

The next time you start FF, the Profile Manager should open and you can select the desired profile from the list.

1 - Open the "Run" or "Start Menu Search" box and type "firefox.exe -P <profile name> -no-remote" (without the quotes; remember the space; replace the blue section with the profile name).

2- Repeat as necessary.

1 - Create a new FF shortcut for each profile and name it (e.g. stocks, new, etc.).

2 - Replace the "firefox.exe" in the "Target:" box, with "firefox.exe -P <profile name> -no-remote" (without the quotes; remember the space; replace the blue section with the profile name).

In this gif I have created a shortcut to my anime profile.