Only one instance of firefox

hello, can anyone tell me if theres an option or extension that I can
use to now allow Firefox to run more than one instance. For instance if
I was running firefox and I clicked the firefiox.exe firefox would not
open again but maximize the open already, or at least not open another one.

Thanks

 

First, you can create a new Firefox (Fx) window by selecting
File/New Window.

Or, if you really need another instance with allow new
settings, you can create a separate profile by typing "firefox
-p" into the windows command prompt; follow the on-screen
instructions to create the profile.

And I surely hope you've discovered Fx's tabbed browsing.
Create a new tab in a Fx window by selecting File/New Tab.

HTH

 

Im sorry there was a typo and I meant I dont want other instance of
firefox running when I have one open already. Maybe like a pop up or
something that says or asks that theres already one instance of firefox
open already. I know opera has this option but i cant find it anywhere
in firefox.

 

I don't understand.

 

Firefox will only open one at a time.

 

ok if i click my mozilla firefox.exe file on my desktop mozilla opens up
on my taskbar, if i open another one up it also opens another firefox
on my taskbar. I can keep opening up new mozilla instances on my
taskbar.. I dont want firefox to open a new instance.. I want firefox to
only allow one instance.. let me show u a pic of what i mean.

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3138/image1mc2.jpg

hope that helps
thanks

 

Those are not new instances of the program, they are simply different
pages of it.

If you dont want that then

[Tools-->Options]*-->Tabs
Open links form other applications in:

0 the most recent tab/window

X Force links that open new windows to open in:

0 the same tab/window as the link

 

That was already checked off, I dont mean links , I mean when u run
firefox it will load a new window for every time u start it.. so if I
open firefox 10 times via my desktop shortcut, ten windows will pop on
my taskbar like the picture, what u are talking about is links, my links
/tabs work great. Its just I have firefox on minimize to tray and when I
click my shortcut either by mistake cuz i forgot it was open already or
on purpose, it opens another firefox window instead of opening the one
thats already running in my tray, or at least warn me that theres
another copy of firefox running already. Also the one running has all
the tabs that I am currently looking and the new one that opens only on
loads my home page.


Thanks a lot for ur help anyways , but i dont think theres a solution :-(

 

I'd rather use Tab Mix Plus extension in Single Window mode.

 

Hi Giov, I've been following this thread with a little interest because
I thought that Firefox would only open one instance of the program. I
see, however, that by clicking the FF icon it will open as many
instances as you like.

Just out of curiosity - I don't have a solution for this - which version
are you running? I'm just wondering if this is something that has
changed with the latest version.

 

That still does not prevent Firefox from opening a separate browser for
each time someone clicks on the desktop Firefox icon. I've also accidently
clicked the icon by mistake when the program was already open. Instead of
just bringing the already running program to the foreground, it opens up a
whole new Firefox in addition to what was already open. It can be mildly
annoying. It is definitely multiple instances, as they show up as separate
entries in the task manager.

All the extension seems to do is control where website links, and links
passed from other programs, will open. That's a completely different thing
than clicking on the Firefox icon on the desktop. All of my links already
open in new tabs, just as I prefer.

If no copy of Firefox is already open, clicking the desktop icon should
open Firefox. Otherwise, if any copy of Firefox is currently open, then it
should just bring that currently open browser to the foreground.

 

There is no option, but there is a way

If you start Fx with an address to display, it'll use the
currently displayed instance to display that page, so modify
the Fx shortcut to display a home page you like, and you're set.

 

1.5.05 and the tab mix plus option enable single window mode worked like
a charm. thanks

 

Thanks Olgierd yes that worked, I am using tab mix pro and I clicked
enable single window mode and it worked! Now that I click my exe file it
opens a new tab inside my currently running firefox. Woo hooooo

Thanks guys

 

Thank you. This just eliminated a small annoyance I've had for a couple
years. Now Firefox never opens more than one instance. I don't accidently
hit the Firefox icon very often after the program is already running, but
if I do, I no longer end up in a totally different window. I just changed
the target of my shortcut to:

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" about:blank

 

Solution?

ok, I have been looking for the same you are asking for a while now and I think the solution may be quite simple.

first you need to open Firefox and type "about:config" on the url.

That will take you to the configuration page and if you are using Firefox 3 it will ask you to be careful so don't touch many things here

Next you simply have to search "window" and on the first line it will show the boolean key "allinonegest.singleWindow". Double click on this key and the value will be changed from false to true.

Restart Firefox and it should allow only one window at a time.

I haven't fully tested this, but let me know if you have any problems

 

ADD-ON to don't let Mozilla Firefox 3.08 run more than one instance

Hi everybody,

since the first post of GioV, stating clearly what he was searching for but receiving nothing but bullshit from the retards who roam this forums, I haven't seen any but one or two useful posts that can help him.

All of you, bunch of freaks, überassholes, this is what GioV originally post:

hello, can anyone tell me if theres an option or extension that I can
use to now allow Firefox to run more than one instance. For instance if
I was running firefox and I clicked the firefiox.exe firefox would not
open again but maximize the open already, or at least not open another one.

Thanks
GioV

Obviously you don't need a second read to learn there was a miss-type where there says "now" should be read "not".

It's very clear what this person says here: FF has a design flaw that let's run multiple instances of it making not only difficult to focus on your current website but very dangerous too, because after first launch subsequents launchs launch a standard factory-settings Firefox which, if you don't pay really good attention, may result in overwriting your FF customization with no hope to restore it. You may end up losing your extensions, your toolbar customizations, etc.

That's how I found this post, looking for a way to stop that sh|t :stupid: - of course nobody here found how to handle that because you're so f u c k ing retards to understand what GioV says.

I found an extension which solves this bug and works with the latest release of FF 3.08 on Windows XP Pro sp3.

addons.mozilla.org/es-ES/firefox/addon/8182
addons.mozilla.org/es-ES/firefox/addon/8182
addons.mozilla.org/es-ES/firefox/addon/8182

 

addons.mozilla.org/es-ES/firefox/addon/8182