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How can I make links in another application (say thunderbird) open with a specific Firefox profile

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Having several different Firefox profiles, clicking a link in another application (for instance,a link in Thunderbird,or in a email message,generally speaking) brings up the profile manager:is there a way to bypass it and force all links to open with a specific Firefox version\profile?

Having several different Firefox profiles, clicking a link in another application (for instance,a link in Thunderbird,or in a email message,generally speaking) brings up the profile manager:is there a way to bypass it and force all links to open with a specific Firefox version\profile?

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A way to do that is to edit the registry and add the -p "profile" switch to those protocol links. There is however no guarantee that such a change stays after an update and Firefox may complain.

Another way is not to use the profile manager, but select the profile for the default browser once in the PM to set the profile for the default browser, so that profile is marked as Default=1 in profiles.ini. Then place a checkmark in the box to never ask and use a desktop shortcut to start each Firefox version with its own profile, so you do not have to use the PM as that would set another profile with Default=1