Firefox 18 deployment issues - config problems
I'm trying to deploy Firefox 18.0.1 and as always the usual command -ms works great, but what doesn't work anymore, is configuring of the browser, so the users get similar configuration.
I have this file local-settings.js in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref
pref(“general.config.obscure_value”, 0);
pref(“general.config.filename”, “mozilla.cfg”);
This file tells Firefox where to get it configuration from, in this case mozilla.cfg
So I have mozilla.cfg in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox, which contains:
//Firefox Default Settings
pref(“browser.startup.homepage”,”http://www.youtube.com”);
pref(“browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone”, “ignore”);
//disable default browser check
pref(“browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser”, false);
// Disables ‘Know your rights’ message on first launch
pref(“browser.rights.3.shown”, "true");
But it doesn't work, it should work, as it's the "official" way to use custom config in Firefox, but my cfg file is simply ignored and I have no idea why.
I also have override.ini in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox, so it doesn't run import settings guide
[XRE]
EnableProfileMigrator=false
Any ideas and own expirence with Firefox 18 and these config files would be great, thank guys.
Answers (4)
Found this info, not sure if it helps..
mozilla.cfg has to be placed in the Firefox installation directory, and local-settings.js inside installation directory\defaults\pref.
Comments:
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Thanks, That is also what I'm doing, but doesn't seem to work. Might be a bug in Firefox, I would just like it to be confirmed from other who deploys Firefox :) - Erroneus 11 years ago
The right place to put your local-settings.js has changed: see http://mike.kaply.com/2012/08/01/major-change-setting-default-preferences-for-firefox-14/
override.ini has to be set in INSTALLATION DIRECTORY\browser\ since Version 21 or so
First force the users to use the same profile path which is defined in %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini :
[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1
[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/firefox.default
Then copy a default user.js file to the folder %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\firefox.default with e.g. the following content:
# Mozilla User Preferences
/* Do not edit this file.
*
* If you make changes to this file while the application is running,
* the changes will be overwritten when the application exits.
*
* To make a manual change to preferences, you can visit the URL about:config
*/
user_pref("app.update.enabled", false);
user_pref("app.update.service.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.search.update", false);
user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);
