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Profileswitcher??

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I had the Add On Profileswitcher in the File drop down our previous versions. Now with FF 57.0.4, Profileswitcher no longer works. is there different Add On that will do the same.

My wife and I have separate FF profiles, we want to be able to switch from one to the other without having to close either, just like we did with the previous versions.

I had the Add On Profileswitcher in the File drop down our previous versions. Now with FF 57.0.4, Profileswitcher no longer works. is there different Add On that will do the same. My wife and I have separate FF profiles, we want to be able to switch from one to the other without having to close either, just like we did with the previous versions.

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Shadow110
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oops -

Modified by Shadow110

Shadow110
Shadow110

oops on 1st reply, sorry.

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

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SH said

My wife and I have separate FF profiles, we want to be able to switch from one to the other without having to close either, just like we did with the previous versions.

Since you have separate Fx Profiles you can have separate Fx desktop shortcuts to the specific Profiles. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Shortcut_to_a_specific_profile

cor-el
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See also the about:profiles page.

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James said

SH said
My wife and I have separate FF profiles, we want to be able to switch from one to the other without having to close either, just like we did with the previous versions.

Since you have separate Fx Profiles you can have separate Fx desktop shortcuts to the specific Profiles. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Shortcut_to_a_specific_profile

Thanks for your reply but it's for Windows - My OS is Mac 10.13.2

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Pkshadow said

oops on 1st reply, sorry. Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

The problem is with Profileswitcher not Profile Manager. Profileswitcher is/was an Add On to use from the File menu when either Profile of FF was opened to allow switching to the other profile without closing the current profile.

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SH said

James said
SH said
My wife and I have separate FF profiles, we want to be able to switch from one to the other without having to close either, just like we did with the previous versions.

Since you have separate Fx Profiles you can have separate Fx desktop shortcuts to the specific Profiles. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Shortcut_to_a_specific_profile

Thanks for your reply but it's for Windows - My OS is Mac 10.13.2

The same rules applies with shortcuts whether on Windows, Linux or Mac OSX. firefox -P "specificprofilename"

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