1142733 - firefox -P profile opens the wrong profile when running multiple profiles

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, defect)

Description

[Mike Hommey [:glandium]]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #486172 +++

When running multiple profiles simultaneously firefox -P profile opens the wrong profile on Windows.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a profile: firefox -P profile1 -no-remote
2. Open another profile: firefox -P profile2 -no-remote
3. Open a window: firefox -P profile2
Actual Results:  
The first step opens the first window of profile1
The second step opens the first window of profile2
The third step opens a window of profile1

Expected Results:  
The first step opens the first window of profile1
The second step opens the first window of profile2
The third step should have opened a window of profile2

Comment 1

[Benjamin Smedberg]

This is not intended to work. Windows remoting doesn't store profile names and I don't want to support the complexity for that.