[PortableFirefox] USB .htm file as home page?

[John T. Haller]

Jeff Schallenberg wrote:

> Well, I found a work-around that works for the two XP machines that I
> primarily use with Portable Firefox.
> 
> I found this in an entry on WindowsAnnoyances.org from 2002:
> http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-024
> 
> By using \windows\system32\diskmgmt.msc, you can change the drive
> letter used by windows for the removable drive in that particular
> machine.
> 
> So, on my "big" desktop machine, where it thinks the removable drive
> is G:\, my bookmarks and homepage work fine.
> 
> But on my laptop, with fewer ports, it called my USB drive F:\, so I
> just had to open diskmgmt.msc and tell it to call the USB drive "G:\"
> to match the other PC.
> 
> Now the bookmarks and homepage for Portable Firefox work fine on both PCs.
> 
> But when I carry the thumb drive to another PC, i will have the same problem...

Did you try playing with some of the chrome:// and resource:// protocols 
at all?  That would be the ideal solution.

If this would require an update to the launcher, it may not be too 
likely as a local homepage option has only been asked for twice in the 
year that Portable Firefox has been in existance.  And the first time, 
the asker ended up just dropping the file on their web server.

But, being the hacking type, I created a quick and dirty batch launcher 
that will let you do it here:
http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_firefox/#local_homepage

Try the chrome:// and resource:// protocols to see if you can get those 
working.  If not, you can use the batch file.

Regards,
John