[Possible bug] Firefox connectors saves to wrong windows account

MostafaAli · September 1, 2020

I noticed a weird behavior that I want to bring to your attention. I have machine with Windows 10. There are two accounts on the machine and each account user uses Zotero. I noticed that if I tried to save a paper with firefox connectors, it is saved to the other account version.

Steps to reproduce:
1- Log in account A and run Zotero and use it as usual
2- Keep Zotero running and lock the screen.
3- Log into account B and run Zotero.
4- Use firefox connector to save an entry. You will find that the paper is saved into account A zotero

Thanks,

dstillman · September 1, 2020

That's expected. The Zotero Connector can't tell that the other copy of Zotero is running in a different user account, and by default it will simply save to the first copy that you opened. But you can change that:

https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/multiple_instances