Librewolf private window isnt running with the portable data and its using appdata instead. #1703

NastyFlytrap commented 2023年12月11日 19:39:21 +01:00

As title says. If i start librewolf portable and then right click on it on the taskbar, it starts a private window thats not using the portable settings and data. This is important because i need my extensions even in a private window and without it accessing that path i wont have access to them.

Either way, my solution would be that when i launch librewolf portable exe, it would do as it does now and launch the real exe thats told to use the portable settings, and then if i launch a private window off of that librewolf, it'd inherit the setting that tells it to look in the portable folder, and not in appdata.

Also, a small minor issue, putting a librewolf portable shortcut on the taskbar and launching it launches a normal librewolf instance, and therefore, doesnt stack with the shortcut because they are technicly speaking two different exe's. Any chance you could somehow fix this?

As title says. If i start librewolf portable and then right click on it on the taskbar, it starts a private window thats not using the portable settings and data. This is important because i need my extensions even in a private window and without it accessing that path i wont have access to them. Either way, my solution would be that when i launch librewolf portable exe, it would do as it does now and launch the real exe thats told to use the portable settings, and then if i launch a private window off of that librewolf, it'd inherit the setting that tells it to look in the portable folder, and not in appdata. Also, a small minor issue, putting a librewolf portable shortcut on the taskbar and launching it launches a normal librewolf instance, and therefore, doesnt stack with the shortcut because they are technicly speaking two different exe's. Any chance you could somehow fix this?

NastyFlytrap commented 2023年12月29日 13:56:20 +01:00

So, nothing?

So, nothing?

ltguillaume commented 2024年03月02日 03:30:54 +01:00

You can only open a private window when right-clicking a taskbar button if you've already pinned LibreWolf to the taskbar. Otherwise the option to open a private window isn't available.

Pinning the browser to the taskbar does not automatically add the explicitly specified profile folder (which is what the portable launcher does) to the pinned shortcut.

So the one issue (the fact that you pin the browser to the taskbar, which unfortunately causes the loss of the profile path specified by the portable launcher) causes the other (the private window will use a new profile in your application data). The same goes for the regular window: it will not use the portable profile if you start it directly from the pinned browser on the taskbar, as it will only use the portable profile when starting via LibreWolf-Portable.exe.

What you can do is drag the portable launcher itself (LibreWolf-Portable.exe) onto the taskbar. That way, it will always start with the right profile and clean up afterwards. However, it will also show a separate taskbar button for the LibreWolf window itself.

Another option is to manually add the profile folder at the end of the pinned shortcut: right-click the icon, then right-click LibreWolf, then click Properties and add e.g. -P=D:\Path\To\Profiles\Default to Target. This only works if you don't move the profile anymore and it won't clean up some files and folders anymore (since the portable launcher isn't run anymore).

You can only open a private window when right-clicking a taskbar button if you've already pinned LibreWolf to the taskbar. Otherwise the option to open a private window isn't available. Pinning the browser to the taskbar does not automatically add the explicitly specified profile folder (which is what the portable launcher does) to the pinned shortcut. So the one issue (the fact that you pin the browser to the taskbar, which unfortunately causes the loss of the profile path specified by the portable launcher) causes the other (the private window will use a new profile in your application data). The same goes for the regular window: it will not use the portable profile if you start it directly from the pinned browser on the taskbar, as it will only use the portable profile when starting via `LibreWolf-Portable.exe`. What you _can_ do is drag the portable launcher itself (`LibreWolf-Portable.exe`) onto the taskbar. That way, it will always start with the right profile and clean up afterwards. However, it will also show a separate taskbar button for the LibreWolf window itself. Another option is to manually add the profile folder at the end of the pinned shortcut: right-click the icon, then right-click `LibreWolf`, then click `Properties` and add e.g. ` -P=D:\Path\To\Profiles\Default` to Target. This only works if you don't move the profile anymore and it won't clean up some files and folders anymore (since the portable launcher isn't run anymore).

xwx commented 2026年03月07日 14:08:18 +01:00

But if you don't pin it to the taskbar, right-click directly on the taskbar icon to open a new window still not use profile, is there a way?

But if you don't pin it to the taskbar, right-click directly on the taskbar icon to open a new window still not use profile, is there a way?

ltguillaume commented 2026年03月07日 14:54:36 +01:00

Correct, if you use the jumplist for this, it will use the default non-portable profile (or create one) in the %AppData%\LibreWolf\Profiles. Sorry, that's just how Firefox is built (and I actually make use of this fact sometimes), can't do anything about this, other than pinning a shortcut that defines the profile path and --private-window.

Correct, if you use the jumplist for this, it will use the default non-portable profile (or create one) in the `%AppData%\LibreWolf\Profiles`. Sorry, that's just how Firefox is built (and I actually _make use_ of this fact sometimes), can't do anything about this, other than pinning a shortcut that defines the profile path _and_ `--private-window`.