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Article #7467Re: Switching profiles and launching new ones anomoly
From: Daniel70
Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 19:45
Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 19:45
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On 18/05/2025 1:34 am, David E. Ross wrote: > On 5/17/2025 2:38 AM, Daniel70 wrote: >> On 17/05/2025 8:20 am, David E. Ross wrote: >>> On 5/16/2025 1:36 PM, Richmond wrote: >>>> If I launch Seamonkey with the normal profile, then select >>>> about:profiles, then launch another Seamonkey with a different >>>> profile. I then select from the menu Switch Profiles, and try to launch >>>> a third profile. I would expect it to replace the second instance, but >>>> it doesn't seem to do that, it seems to go back to the first which is >>>> still running. >>> >>> It seems that using about:profiles merely launches a new window but NOT >>> with the selected profile. I never noticed this before since I never >>> use about:profiles. >>> >>> I have PrefBar 7.1.1 installed in SeaMonkey 2.53.20. I created a >>> Profile button for PrefBar that calls toProfileManager();, which >>> launches the SeaMonkey Profile Manager popup. Selecting a different >>> profile in that popup terminates all instances of SeaMonkey and >>> relaunches it in the selected profile. It does not allow me to have >>> multiple SeaMonkey sessions each with a different profile. >>> >> David, why did you have to install an Add-on (prefBar) so that you could >> make a new button to launch a new instance of SeaMonkey?? >> >> Why not just select Tools -> Switch Profile .... and then select the >> Profile you want?? >> > > My Profiles button is on my PrefBar toolbar and is always visible. It > only needs a single click. To use [Toold > Switch Profiles] requires > two clicks. Furthermore, I never noticed until now that [Toold > Switch > Profiles] even existed. > NP, David. YL,YL. You live, You learn. ;-P -- Daniel70
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