Command line arguments
From MozillaZine Knowledge Base
You can use command line arguments to change the way Firefox, Thunderbird, and Mozilla Suite start.
How to use command line arguments
For Windows users
- Go to "Start -> Run" and entering the what you wish to execute with the switch. For example,
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Mozilla.exe" -ProfileManager
(with the quotation marks).
- You may also create a shortcut on your Desktop or wherever you like to make this less tedious. Right click on an open space. Choose New -> Shortcut. Follow the wizard in creating a new shortcut. When it prompts you for location (not name), type what you want to execute. For an example, see above.
For Linux and Mac OS X users
- Go to your Terminal window and type what you want to execute. On Linux, the shortcuts to your Terminal window will vary in location depending on your desktop environment. On Mac OS X go to your Applications folder and choose "Terminal".
Command line arguments (incomplete)
| Command | Result | Example |
|---|---|---|
| profile "path" | Starts firefox with profile located at the given path. | firefox.exe -profile "E:\myprofile" |
| p "profile name" | Starts firefox with the profile of the given name. | firefox.exe -p "JoelUser" |
| url | Launches firefox and opens the given URL(s). | firefox.exe "www.mozilla.org|www.mozillazine.org" |
| safe-mode | Launches firefox without loading extensions or themes. | firefox.exe -safe-mode |
| height <value> | Set height of startup window to <value>. | firefox.exe -height 600 |
| width <value> | Set width of startup window to <value>. | firefox.exe -width 800 |
| ProfileManager | Start with Profile Manager. | firefox.exe -ProfileManager |
| UILocale <locale> | Start with <locale> resources as UI Locale. | firefox.exe -UILocale th-TH |
| contentLocale <locale> | Start with <locale> resources as content Locale. | firefox.exe -contentLocale TH |
| console | Start Mozilla with a debugging console. | firefox.exe -console |
| jsconsole | Start with Javascript Console. | firefox.exe -jsconsole |
| inspector <url> | Start with the DOM Inspector. | firefox.exe -inspector http://www.google.com/ |
| chrome <url> | Load the specified chrome. | firefox.exe -chrome chrome://inspector/content/inspector.xul |
| new | Load a new browser window. | firefox.exe -new |
See also
External links
- Mozilla Suite's command line options: some of these apply to Firefox and Thunderbird too. The page being outdated, some command line options may not work.
- Extensions Manager's command line options: applies to Firefox, Thunderbird, and other applications that use the Extension Manager code in those two programs. (Does not apply to the Mozilla Suite.)
