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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

      How to install several instances of browsers completely independent of each other.

      Well, Opera has an option to do standalone installations as well as Vivaldi. Don't know about other browsers.

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

        I've 3 different Foxes non-standalone, same disk different folders.

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        • nohup
          nohup last edited by

          Yes you can choose different installation folders for the software but how do you make the installations work separately?

          For me there are only one profile for three Opera chromium installations:
          C:\Users\qqqqqq\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Cache

          Same for Vivaldi:
          C:\Users\qqqqqq\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\User Data

          I tried making more profiles on firefox and it actually worked this time (didnt the last time i tried, but that was a while ago). Thanks!
          Not sure if the profiles with security settings and all work independently yet but will try later.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

            For me there are only one profile for three Opera chromium installations:
            C:\Users\qqqqqq\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Cache

            You need to do standalone installations by clicking on 'options' and changing the install folder and the 'install for' field.

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            • nohup
              nohup last edited by

              leocg:
              That was done:
              C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera chrome nr1
              C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera chrome nr2
              C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera chrome nr3

              but they have the same profile folder as shown above

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                but they have the same profile folder as shown above

                Either they changed something or there's some issue.
                Profile folder in standalone installation should not be shared.

                You are selecting the standalone installation option in the installer, right?

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                • nohup
                  nohup last edited by

                  dont see a specific "standalone" option only the option to chenge installation path. Is that the same?
                  Where are your profiles stored?

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                    Is that the same?

                    Nope, it's the one above that. You will be able to change it after you have changed the installation path.

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                    • nohup
                      nohup last edited by

                      I have the "above" option: to install for user : all users / present user / USB
                      I always use the present user option. Should i change to USB??

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                        Should i change to USB??

                        You should be 'USB/Standalone' but yes, this is the option.

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