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i want to install and use MFirefox Portable. Do i absolutely need to install Mozilla Firefox on my pc to run/use MozFireFoxPortable ?

user1118426
user1118426

Do i absolutely need to install Mozilla Firefox on my pc to run/use MozFireFoxPortable ?

i've been trying to use MFFPortable for several days and am as confused as hell whether i'm in FF or FFPortable

FFPortable says their product is sooooooooo easy to install; they don't say it is easy to use with confidence

can i just install FFPortable on an external (thumb) drive as seems to be its intention and purpose for security reasons without any parts of MozFireFox on the computer hard drive ?

thnx, john

Do i absolutely need to install Mozilla Firefox on my pc to run/use MozFireFoxPortable ? i've been trying to use MFFPortable for several days and am as confused as hell whether i'm in FF or FFPortable FFPortable says their product is sooooooooo easy to install; they don't say it is easy to use with confidence can i just install FFPortable on an external (thumb) drive as seems to be its intention and purpose for security reasons without any parts of MozFireFox on the computer hard drive ? thnx, john

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Firefox Portable is completely separate. it doesn't require Firefox to be installed.

Apart from the PortableApps splash screen when Firefox Portable is started, there's no notable difference between it and Firefox. If you have both installed and you're trying to tell them apart, install different themes in each.

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Gingerbread Man
Gingerbread Man

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Firefox Portable is completely separate. it doesn't require Firefox to be installed.

Apart from the PortableApps splash screen when Firefox Portable is started, there's no notable difference between it and Firefox. If you have both installed and you're trying to tell them apart, install different themes in each.

user1118426
user1118426 Question owner

THANK you your answer triggers many other questions, such as how do i get my former bookmarks into/onto PORTABLE ? fortunately i learned to have a list of all the sites i visit (with login name and password)

what is significance of "sync" ? sync what to what ?

when i enter the url of a site i visit, the <return> starts & takes me automatically to MFF not to PORTABLE. so how do i use PORTABLE as my browser and go from/via it to the object/desired site ?

i just feel STUPID trying to install PORTABLE. everything Everything EVERYTHING seems/is so hard. i don't even understand the english instructions/help that come with PORTABLE

anything you can suggest to help me ?

thnx,john

Gingerbread Man
Gingerbread Man

You can copy the contents of your regular Firefox profile into your Firefox Portable profile folder. This way you'll have all your regular data like bookmarks, saved passwords, cookies, and so on.

If you still want to export and import bookmarks manually, see

johndouglasdahl wrote: 

when i enter the url of a site i visit, the <return> starts & takes me automatically to MFF not to PORTABLE.

You launch Firefox Portable, you type something into the address bar and press Enter, and your local version of Firefox starts? If so, that simply shouldn't happen, and I can't imagine why it does. I suggest you continue the conversation that you started over on the Firefox Portable support forum: