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Test Mozilla Firefox 3.4 Beta without installing..

March 23, 2008 at 2:47 am | In Internet | 6 Comments
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The new Firefox 3.4 beta is out but the beta testing tag is enough to unnerve many people into waiting for a more stable version. If you can’t wait for the stable Alpha version but at the same time you don’t want to risk your Firefox profile on the buggy beta version, you can have the best of both worlds – use the portable version instead.Portable Apps is run by John Haller and he has come out with portable versions of a lot of big name software such as Thunderbird, Pidgin, GIMP and Open Office. But at the moment, the spotlight is being thrown on his efforts to provide a continual portable version of the highly anticipated beta Firefox 3. Everytime Mozilla Firefox 2. updates the Firefox beta, Haller comes out with a portable update. An unofficial hack has also been provided which allows you to run Portable Firefox 3 alongside your regularly installed

So you can use Firefox 2 for your profile, extensions and regular surfing. You can then use portable Firefox 3 for testing purposes and to get a general feel for what’s coming. Plus because it’s portable and nothing is installed, you can just delete the whole folder from your computer when you’re finished.

So just download and install the pack from Portable Apps to your computer. When you’ve done so, go to the folder FirefoxPortableTest\Other\Sources and there, you’ll find a file called FirefoxPortable.ini. Copy that file to the directory where FirefoxPortable.exe resides. Remember to leave the original file where it is.

Next, open the copied file with a file editor such as Notepad and you’ll see this :

[FirefoxPortable]
FirefoxDirectory=App\firefox
ProfileDirectory=Data\profile
SettingsDirectory=Data\settings
PluginsDirectory=Data\plugins
FirefoxExecutable=firefox.exe
AdditionalParameters=
LocalHomepage=
DisableSplashScreen=false
AllowMultipleInstances=false
DisableIntelligentStart=false
SkipChromeFix=false
SkipCompregFix=false
RunLocally=false

All you need to do is change “AllowMultipleInstances=false” from false to true. Save the file and close. Now click on FirefoxPortable.exe and you should now be able to run both Portable Firefox 3 and your regular Firefox 2 side by side without any conflicts.

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Un saludo
my name is Pierro and im from Germany.
I read some of your blogost, and i hope you can help me:

I use the Browser named FLOCK. and i read a blogpost about
a FireFox extension called R-Kisok.
Because sounds great, I also tried it.
I use the Flock Browser. I install all the things
from the list, and now … please help me a step retour !
i always get a fullscreen . i can use the right mouse key, but . . No toolbar, no status or sidebar
How can i remove all the extensions ??
Now i use Opera

Please rad the orginal Post about R-Kioskhere: http://specialkevin.com/?p=62
I hope you find a cople of Time for my qustion

Salut

Comment by Pierro Marie — March 23, 2008 #

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If you want to remove the rKiosk extension you have to run firefox in safe mode. I am sure this is the same as flock. To run firefox in safemode it depends on what platform you are working on but check out this link: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_mode

Comment by raymondcardoza — March 23, 2008 #

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@ramond – at first, thanks for your fast feedback, but:
your tip is the same like the orginal post of it.
i try so many ways to find the safe mode for FLOCK
but i dont can find it ! you know what i mean ?

Comment by Pierro — March 23, 2008 #

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Salut – i have found a way to remove this extensions . . Anyway, thanks.

Comment by Pierro — April 25, 2008 #

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Comment by Gadget guy — August 20, 2008 #

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Comment by raymondcardoza — September 20, 2009 #

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