intika
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5 years ago Thanks you for pointing this, it will be fixed on the next release.
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To get your profile back you can remove mozilla.cfg and "distribution" directory (policies.json) from the Firefox install dir (i guess c:\program files\firefox\ and c:\program files\firefox\distribution)
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If you want to use Librefox side by site with Firefox here is what you can do:
- First get your setting back as usual following the (1)
- Download Librefox and extract it (but don't install it)
- Firefox will remain used as usual.
- Have some reading here about dual profile
- When ever you need Librefox you can start it from the extracted directory directly with
c:\...extracted-dir\core\firefox.exe -p librefox-profile -no-remoteyou can create a shortcut to make it easier
Let me know if you need further help
1 . I extracted the Librefox-2.1-Firefox-Win-64.0.0-x64.zip to a folder in D drive .
2 . Then I clicked on the setup.exe .
3 . It told me to close my firefox . I knew at this moment it gonna use default firefox profile . So I created two firefox profile . Unhecked " Use the selected profile without asking at start up.
4 . Again clicked on the setup.exe . When installed finished , firefox showed me the profile manager .
5 . I created a new profile called librefox . Tested some websites & played with it. So there are now 3 profiles.
6 . But when I closed firefox & opened my default profile .Everything was changed .
7 . Unable to access passwords. It is greyed out. History is gone . That is my default firefox profile.
I want to know what I did wrong . Why & how did it change my default profile when I created a new profile to begin with ? Also , I want to know how to install , use librefox with default firefox side by side. .