Leonidas Jones wrote:
> Darek wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I'd like to use two profiles at the same time (one with dark
>> background and white text, the other white background and black text).
>>
>> The profile manager only lets me choose the profile the first time
>> FireFox starts up. Once there is an existing window, the profile
>> manager doesn't start up.
>>
>> I also tried installing separate copies of FireFox.
>>
>> But I'd prefer to be able to use different color schemes and have
>> access to a single set of bookmarks. Is that possible?
>
>
> Firefox will only run one instance of itself at a time. You can open
> two windows, but its still only one instance of the program, therefore
> one profile.
>
> Even if you have two different versions installed in separate locations,
> the executable is still called firefox.exe. Once firefox.exe is
> detected as running, another firefox.exe, even in another location,
> cannot run.
>
> There is hack on the executable to get around this. It was posted at
> secnews by Stanimir. Note, I have never actually tried this, but
> Stanimir knows his stuff, so it ought to work:
>
> 1. Get a resource editor such as "Resource Hacker"
> <http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/> (541 KBytes). I'll
> use it in my example but it should be similar for other editors as
> well. It doesn't require special installation - just unzip it in a
> convenient directory.
>
> 2. Make a copy of the original "Netscp.exe" in a temporary directory
> and start the "Resource Hacker";
>
> 3. Drag-n-drop the copy of the executable file you've just made into
> the editor window or open it through the editor File menu;
>
> 4. Locate the only "String Table" resource found in the file
> navigating through the tree panel on the left [pic-1];
>
> 5. Change the "Netscape6" string seen in the text field on the right
> to something different (I've used "Netscape72") [pic-2];
>
> 6. Press the "Compile Script" button and choose File -> Save;
> (should I say exit/close the editor)
>
> 7. Now copy the modified executable file back to the Netscape
> program directory but prior that make sure you rename the original
> or make another copy of it. There you go.
>
> Additionally, one could rename one of the two executables (of the
> two versions of Netscape) so the processes could be distinguished in
> the Task Manger. One would need to update any shortcuts it may have,
> then.
>
> The same trick could be used to run couple of Mozilla versions
> simultaneously.
Obviously, I should add, modify the above instructions for Firefox, they
were originally written for Netscape.
Lee
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