Comments on: Enable multiple sessions in Firefox

By: Adamo

Adamo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:09:09 +0000

Thanks a lot from Cremona Italy.

By: Luciano Coelho

Luciano Coelho — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:44:11 +0000

Man,
Thank you!!!

By: Manjula

Manjula — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:00:33 +0000

Hi Steve,

Thank you for sharing the technique. This helps to work on different sessions.

By: Shawn Welch

Shawn Welch — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:31:11 +0000

Actually, you don’t need to mess with variables. Just add -no-remote at the end of the target in the link properties.

“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -no-remote -P

Don’t forget the -P

By: Sudhindra

Sudhindra — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:44:27 +0000

Thanks for the solutions. Its really helpful.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:44:15 +0000

try the firefox add in called cookiepie, its a simple way to acheive the above

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:14:21 +0000

Is there a way to do this on a MAC? I’m running OSX 10.4

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:15:56 +0000

No need to set the environment variable anymore.
Just call “firefox.exe -no-remote -P profile_name”
Read here: http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Debugging_Mozilla_on_Windows_FAQ#Running_two_instances_of_Mozilla_simultaneously
BTW, the current version of the Firefox extension CookieSwap is not working properly under Firefox 3.0, but according to the blog of the guys who develop the extension they are working on an update. The difference between the profile solution and CookieSwap solution is that CookieSwap lets you open different sessions in new tabs of the same window whilst the profile solution is only applicable for new windows altoghether. Having different sessions in different tabs of the same window is a big advantage. Lets hope they will release their new soon.

By: amex

amex — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:18:00 +0000

I did these profiles. It’s working and really helping me. hehe but i need more info and help:
How to make firefox tabs for use different profiles. I already tried CookieSwap add-on but it lets use only 3 different profiles. Thnx

By: Jason Collins

Jason Collins — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:53:24 +0000

You can also use a Firefox plugin/extension called CookieSwap. I think it takes advantage of the same method used here, just in the form of an extension.

Find it at: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3255