Solved Duplicating Icons On Taskbar

[Feathers]

Hi,

I've been searching high and low for a way to do this but I can't seem to find anything. First off, I do NOT want to install or download any program whatsoever. I want to do this with what I have, aka Windows 7.

Let's say I have 2 or more Firefox profiles. I'd like to open them in separate windows. This is easily done with -no-remote, correct? Well, what if I want them to open as two different icons on the taskbar?

Currently, I can open both profiles but they will be grouped in the Firefox icon. I don't want them to be grouped. I could customise my taskbar and choose something other than 'always combine, hide labels'. Unfortunately, I don't want the labels. And I want every other icon to combine. It's only the different Firefox profiles that I want separate.

Is this possible?

 

[Feathers]

Bump?

 

[Feathers]

Anyone? =/

 

[Sir George]

Hi,

I've been searching high and low for a way to do this but I can't seem to find anything. First off, I do NOT want to install or download any program whatsoever. I want to do this with what I have, aka Windows 7.

Let's say I have 2 or more Firefox profiles. I'd like to open them in separate windows. This is easily done with -no-remote, correct? Well, what if I want them to open as two different icons on the taskbar?

Currently, I can open both profiles but they will be grouped in the Firefox icon. I don't want them to be grouped. I could customise my taskbar and choose something other than 'always combine, hide labels'. Unfortunately, I don't want the labels. And I want every other icon to combine. It's only the different Firefox profiles that I want separate.

Is this possible?

Without trying this myself, I believe you could solve the icon probem by creating a shortcut to Firefox on your desktop and right-click the shortcut and under the Shortcut tab choose "Chang Icon..."

HTH

 

[Feathers]

Without trying this myself, I believe you could solve the icon probem by creating a shortcut to Firefox on your desktop and right-click the shortcut and under the Shortcut tab choose "Chang Icon..."

HTH

I tried this myself. Unfortunately, it doesn't work. The new window with the changed icon still comes up as the default FF icon and gets grouped with the other profile...

 

[boohbah]

see if this article is of any use to you,

Opening a new instance of your Mozilla application with another profile - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

 

[Feathers]

see if this article is of any use to you,

Opening a new instance of your Mozilla application with another profile - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

Yes, I tried this as well. It still opened Firefox under the same button. I'm not sure how to show you guys what I mean... Maybe pics will make it clearer?

In the first attachment, you can see that there are two firefox windows open. This is what happens whenever I try to do what that article said to do. This also happens when I try changing the icon of the shortcut.

I have tried making the shortcut in desktop, it combined. Tried dragging shortcut to the taskbar, it created a second button for about a minute. Once I clicked the new button, it opens a new window and combines with the original again. I have even tried making a new shortcut directly in the folder where all pinned shortcuts of apps on taskbar is kept. Again, it didn't work.

What I want, is in the second attachment. Two different buttons, both leading to two different profiles. I read somewhere that someone used a firefox normal version and a portable version. Is this possible WITHOUT using a portable version? If not, how limited is the portable version? Does it have all the features a full Firefox has?

 

[Cancerous]

I read somewhere that someone used a firefox normal version and a portable version. Is this possible WITHOUT using a portable version? If not, how limited is the portable version? Does it have all the features a full Firefox has?

Firefox Portable - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Firefox Portable retains all of Mozilla Firefox's abilities such as extensions and automatic updating.

 

[boohbah]

im not sure if it can be done, have you considered asking over at the mozilla forum?

 

[Kari]

Works for me, using Maxthon browser:



Kari

 

[Feathers]

Firefox Portable - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Firefox Portable retains all of Mozilla Firefox's abilities such as extensions and automatic updating.

Thanks. I guess I'll be using this if I can't find an alternative.

im not sure if it can be done, have you considered asking over at the mozilla forum?

Mozilla forum? I would've thought this was a Windows 7 thing. I guess I'll try over there...

Works for me, using Maxthon browser:
Kari

I could customise my taskbar and choose something other than 'always combine, hide labels'. Unfortunately, I don't want the labels. And I want every other icon to combine. It's only the different Firefox profiles that I want separate.

 

[boohbah]

Mozilla forum? I would've thought this was a Windows 7 thing. I guess I'll try over there...

im not so sure it is a win 7 thing , it cant harm to have a look over at mozilla, more irons in the fire etc

 

[Kari]

As shown in my previous post, the only thing you need to do to get own taskbar icon for each instance of your browser you have open, is to set Taskbar Buttons to Never combine or Combine when taskbar is full.

Kari

 

[Feathers]

im not so sure it is a win 7 thing , it cant harm to have a look over at mozilla, more irons in the fire etc

Thanks. I've posted there. We'll see if they can help me.

As shown in my previous post, the only thing you need to do to get own taskbar icon for each instance of your browser you have open, is to set Taskbar Buttons to Never combine or Combine when taskbar is full.

Kari

I'm not sure if you're just not reading what I typed or if you don't understand what I typed. If I changed my taskbar settings to other than always combine, hide labels, this is what will happen:

Never combine
- Every other program will not combine either
- This will clutter my taskbar unnecessarily
- I only want 2 icons for FIREFOX... ONLY... THAT'S ALL...
- It shows labels. I do NOT want labels. I don't need to know what all my programs are with words. Icons are enough.

Combine when taskbar is full
- Same problem as above. Only difference? It combines when taskbar is full.

- I have TWELVE icons pinned to the taskbar at the moment. My laptop is only 14". What do you think that means? IT IS ALWAYS FULL. Which only makes things VERY confusing.

- Not every person in the world likes having the taskbar on the left of the screen like you do. It's not ergonomically comfortable for a person who grew up with the taskbar at the bottom and it eats up space horizontally. I don't like scrolling to the left and right, thank you.

 

[Kari]

I read everything you wrote. However, as far as I know not combining is the only solution to get it as you want to.

You might want to try some of the third party docks? I think you can customize for instance ObjectDock to show own icon for each Firefox profile.

Kari

 

[Feathers]

This has been solved. For future reference for those who might be interested in creating two icons:

What you do is go to your C drive, or whatever drive that programs install into usually (Program Files), copy the entire folder of the program you want 2 icons of, and paste it again as [Program] 2. Then from [Program] 2, you create a new shortcut that leads to that folder and pin it to your taskbar. An example:

- I went into C:\Program Files (x86) and copied the folder Mozilla Firefox.
- Pasted it into C:\Program Files (x86) as Mozilla Firefox 2.
- Inside C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox 2, I renamed firefox.exe as firefox2.exe
- Made a shortcut with firefox2.exe to desktop.
- Opened 1st FF's properties and changed Target to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -p "Profile 1" -no-remote and saved.
- Opened 2nd FF's properties and changed Target to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox 2\firefox2.exe" -p "Profile 2" -no-remote and saved.
- Start In for 2nd FF MUST be "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox 2" or this will not work.
- Pin 2nd FF shortcut to taskbar.
- Restarted computer.

And done. I hope this will help others who wish to create 2 identical but not really identical icons on their taskbar. Don't even need to change icon image if you don't want to.