Conflicts with local instance.

[mzso]

Behaviour

Typical fail for a portable package. (but very annoying). Won't run if a local version is running.

Steps to reproduce this issue

1. Have Locel WF running
2. Start WF portable
3. Portable won't run only a new window of the local instance is opened

Expected behaviour

Run WF portable completely independently from an instance that has nothing to do with it.

Actual behaviour

Stated above.

[crazy-max]

Have you checked the configuration settings to handle multi instances? https://portapps.io/app/waterfox-portable/#configuration

[mzso]

Have you checked the configuration settings to handle multi instances? https://portapps.io/app/waterfox-portable/#configuration

It helps. but causes the usual running and non-responding message to appear if I am running the exe again. And in fact a local Waterfox version is not an instance of this portable package, so it shouldn't conflict with it at all.

[crazy-max]

@mzso

It helps. but causes the usual running and non-responding message to appear if I am running the exe again. And in fact a local Waterfox version is not an instance of this portable package, so it shouldn't conflict with it at all.

Can you elaborate your use case steps by steps please? Also I need some logs and you configuration file (yaml) for each instance to be able to reproduce. Update your issue and create a proper bug report.

[mzso]

@mzso

It helps. but causes the usual running and non-responding message to appear if I am running the exe again. And in fact a local Waterfox version is not an instance of this portable package, so it shouldn't conflict with it at all.

Can you elaborate your use case steps by steps please? Also I need some logs and you configuration file (yaml) for each instance to be able to reproduce. Update your issue and create a proper bug report.

The local instance is just the official WF classic installed normally. So it doesn't have a yaml.
Use case would be to run the portable instance for various reasons. Checking something I browsed with that, or just running an (should be) isolated instance to test something.

[EmberHeartshine]

If you start the portable instance first, the local instance will start normally and without complaint.

This behavior is seen in almost every portable Firefox edition; the executable checks to see if another version of FF is already running and refuses to run if so. The normal (installed) version does not have this check.

[mzso]

@EmberHeartshine commented on 2021. ápr. 13. 13:54 CEST:

This behavior is seen in almost every portable Firefox edition; the executable checks to see if another version of FF is already running and refuses to run if so.

And it's a defect in all.

The normal (installed) version does not have this check.

It does. Only behaves differently. Opens a new window or tab. But a portable version should never check for other instances.

[EmberHeartshine]

wants a fix

provides a fix

"not good enough!"

K

[mzso]

@EmberHeartshine commented on 2021. ápr. 14. 01:28 CEST:

wants a fix

provides a fix

"not good enough!"

K

Who fixed the flaw? I'm not aware of a fix...
As for workarounds, I have my own if the need arises. (PS: The local instance is pretty much always running.)