#Firefox profile manager run command code

#Firefox profile manager run command code

Insert the code snippet below at the end of the file, you may vary the Name= value and add as many translations as you want (example for German is given). Search for the line: Actions=NewWindow NewPrivateWindow Īnd add new context menu action identifiers like this (example names, but only used within the file, you won't see them anywhere else): Actions=NewWindow NewPrivateWindow Profile1 Profile2 ProfileManager with either Gedit (GUI) or Nano (terminal): gedit ~/.local/share/applications/sktop Set up your launcher icon to access those profiles from the context menu:Ĭopy the original launcher file (which is owned by root, used system-wide and will get replaced with the next update) to your home folder: cp /usr/share/applications/sktop ~/.local/share/applications/sktopĮdit the copy e.g. I would recommend you not to change the folder where the profile will be stored in, unless you have a good reason to do so.

The second window will ask you to enter a name for the profile, enter profile2 here (or replace it wherever it occurs in this guide with exactly what you entered instead). It will show you an info window first, read it and click Next. Rename your current profile default to profile1 (or whatever you like, you don't even have to rename it, but I will do in this guide for clarification - you just have to replace profile1 with your exact name wherever it occurs!) by clicking on Rename Profile.Ĭreate a new profile with the wizard by clicking on Create Profile. Launch Firefox's ProfileManager from the terminal or with Alt+ F2: firefox -ProfileManager So you just need to start Firefox with one of those parameters by either using a terminal, the Alt+ F2 HUD, from the launcher icon's context menu after editing its configuration file, which I will describe below. Use -no-remote if there is already a running firefox instance. Manager if a valid profile name is not specified. Start firefox with the profile named profile. You will need to also use -no-remote if there is already Use this to choose the profile you would like to Further support is available at to set up different Firefox profiles for the same Ubuntu user and the same Firefox installationĮxcerpt of the command-line options from man firefox: -ProfileManager

This setting is reached with firefox -ProfileManager -no-remoteĪs noted in the question you referred to.įor more information on the command switches available for firefox see man firefox or the Ubuntu manpages online. You can also get prompted each time for which profile to use by making sure 'don't ask at startup' is unchecked, which is in the firefox ProfileManager settings below. This is because it can get confusing if you are using different profiles and you start firefox as normal without using a special shortcut and it just loads the last profile used. Something else I recommend is going to your firefox folder ( mine is /home/mike/.mozilla/firefox) and checking that the StartWithLastProfile setting in profiles.ini is false: If you wanted to do it manually, the desktop shortcut would look something like this you could create it in a text-editor and name it sktop: Įxec=firefox -Profile /home/mike/.mozilla/firefox/55divdmr.Mike2 -no-remote This will launch firefox with that profile and make sure that it doesn't connect to any other running instance of firefox with the essential -no-remote switch. The command you need for each launcher is, for example: firefox -Profile /home/mike/.mozilla/firefox/55divdmr.Mike2 -no-remote You can use your menu launcher creator (or right click the desktop and select new launcher, depending on what desktop you are on) to fashion two new firefox launchers.