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FF is opening with my non-default profile

arminius1
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FF is opening with a profile that is not my default profile. How is that even possible and how do I get it to stop? I have the Profile Manager set to open with the one I want to be the default ("do not ask on startup" is checked and my default is highlighted) and it is simply ignoring my choice.

FF 28.0

FF is opening with a profile that is not my default profile. How is that even possible and how do I get it to stop? I have the Profile Manager set to open with the one I want to be the default ("do not ask on startup" is checked and my default is highlighted) and it is simply ignoring my choice. FF 28.0

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cor-el
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You can check the target line in the Firefox desktop shortcut (right-click: Properties) to make sure that nothing is appended after the path to the Firefox program.

arminius1
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Nothing unusual there, the target is

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"

cor-el
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Is the other profile present in the profiles.ini file as one of the choices?

Modified by cor-el

arminius1
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Yes it is. But the one opening by default is NOT the one named bz84f5tg.default

cor-el
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If you aren't using the Profile Manager to select a profile then the profile that is marked as default=1 is being used. You can use the Profile Manager to select the preferred profile and tick the box to use the selected profile.

arminius1
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What does "marked as default=1" mean?

What I can tell you for sure is that the profile labeled "default" in the profiles folders is not actually being used as the default.

the-edmeister
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Read the profiles.ini file in a text program like Notepad. 

[General]
StartWithLastProfile=0

[Profile0]
Name=03-22-11-N
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/ns45iuo6.03-22-11-N

[Profile1]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/b3ddbhfr.default-3.6.8

[Profile2]
Name=dev-edition-default
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/gz1hmvsz.dev-edition-default
Default=1

[Profile2] is the default.