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The -profile command line switch is not passed to the windows 7 jumplist properly.

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bat38 replied 14 jaar gelede
bat38
bat38

I start Firefox with a shortcut like this one: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe -no-remote -profile SomeProfileButNotTheDefaultOne -win7appid SomeUniqueAppId".

When pinning to the Windows 7 taskbar, the jumplist items "New Tab" and "New Window" ignore the given command line parameter -profile and open a new tab or window with the default profile instead of the given one.

The program itself handles the parameters correctly; alas, the jumplist entries do not. Is there any way to convince the jumplist to use the given command line parameters as well?

I start Firefox with a shortcut like this one: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe -no-remote -profile SomeProfileButNotTheDefaultOne -win7appid SomeUniqueAppId". When pinning to the Windows 7 taskbar, the jumplist items "New Tab" and "New Window" ignore the given command line parameter -profile and open a new tab or window with the default profile instead of the given one. The program itself handles the parameters correctly; alas, the jumplist entries do not. Is there any way to convince the jumplist to use the given command line parameters as well?

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philipp
philipp
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Gekose oplossing

hello, you might want to file a bug report for the issue at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org.

the-edmeister
the-edmeister

Try using a capital P, as in -Profile.Or use just -P

bat38
bat38 Vraag-eienaar

Issue is now filed as Bug 763135. (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=763135)

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bat38
bat38 Vraag-eienaar

As I said: "The program itself handles the parameters correctly." -profile (lowercase) itself works fine. Apperently the jumplist ignores any command line parameter but starts a new process with the "-browser" parameter.