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Updated 2.3 Concurrent Profiles (markdown)

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2.3-Concurrent-Profiles.md

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Once you have set up your multiple profiles, either for an [installed](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/2.1-Multiple-Profiles) or [portable](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/2.2-Multiple-Profiles-%5BFirefox-Portable%5D) Firefox, you can use them one at at time (the default), or run them concurrently.
Once you have set up multiple profiles, either for an [installed](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/2.1-Multiple-Profiles) or [portable](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/2.2-Multiple-Profiles-%5BFirefox-Portable%5D) Firefox, you can use them one at at time (the default), or run them concurrently.
Use the above links to learn about using the switches
* `-no-remote` (installed)
* `AllowMultipleInstances=true` (portable)
These switches allow multiple profiles, multiple firefoxes, and even different versions, to all run simultaneously.
These switches allow multiple profiles, multiple firefoxes, and even different firefox versions, to run simultaneously. You can even run portable and installed versions side by side, as long as each profile loaded uses `-no-remote` or `AllowMultipleInstances=true` as applicable.
### :small_orange_diamond: Example
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![](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/blob/master/wikipiki/concurrent01.png)
Here are four shortcuts
Here are four corresponding shortcuts
```js
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -no-remote -p "medium"
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -no-remote -p "hardened"
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -no-remote -p "relaxed"
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -p
```
And here are all three profiles running concurrently, with both normal and private browsing mode windows
And here are all three profiles running concurrently, with both normal and private browsing mode windows. To help distinguish each profile visually, it is recommended to assign each one a theme.
![](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/blob/master/wikipiki/concurrent02.png)
### :small_orange_diamond: Caveats
If you start Firefox in "normal mode" (i.e not in Private Browsing (PB) mode), PB mode windows (`File>New Private Window`), do not utilize the current theme, but do display the purple PB mode mask icon. Because of this it is also recommended that you add something extra - e.g. could be familiar bookmarks on the bookmark toolbar such as banking sites in a hardened version. In the example, the bookmarks shown are simply renamed links to `about:config`.
If you start Firefox in `Always use private browsing mode` (and this is true of any profile, concurrent or not), the PB mode mask icon is never shown, and *ALL* windows are in PB mode, even those opened with `File>New Window` as compared to `File>New Private Window`. The good news is that the themes *are* applied.
When running profiles with `-no-remote` or `AllowMultipleInstances=true`, external commands (such as clicking links in emails, double-clicking URL shortcuts, etc) will fail.
![](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/blob/master/wikipiki/concurrent03.png)
![](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/blob/master/wikipiki/concurrent04.png)
Note: you can still drag and drop shortcuts and paste links, you just can't use an external application's integration