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Duke wrote: ↑08 Apr 2026, 10:13
I've noticed that some settings have been changed after updating from v149 beta to v149.0.2 like the warning before opening about:config, network.captive-portal-service.enabled or Safe Browsing.
Very annoying.
On top of that I've just noticed that R3dfox keeps on connecting to detectportal.firefox.com every time I open a new window (Ctrl+N) even though network.captive-portal-service.enabled is set to false.
This never ever happened with previous versions, not even with v149 beta
Correction:
It was there in v149 beta but not in v148.0.2 and previous versions.
I always backup before updating and I've just checked all of these versions.
Update:
Even worse, I have removed the http://detectportal.firefox.com/canonical.html URL from captivedetect.canonicalURL setting and it still connects to detectportal.firefox.com !
WTH is going on ?
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Duke wrote: ↑08 Apr 2026, 10:13
I've noticed that some settings have been changed after updating from v149 beta to v149.0.2 like the warning before opening about:config, network.captive-portal-service.enabled or Safe Browsing.
Very annoying.
On top of that I've just noticed that R3dfox keeps on connecting to detectportal.firefox.com every time I open a new window (Ctrl+N) even though network.captive-portal-service.enabled is set to false.
This never ever happened with previous versions, not even with v149 beta
Correction:
It was there in v149 beta but not in v148.0.2 and previous versions.
I always backup before updating and I've just checked all of these versions.
Update:
Even worse, I have removed the http://detectportal.firefox.com/canonical.html URL from captivedetect.canonicalURL setting and it still connects to detectportal.firefox.com !
WTH is going on ?
I had to set network.connectivity-service.enabled to false.
The NetworkConnectivityService will periodically connect to the same URL we use for captive portal detection, but will restrict its preferences to either IPv4 or IPv6.
Hello
Here is information about an error that has not occurred before.
On Windows 7, 32-bit, I tried to update from version 147.0.1 to 149.0.2. It didn't work. I got the error message:
"r3dfox has stopped working. A problem prevented this program from running correctly. Close the program."
The cause of the error was the following setting in user.js: "dom.enable_resource_timing", false.
After removing this entry, the update was successful.
Duke said:
| 2. about:profiles should work, pay attention to the destination folder path.
| -Profile "profile name" can work too.
the_r3dacted said:
| Since you're using the portable version, it basically just passes
| -profile Profile to the exe and therefore makes a "Profile" folder
| in the portable browser directory with your profile.
| If about:profiles is broken here, it's because it's being overridden here.
| If you go into (r3dfox folder)\browser, you'll find a pmundprt.mod file,
| and this controls that behavior.
| Deleting it will revert it to stock operation with a profile in Appdata.
1) Is it possible set the profiles folder r3dfox folder ?
I am using the portable version, and would like to have all of r3dfox in
one folder.
2) Is it possible to set a profile folder in the r3dfox folder as default ?
I want to be able to start r3dfox without using a command line, with the
profiles in the r3dfox folder.
I am not asking for a bespoke build of r3dfox; I want to know whether I can
configure r3dfox this way.
Thanks
jassenna wrote: ↑18 Apr 2026, 18:41
1) Is it possible set the profiles folder r3dfox folder ?
I am using the portable version, and would like to have all of r3dfox in
one folder.
2) Is it possible to set a profile folder in the r3dfox folder as default ?
I want to be able to start r3dfox without using a command line, with the
profiles in the r3dfox folder.
I am not asking for a bespoke build of r3dfox; I want to know whether I can
configure r3dfox this way.
Thanks
I'm pretty sure the portable mode already works like that.
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the_r3dacted said:
| I 'm pretty sure the portable mode already works like that
Not exactly
- It expects profiles to be in %DEFAULTUSER%/AppData and creates profiles in a folder there (as does the installed
version).
-If started by double clicking on r3dfox.exe or on its icon in desktop, it does not find a profile and exits.
about:profiles does not find any profile in the r3dfox files folder, so it cannot make default a profile
residing in that folder.
- So, to use a profile in the r3dfox folder, r3dfox must be started form command line, with the -profiles
argument. This means opening a commnd window, starting r3dfox, then exiting the command window.
- I want to be able to start r3dfox from a desktop icon or from the program name in its folder, as any
Windows program.
jassenna wrote: ↑20 Apr 2026, 23:17
the_r3dacted said:
| I 'm pretty sure the portable mode already works like that
Not exactly
- It expects profiles to be in %DEFAULTUSER%/AppData and creates profiles in a folder there (as does the installed
version).
-If started by double clicking on r3dfox.exe or on its icon in desktop, it does not find a profile and exits.
about:profiles does not find any profile in the r3dfox files folder, so it cannot make default a profile
residing in that folder.
- So, to use a profile in the r3dfox folder, r3dfox must be started form command line, with the -profiles
argument. This means opening a commnd window, starting r3dfox, then exiting the command window.
- I want to be able to start r3dfox from a desktop icon or from the program name in its folder, as any
Windows program.
May I ask what version of "portable" r3dfox you're talking about? And, more importantly, where exactly have you unpacked the downloaded "portable" archive of r3dfox? Be aware that if you placed it inside %ProgramFiles%, it WON'T run in portable mode! Please read in its entirety a now archived issue from the old GitHub issue tracker:
FWIW, I wrote this comment on a "portable" install of r3dfox, where its profile directory (simply called "Profile") is indeed located adjacent to "r3dfox.exe" - but all this is "installed" on an external USB drive:
"G:\PortableApps\r3dfoxPortable\App\"
where the "App" dir contains both the "r3dfox.exe" main executable and the "Profile" dir...
