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Updated 2.1 Multiple Profiles (markdown)

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### Firefox [Portable] Method 1 ### Firefox [Portable] Method 1
You can't use the Profile Manager or controls in `about:profiles` with Firefox Portable. There are two ways to achieve this. Here's the first. You can't use the Profile Manager or controls in `about:profiles` with Firefox Portable. There are two ways to achieve this. Here's the first. NOTE: These secondary profiles are not portable as they contain a single full path in their ini files. The original full portable Firefox remains portable.
Download the [FirefoxPortable2ndProfile](http://downloads.sourceforge.net/portableapps/FirefoxPortable2ndProfile_1.2.paf.exe?redirect_do_not_right_click) from PortableApps and run the file as many times as you need to create as many profiles as you need. Always unpack to the same root directory as your original portable Firefox (i.e `D:/Portable/` and NOT `D:/Portable/FirefoxPortable/`). Download the [FirefoxPortable2ndProfile](http://downloads.sourceforge.net/portableapps/FirefoxPortable2ndProfile_1.2.paf.exe?redirect_do_not_right_click) from PortableApps and run the file as many times as you need to create as many profiles as you need. Always unpack to the same root directory as your original portable Firefox (i.e `D:/Portable/` and NOT `D:/Portable/FirefoxPortable/`).
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- FireforPortableRelaxed (portable profile) - FireforPortableRelaxed (portable profile)
``` ```
Note: If you want to rename a portable profile from the one you gave it when unpacking (or you moved it), under the Data/Settings directory you will need to amend the `LastProfileDirectory` in the `FirefoxPortableSettings.ini`. Here is the `Hardened` one Note: If you want to rename a portable profile from the one you gave it when unpacking (or you moved it), under the Data/Settings directory you will need to amend the `LastProfileDirectory` in the `FirefoxPortableSettings.ini`, and yes, it is not a relative path. Here is the `Hardened` one
```ini ```ini
[FirefoxPortableSettings] [FirefoxPortableSettings]
LastProfileDirectory=D:\Portable\FirefoxPortableHardened\Data\profile LastProfileDirectory=D:\Portable\FirefoxPortableHardened\Data\profile
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### Firefox [Portable] Method 2 ### Firefox [Portable] Method 2
Here is a second method, and due to the restructuring of the profile locations, this means it is no longer portable.
Here is a typical Firefox Portable profile layout Here is a typical Firefox Portable profile layout
``` ```
-FirefoxPortable -FirefoxPortable