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[Barry Warsaw <901855@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Normally, you should be able to start multiple versions of Firefox with
a different profile, even with an existing firefox is running, using the
following command:

$ firefox -ProfileManager

(i.e. see firefox -h for details)

However this does not work when a firefox is already running.  Instead,
in that case, the running firefox window is raised and a new window is
created.  There seems to be no way to run multiple versions of firefox
using different profiles.

However, if you quit your running firefox and then run the above
command, you do get the profile manager window.

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  firefox -ProfileManager does not work

Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Normally, you should be able to start multiple versions of Firefox
  with a different profile, even with an existing firefox is running,
  using the following command:

  $ firefox -ProfileManager

  (i.e. see firefox -h for details)

  However this does not work when a firefox is already running.
  Instead, in that case, the running firefox window is raised and a new
  window is created.  There seems to be no way to run multiple versions
  of firefox using different profiles.

  However, if you quit your running firefox and then run the above
  command, you do get the profile manager window.

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