History of Profile Manager - Create, remove or switch Firefox profiles

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Revision Status S Editor R Comment
Current M Dayani Lucia G.F. Mozilla account rebrand
Approved   BD minor changes
Approved   Mozinet extra lines & spaces, typo, and other minor edits
Approved M AliceWyman "Create, remove or rename a profile" heading, other edits
Approved M Marcelo Ghelman missing {/for} fixed
Approved M AliceWyman Image:fx102ProfileMgr "Choose User Profile" with Create/Rename/Delete Profile..., other edits
Approved M Fabi Changed Delete and Rename Profile buttons
Approved M AliceWyman added note about Root and Local Directory
Approved M Lan corrected typo in a link, removed some redundant <br>s
Approved M AliceWyman Use Sync with a new profile: "Welcome to Firefox" page no longer has an email field.
Approved   Lan minor
Approved   AliceWyman new Image Fx96aboutprofiles-Win , win11 workaround removed
Approved M AliceWyman {for win} -> {for win,win11} (bug 1740617)
Approved   AliceWyman new Image Fx92aboutprofiles-Win
Reviewed M Jeff Minor grammar, puntuation, and typo updates.
Approved   Michele Rodaro "Creating/Removing a profile" images: Wiki syntax for numbered lists
Approved M AliceWyman a few more edits
Approved M AliceWyman New profile is automatically set as default (see discussion); purged pre-fx68 content
Approved M AliceWyman Use Sync with a new profile: new image, updated for fx71
Approved M AliceWyman 'Set as default profile' - This option allows you to switch profiles
Approved M AliceWyman Starting the Profile Manager: edits
Approved M AliceWyman Recovering information from an old profile: added link
Approved M AliceWyman Multiple Firefox installations
Approved M AliceWyman removed link to archived article, new ProfileMgr image for win, other edits
Approved M AliceWyman Intro: removed link to archived article.
Approved M AliceWyman another small edit
Approved M AliceWyman a few more edits
Approved M AliceWyman moved about:profiles section to the top, other edits
Approved M Joni added fx67 link to dedicated profiles
Approved M Bor Fix "</for}" syntax
Approved M AliceWyman Launch profile in new browser (bug 1367743) fixed in fx63; other edits
Approved M TheTechKid Replaced pictures because pictures were from pre macOS Yosemite
Unreviewed   TheTechKid messed up on previous change
Unreviewed   TheTechKid modified a picture because picture was from pre macOS Yosemite
Approved M AliceWyman Bug 1442200 is fixed. about:profiles "Remove" warning not needed for fx60.
Approved M AliceWyman added warning for fx58 if about:profiles is used to remove a profile. See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1442200
Approved M AliceWyman edits to last revision
Approved M AliceWyman Use Sync with your new profile
Approved M AliceWyman linked to dedicated profile articles and other edits
Approved M AliceWyman removed content for fx45
Approved M AliceWyman (edit to pending revision) added note about "Launch profile in new browser", other edits
Unreviewed   AliceWyman about:profiles: hid "Launch profile ..." - see discussion
Reviewed M Underpass fomat for "note" and "warning"
Approved M Ömer Timur added Linux pics to creating, removing and manage profile sections
Approved   AliceWyman {for win} replaced fx48 about:profiles image with fx52 image
Approved M AliceWyman added Fx48 about:profiles screenshot for mac; still need for Linux
Approved M AliceWyman "Launch profile in new browser" edited, mentioned -no-remote (see discussion)
Approved M AliceWyman Added about:profiles screenshots, reorganized sections per discussion
Approved M AliceWyman still more edits (see discussion)
Approved M AliceWyman more edits (see discussion)
Unreviewed   Tonnes nits to summary, 1 button text, 1 header text, fix internal links - see discussion
Approved M Joni added info for changing profile in browser
Approved   Joni edited search tags
Approved M AliceWyman link updated for "64-bit Firefox" on 64-bit Windows
Reviewed M Tonnes Win 10 needs Win+R for Run command (please verify)
Approved   jrmuizel-obsolete Explain that Finder should be used for navigating.
Approved M AliceWyman small edits to last revision
Unreviewed   AliceWyman more updates for win64-bit Firefox (see discussion) and other minor edits
Approved M AliceWyman updated for win64-bit Firefox, which installs in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\
Approved M Tonnes add/restore -p option for non-linux (see discussion), move {/note}{/for}
Approved M AliceWyman Starting the Profile manager: Alternative method for Windows Vista/7/8/10 (see discussion)
Approved   David (satdav) added the tag for firefox 8 for touch
Approved M AliceWyman edited pending revision to remove duplicate content
Unreviewed   Underpass better explain to close Firefox before starting the Profile Manager
Approved M AliceWyman edit to last revision, added "A Run dialog will open" for win7+
Approved M Underpass added "for" statement to windows block (start profile manager)
Approved M AliceWyman shortened search summary, mentioned -ProfileManager for win, mac
Approved   AliceWyman fixed typo
Approved M AliceWyman Linux note: you can use -ProfileManager instead of -P (see discussion)
Approved M AliceWyman added Linux screenshot and other edits - see discussion
Unreviewed   AliceWyman updated Mac screenshot for fx30, clarified capital P (alt: ProfileManager) for Linux - see discussion
Approved M AliceWyman renamed "Don't ask at startup" heading
Approved M AliceWyman updated Windows screenshot, added note about the checkbox, "Use the selected profile without asking at startup"
Approved   user917725 removed Template:ShareArticle
Reviewed M poetue wanna change into my language
Approved   scoobidiver fixed links
Approved M Michael Verdi New 160 character search summary
Approved M Swarnava Sengupta added the Share this article template
Approved   Tonnes remove first {/for}
Approved M Michael Verdi for fx13 - added note about reset firefox feature
Approved M AliceWyman I changed the note at the top of the article to avoid scaring off users. See Discussion: Saying "you should avoid using multiple profiles" scares users away"
Approved M AliceWyman Removed the Windows screencast, which no longer matches the article instructions- see discussion
Approved M Michael Verdi for consistency, reordered instructions for opening the run dialog
Approved M scoobidiver Linux: -P instead of -p, no misleading screenshots
Unreviewed   Tonnes nit: obsolete '''
Unreviewed   scoobidiver -ProfileManager replaced by -p, simplified steps on Win, 64-bit Win case
Approved M Michael Verdi Making a major edit so that the article changes and format changes can be marked ready for localization
Approved   Michael Verdi cleaned up old tikiwiki note characters, made note and warning style consistent
Approved M AliceWyman made screencast for win only; changed notes on choosing profile folder location and "Delete Files" option into warnings
Approved M scoobidiver changed keywords
Approved M AliceWyman updated for Firefox 4 by adding closeFirefox template - https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forums/knowledge-base-articles/693716
Approved   AliceWyman added line breaks in front of code
Approved   scoobidiver fix nested lists
Approved M Michael Verdi added summary and keywords, removed a broken video
Unreviewed   AliceWyman reworded last edit

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