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diff --git a/browser/app/pbproxy/docs/index.rst b/browser/app/pbproxy/docs/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b7d0b60467 --- /dev/null +++ b/browser/app/pbproxy/docs/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +====================== +Private Browsing Proxy +====================== + +On Windows, Firefox ships with a small binary that always launches +``firefox.exe`` in Private Browsing mode (``private_browsing.exe``). Its sole +purpose for existing is to allow Private Browsing shortcuts to have their own +Visual Elements. This is most notably seen when pinning a Private Browsing +shortcut to the Start Menu -- Visual Elements are used for the icon there +rather than the shortcut's icon. + +In addition to always passing ``-private-window``, ``private_browsing.exe`` +will forward any other command line arguments given to it to ``firefox.exe``. +It will also forward shortcut information from the Windows ``STARTUPINFOW`` +structure to ensure that Firefox knows how it was started. |