Opening Multiple Gmail Account on the Same Version of Firefox

Posted by levoltz on August 10, 2009 in How-To | 1 Comment

There is a simple trick that will allow you to open several different gmail accounts on the same instance of Firefox

1. Open ‘Run’ dialog. For Windows users, press WinKey and ‘R’. For Linux users, press the Alt key and F2.

2. Once the dialog box appears, enter “Firefox – p – no-remote”. Once you have done this, another dialog box, this one containing Firefox’s profiles will appear.

3. Create a new profile by clicking the “Create Profile” button and following the simple wizard. Name the profile, for example: gmail2.

4. Close any open dialogs before returning to the desktop.

Open the “Run” dialog once more. This time, enter “firefox – p gmail2 –no-remote”.

The ‘-no-remote’ option creates a solitary session. This session is not different then the current open Firefox session or profiles. When the ‘no-remote’ command is not selected, a new window will open using the default or current profile. This is how session sharing happens and is what we need to prevent.

Because session sharing has been disabled by the ‘-no-remote’ command, it is possible to have two gmail accounts open at the same time.

As Firefox releases updates and new versions, it is hopefully that they will take a cue from IE 8. There is option under the file menu that allows you to open a brand new, and separate, session of Internet Explorer. Because the sessions are unique from each other, problems like session sharing do not occur.