Windows 10: How to disable access to Profiles in Firefox in Windows 11/10

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Like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and other modern browsers, there is a built-in feature to create and manage multiple profiles in Firefox. Each profile contains a separate set of user information. You can access Firefox Profile Manager (aboutrofiles) page and then create a new profile, rename a profile, set a profile to default, launch a […]

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

New Windows Media Player Plugin for Firefox

Anyone who uses Windows Vista and Mozilla Firefox may be pleased to hear that the Windows Media Player team has now released a plugin for Firefox that should allow the browser to play WMP content on websites. Here are the steps to get it working:

• Installation of the Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin may require administrative access to your PC. It is recommended that you close all other open browser windows before continuing with the installation.
• Click the Install button to automatically download and install the Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin.
• Depending on your security settings, you may see a Security Warning dialog box. Click Install to install the plugin.

There is a known issue if you are using Firefox version 2.0.0.3 on Windows Vista with the installer failing with error code -203. To work around this simply restart Firefox (you will get a notification that Windows Vista will be changing the Firefox compatibility settings) and then install again - the second time should succeed.

The download is available here, and the new plugin works on all versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista (although it is mostly intended for Vista, as that currently has no WMP support in Firefox).

Source: Windows Vista Blog

 

Should I change a locked Firefox profile

I get an error message when starting Windows 10 Pro, which is fully up to date, stating that

"Firefox is already running but is not responding." Mozilla in response suggests that users change Firefox profiles access rights from its
default read only setting. Is there any security problem which could occur from this.

These profiles are located at %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\

Thanks, John