Create Firefox launchers
Launch the Firefox profile manager:
$ firefox -ProfileManager
Launch a specific profile:
$ firefox -P "ProfileName"
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There's an extension made by Mozilla themselves, Multi-Account Containers, which could be useful for your needs:
https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers
I guess you could say it works as a "profile-lite" feature.
I had no idea you could do that via about:config 😅 I would always either disable "Use the selected profile ..." or launch it with firefox -P --no-remote as suggested.
FYI after years of having several profiles for different activities, I settled down on Multi-account containers and have been quite happy with it. I even wrote a little blogpost about my experience sometime ago - you might find it useful.
Sorry i made a typo in the question,i go to about:profiles
You can use Profile Switcher for Firefox extension
https://github.com/null-dev/firefox-profile-switcher
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switcher/
It doesn't work the same way as Chrome, as a warning though. If you open links from other applications, it will only open in the first instance of Firefox.
Also the profile manager can be used with a shortcut: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles#w_start-the-profile-manager-when-firefox-is-closed
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