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How can I set the default home page for all new users in Firefox 4

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JonasHolm
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I'm trying to deploy FF 4.0rc1 in a corporate environment but I can't find a way to set the default home page or any other settings for that matter.

Is there a way to set the default home page for all new users and lock it so that the users can't change home page?

Best regards Jonas

I'm trying to deploy FF 4.0rc1 in a corporate environment but I can't find a way to set the default home page or any other settings for that matter. Is there a way to set the default home page for all new users and lock it so that the users can't change home page? Best regards Jonas

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cor-el
cor-el
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In Firefox 4 the template folder for new profiles (C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profile\ ) doesn't exist. You can create that \defaults\profile\ folder and place a file user.js in it with the prefs that you want to initialize.

See:

You can also use a mozilla.cfg file to set the default value for prefs.
See: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences 

defaultPref();  // set new default value
pref(); // set pref, but allow changes
lockPref();  // lock pref, disallow changes
mechuckles
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Drag the website icon from the address bar on the left and drop it on the home button on the right.