FF4 alongside FF3

[unifex]

There is one set-up that I've been using that got broken after I've installed FF4 and I can't see what went wrong.

I used to run two instances of FF - FF 32-bit and FF 64-bit. To get them both working at the same time I have created two profiles. The way this worked, when I start FF I'm prompted to choose a profile. This used to happen also when one instance of FF was already running.

Now, this set-up got broken. When FF4 is running, clicking on the shortcut for FF3 64-bit results in another FF4 windows and vice verse.

Any ideas?

 

[stormy13]

Double check the target location in the properties for each shortcut and make sure they are pointing to the correct exe. And while you're there add -p (with a space after the ", will look like this, "C:\Program Files\Minefield\firefox.exe" -p) to get the Profile Manager back.

 

[Anak]

In addition to what stormy has posted, this applies to installing a beta version side by side with a stable version, but I found step #7 to be interesting.

7. If you want to launch this "version" while another version of Firefox is already running, add space-no-remote to the end of the Target line, after this "version" has been run at least once.

Source: Installing Dev version while keeping the current stable Fx; mozillaZine Forums

You might want to try adding space-no-remote to each target line.

 

[Dwarf]

I know that it is possible to have and use multiple browsers on a single computer, e.g. IE9/FF?/Chrome/Opera etc, but I don't know whether it is possible to have different incarnations of the same browser. Certainly, this is not possible with IE, but I don't know about FF or any of the others.

 

[unifex]

You might want to try adding space-no-remote to each target line.

Excellent! It works! I'm still confused as to why I did not have to do that before, but the main thing is, I have my browsers back. Thanks!

 

[unifex]

I know that it is possible to have and use multiple browsers on a single computer, e.g. IE9/FF?/Chrome/Opera etc, but I don't know whether it is possible to have different incarnations of the same browser. Certainly, this is not possible with IE, but I don't know about FF or any of the others.

I used to do it with Firefox 3: I would run Namoroka (unofficial x64 build) alongside the usual FF 3.6.xx. Apparently, Firefox 4 is a bit more picky in this respect, but adding these additional switches to the Firefox command resolves this and they are happily coexist again.

 

[Anak]

You might want to try adding space-no-remote to each target line.

Excellent! It works! I'm still confused as to why I did not have to do that before, but the main thing is, I have my browsers back. Thanks!

Your welcome, Glad I could help!