This advanced tip makes it possible to run Firefox from removable media, such as a USB memory stick. This will allow you to run Firefox with your personal settings from any computer, even those that don't have Firefox installed. It has only been tested on Windows XP/2000. The basic instructions are as follows:
- Copy the Firefox application folder and your profile folder to the removable medium. In this example we will use
R:\Firefoxfor the application folder andR:\FFProfileas the profile folder, assuming the drive letter for the removable media isR:. - Create a simple batch file called
R:\Firefox.batwith the following line:start \Firefox\firefox.exe -profile \FFProfile
- Optionally, disable the disk cache to reduce the amounts of file writes to the removable storage by using about:config to set browser.cache.disk.enable to false.
The reason why a batch file is needed instead of a simple shortcut is that a shortcut uses absolute paths, and since the actual drive letter for the removable media may change depending on which computer it is plugged into, the relative path used in the batch file is guaranteed to work anywhere.
- Copy the Firefox application folder and your profile folder to the removable medium. In this example we will use
Run Firefox from removable media
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Yeah! This tweak is useful for who always surf web at internet cafe services. It will help them can use all bookmarks, browser history, pass manager and some cookies...
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I like this tweak. Thanks for share.
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Uk is not my primary language, however I could understand it when using the google translator. Awesome post, have them coming! Give thanks!
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