You can also create a Firefox shortcut to a profile you DIDN’T create using profile manager (ie: a profile from another computer) The following is a method to open multiple profiles WITHOUT having created a profile using the firefox profile manager.

As a test I copied my “43bg40jr.default” profile directory and renamed it “Firefox1.work” then created a shortcut to firefox adding a few switches at the end.

HOW ITS DONE:
1. Add the firefox application path followed by the switch “-profile” followed by;
2. The ff Profile Path in quotes (in my case, Firefox1.work).
3. If you want to run other instances of Firefox simultaneously then add -no-remote
(4. if desired, plop the shortcut into the “All Programs” folder and add a shortcut key)

…so the shortcut will look like this:

“C:\Program Files\Internet\Firefox\firefox.exe” -profile “%userprofile%\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\PROFILENAME.default” -no-remote

You can cut and paste this into a shortcut but change PROFILENAME.default to your profile directory.

WHY (this is better than using profile manger):
- Dont have to use PM at all and can use keyboard shortcuts to open different profiles (ie; Ctrl + H=home, Ctrl + W=work etc)
- Saves time from selecting from the profile manager at startup
- Can still run multiple profiles simultaneously using the “-no-remote” command switch
- If FF is your default browser, some applications no longer open pages in Firefox after clicking “dont ask at startup” so you can still use your default profile as normal

BUGS:
-copying profiles sometimes breaks some extensions (just reinstall them or use CLEO/FEBE to backup/reinstall)
-profile names (preceeding the extension .default or .work or whatever) MUST be 8 characters long or else weird things happen (no icons, broken addons etc). Any 8 characters work, letters or numbers.

Hope this helps someone,
b-dube@hotmail.com