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| Thread ID: 89345 | 2008-04-28 09:03:00 | Firefox 2 setups ? | cowboy stu (7021) | Press F1 |
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| 663459 | 2008-04-28 09:03:00 | Hi Is it possible to run 2 Firefox windows at once launched from 2 separate icons with diff home pages ? Thought it might be tidy to have one dedicated for my banking progam separate from normal browsing. Wondering.. |
cowboy stu (7021) | ||
| 663460 | 2008-04-28 09:12:00 | you can have as many home pages opening up at the same time as you like when using FF. however if you wanted to also you could install FF 'portable' and set a different home page in that one..... |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 663461 | 2008-04-28 09:14:00 | If you have say Firefox 2, and the V3 betas, then yes you can. blog.codefront.net www.teamhackaday.com however if you wanted to also you could install FF 'portable' and set a different home page in that one..... But I think they use the same user profile. I think. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 663462 | 2008-04-28 09:16:00 | lifehacker.com | Safari (3993) | ||
| 663463 | 2008-04-28 09:52:00 | I done a basic article about this a few years ago (sal.tabulas.com). It's not as indepth as the link that Safari posted though and that one also addresses running different profiles at the same time, something that didn't exist when I wrote mine up. | sal (67) | ||
| 663464 | 2008-04-28 10:04:00 | Why not have a .bat file that opens up Firefox to the banking website and use that? To create this, open up Notepad (found under Accessories) and enter in: start firefox.exe http://www.kiwibank.co.nz/ Obviously put in the URL of your actual bank ... Next save the file on your desktop and name it Firefox Bank.bat - the extension of .bat is very important so make sure it doesn't default to a .txt extension. To open up Firefox to that bank website, just double-click on the icon. If you want to be very clever, you can save the .bat file to the root directory of C: and then from your desktop right click on a blank area and select New > Shortcut. Browse to where you saved the .bat file and select that. Click OK and then in the next window give it a name and click finish. Right click the new shortcut and select properties and then "new icon". Select whatever icon appeals to you (I don't think you have the Firefox icon as an option). I hope these instruction work OK as I cannot test it out here first (doesn't work too well under Linux :p) |
Jen (38) | ||
| 663465 | 2008-04-28 10:26:00 | Actually, re-reading the OP, you just want shortcuts on your desktop without need for entirely different profiles. In the address bar of Firefox, hover the icon that appears in the left of it, the cursor should change to a hand, now click and drag this icon to the desktop and rename if needed. | sal (67) | ||
| 663466 | 2008-04-28 10:37:00 | In the address bar of Firefox, hover the icon that appears in the left of it, the cursor should change to a hand, now click and drag this icon to the desktop and rename if needed. ... or do this rather than my rather over-complicated .bat file solution. :lol: | Jen (38) | ||
| 663467 | 2008-04-28 10:40:00 | Thanks for all that help. I was trying to isolate the banking program as sometimes it does weird things like minimizes windows. Help desk at Directlink says no-one else has this prob ! I think Jen has the idea I was after so will have a test tomorrow and read the other links also. Thanks again |
cowboy stu (7021) | ||
| 663468 | 2008-04-28 21:37:00 | yep that works a treat. Thanks Sal | cowboy stu (7021) | ||
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