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# Private Browsing Proxy
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On Windows, Firefox ships with a small binary that always launches
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`firefox.exe` in Private Browsing mode (`private_browsing.exe`). Its sole
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purpose for existing is to allow Private Browsing shortcuts to have their own
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Visual Elements. This is most notably seen when pinning a Private Browsing
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shortcut to the Start Menu -- Visual Elements are used for the icon there
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rather than the shortcut's icon.
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In addition to always passing `-private-window`, `private_browsing.exe`
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will forward any other command line arguments given to it to `firefox.exe`.
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It will also forward shortcut information from the Windows `STARTUPINFOW`
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structure to ensure that Firefox knows how it was started.
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