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 </WRAP> </WRAP>
  
-This allows a user to be concurrently logged into a web application multiple times with the same or a different user account.+This allows to be logged into a web application multiple times with the same or a different user account.
  
 The general idea is to use multiple profiles to provide multiple independent sets of cookies and settings. There are a couple ways to create profiles. The general idea is to use multiple profiles to provide multiple independent sets of cookies and settings. There are a couple ways to create profiles.
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   - Create a profile for as many instances as needed.   - Create a profile for as many instances as needed.
   - Create shortcuts to launch the instances.   - Create shortcuts to launch the instances.
-  - When needed use the shortcut to launch the instances.+  - When needed use the shortcuts to launch the instances.
  
 =====Creating Profiles Option 1====== =====Creating Profiles Option 1======
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 =====Creating Profiles Option 2====== =====Creating Profiles Option 2======
-As an alternative to using the //Profile Manager// the //profiles.ini// can be edited directly with a text editor to create multiple profiles. Simply copy an existing profile in the file and use it for other profiles, modifying the profile location to some other folder.+As an alternative to using the //Profile Manager// the //profiles.ini// can be edited directly with a text editor to create multiple profiles. Simply copy an existing profile in the file and use it for other profiles. The directory and name of the profile need to be modified to be unique among all the profiles.
  
 <WRAP round info> <WRAP round info>
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 Start Firefox with a profile by specifying the profile name after the -P option. Start Firefox with a profile by specifying the profile name after the -P option.
  
-The following command line example starts Firefox with a profile named //Weasel//. Again, a easy way to create a shortcut to this profile is to copy the general, existing, Firefox shortcut and modify the command line property of the shortcut to specify the profile.+The following command line example starts Firefox with a profile named //Alpha//. Again, a easy way to create a shortcut to this profile is to copy the general, existing, Firefox shortcut and modify the command line property of the shortcut to specify the profile.
 <code> <code>
-"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -P "Weasel" -no-remote+"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -P "Alpha" -no-remote
 </code> </code>
  
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