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Firefox’s new about:profiles page replaces Profile Manager

Posted by Techdows on Dec 16th, 2015

About:profiles page is the new Firefox Profile manager. Till now to create, rename or to delete profiles in Firefox, you need to open the Profile Manager by running Firefox.exe -p command in Run dialog box on Windows. Firefox Profile... More »

How to find Vivaldi browser’s installed location or path on your computer

Posted by Techdows on Jun 12th, 2015

Know Vivaldi executable and profile paths. On Windows, Google Chrome browser now gets installed to Program Files by default (previously to Appdata folder). Recently, Opera co-founder has launched Vivaldi browser, it is attracting old... More »

Chrome 44 informs users to Right click on Avatar button to Switch People Faster

Posted by Techdows on Jun 8th, 2015

If you’ve set up multiple profiles in Chrome and tuned on ‘Enable fast user switching’ flag to switch between the profiles faster, in Chrome 44 beta, this flag has been removed, but the feature has been already enabled... More »

Bookmarking Star missing in Chrome Omnibox [Fix]

Posted by Techdows on Mar 16th, 2015

Not finding the star icon to bookmark pages in Chrome omnibox? Your profile might have corrupted, the fix is simple:you need to create a new profile to bring it back. If you don’t use Chrome by signing into your browser, export... More »

How to Optimize Firefox Portable with SpeedyFox to Run Faster?

Posted by Techdows on Jan 3rd, 2015

There are reasons for people to use Firefox portable: You can take it anywhere and use without saving any data to that computer you’re browsing from. If your favorite extensions don’t work with newer versions of Firefox,... More »

Fix Opera’s Error ‘ Your Profile can not be used because it is from a newer version of Opera. ‘

Posted by Techdows on Aug 15th, 2014

Have you seen this type of error before? Yes!, for Chrome, when you install lower numbered Chrome version after uninstalling the higher one, you get such error on startup. Same is the case with Opera and don’t forget, Opera is... More »

Fix ‘ Your Profile Can not be used because it is from a newer version of Google Chrome’ Error

Posted by Techdows on Aug 9th, 2014

After uninstalling Chrome, its profile will be left behind. Your bookmarks, extensions and other data in that profile folder will be migrated to newer version you install in your computer. If you reinstall Chrome that has a lower version... More »

Windows 8 Chrome Uses Same Profile for Desktop and Metro

Posted by Techdows on Sep 23rd, 2012

When Google released initial version of Chrome for Windows 8 we reviewed the comparison between metro Chrome and desktop Chrome we did noted that both versions don’t share add-ons, theme as if they’ve different profiles for Metro... More »

Backup and Restore Firefox Profile With Firefox Backup Tool

Posted by Techdows on Sep 17th, 2011

Firefox profile contains preferences, extensions, bookmarks and passwords, it’s always helpful having backup copy of Firefox profile for transfer on other computers. You can backup & restore Firefox Profile with MozBackup,... More »

Multiple Profiles for Chrome Feature now Available in Canary Build

Posted by Techdows on Jul 19th, 2011

Creating profiles for Chrome isn’t easy till now, but Google already testing “Multiple profiles for Chrome” in their earlier developer and Chromium builds since few months for now, with activated Chrome Profile Manager... More »

How to download a Copy of your entire Facebook Profile in a Zip file to your Computer

Posted by Techdows on Oct 7th, 2010

Facebook now allows to download your complete Facebook profile data in a Zip file to your Computer with single click.That downloaded file will be in HTML format for easier browsing.”Download your information” feature on Facebook... More »

How to Create a new Google Chrome User Profile?

Posted by Techdows on Jun 5th, 2010

There will be lots of problems when a user’s browser profile gets corrupted, a browser profile contains bookmarks, passwords, user preferences, history of website addresses visited by the user and those will be saved in the... More »

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