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Multiple Firefox in Windows Taskbar
  • Open Run (Winkey-R or right-click Start menu), insert "%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -p, press OK, to start Firefox profile manager.
  • You may be able to run simply firefox -p. Guide is written to be robust for system differences.
  • Press "Create Profile...".
  • Press "Next".
  • Insert a profile name. It can contain spaces. Example: "Web App 1"
  • Now don't rush. It is easy to inadvertently change the default profile.
  • Press "Finish".
  • Press "Exit". If you instead pressed "Start Firefox" without unchecking "Use the selected profile without asking at startup": open Firefox profile manager again (read step 1), select your desired profile (probably "default"), enable the option "Use the selected profile [...]", press "Start Firefox", continue with the step after this.
  • Open Run, insert: "%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" --no-remote -P "Web App 1"
  • Select the location field (Ctrl-L).
  • Replace text with: about:config
  • Press Enter.
  • Press "Accept the Risk and Continue". Just follow only these steps and you'll be fine.
  • Insert taskbar.grouping.useprofile in the search field on the page. Not the location field.
  • Choose "Boolean".
  • Press the plus (+) to create entry.
  • Replace text in same search field with: browser.startup.blankwindow
  • Change its value to "false" (double-click or press the toggle button).
  • Open Run, insert: "%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" --no-remote -P "Web App 1"
  • Another Firefox icon should appear in taskbar. If it does not, this guide either needs updating or a mistake was made.
  • Right-click the new Firefox icon in the taskbar.
  • Press "Pin to taskbar".
  • Right-click the same new Firefox icon in the taskbar.
  • Right-click the first "Firefox [...]" from the bottom. Example: "Firefox (2)"
  • Press "Properties"
  • Append (add to end of) field "Target" with (include initial space): --no-remote -P "Web App 1"
  • or Replace field "Target" with: "%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" --no-remote -P "Web App 1"
  • Press tab "General".
  • Change name that will appear for the taskbar item by editing the text field at the top. New name will display after next time Explorer is started.
  • You can change icon with the "Change Icon..." button in same properties panel under tab "Shortcut". New icon will display after next time Explorer is started.
  • Press OK to apply changes to the taskbar item.
  • Easiest way to restart Explorer is to restart computer, but you can restart Explorer with Task Manager.
  • Try opening the taskbar item.
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