well, previously, I issued the command: firefox -p while on instance of FF was running. just now while an instance of FF is running, I issued firefox -p -no- remote same outcome: it simply launches a new instance of FF...
On Mar 31, 11:52 pm, dmccunney <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:34 PM, knowledgenotebook > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Odd, firefox -p launched Firefox instead of bringing up the Profile > > Manager, what now? > > If Firefox is already running, "firefox -p" will simply switch to the > running instance. To bring up the Profile Manager, Firefox must not > be running, or you must use the -no-remote option, which will let you > start another instance while one already exists. If you do that, you > *can't* use the same profile for the second instance - the first > instance will lock it. But you *can* have multiple copies of Firefox > active at once using different profiles. > _____ > Dennis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
