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Locking Firefox settings

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Hello Everybody,

i have a small problem blocking the settings on Firefox 38.0.1. I've created 3 files: 1. override.ini => placed on "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\browser\

[XRE] EnableProfileMigrator=false

2. local-settings.js => placed on "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\

pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg"); pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0); pref("browser.rights.3.shown", true);

3. mozilla.cfg => placed on %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\, the same place as firefox.exe

//Firefox Default Settings // set Firefox Default homepage lockPref("browser.startup.homepage","http://www.google.com");

// disable default browser check pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore");

// disable application updates pref("app.update.enabled", false)

// disables the 'know your rights' button from displaying on first run pref("browser.rights.3.shown", true);

// disables the request to send performance data from displaying pref("toolkit.telemetry.prompted", 2); pref("toolkit.telemetry.rejected", true);

// set a default proxy settings HTTP lockPref("network.proxy.http";10.1.1.1); lockPref("network.proxy.http_port";8080); lockPref("network.proxy.type", 1); lockPref("network.proxy.no_proxies_on", "localhost, 127.0.0.1"); lockPref("network.proxy.share_proxy_settings", true);

But the user still can change the settings. Maybe i'm doing something wrong. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advanced.

Hello Everybody, i have a small problem blocking the settings on Firefox 38.0.1. I've created 3 files: 1. override.ini => placed on "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\browser\ [XRE] EnableProfileMigrator=false 2. local-settings.js => placed on "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\ pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg"); pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0); pref("browser.rights.3.shown", true); 3. mozilla.cfg => placed on %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\, the same place as firefox.exe //Firefox Default Settings // set Firefox Default homepage lockPref("browser.startup.homepage","http://www.google.com"); // disable default browser check pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore"); // disable application updates pref("app.update.enabled", false) // disables the 'know your rights' button from displaying on first run pref("browser.rights.3.shown", true); // disables the request to send performance data from displaying pref("toolkit.telemetry.prompted", 2); pref("toolkit.telemetry.rejected", true); // set a default proxy settings HTTP lockPref("network.proxy.http";10.1.1.1); lockPref("network.proxy.http_port";8080); lockPref("network.proxy.type", 1); lockPref("network.proxy.no_proxies_on", "localhost, 127.0.0.1"); lockPref("network.proxy.share_proxy_settings", true); But the user still can change the settings. Maybe i'm doing something wrong. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advanced.

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hello, you'll have to be exact with punctuation, since each mistake will cause the whole configuration to fail...

// set Firefox Default homepage lockPref("browser.startup.homepage","http://www.google.com");

// disable default browser check pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore");

// disable application updates pref("app.update.enabled", false);

// disables the 'know your rights' button from displaying on first run pref("browser.rights.3.shown", true);

// disables the request to send performance data from displaying pref("toolkit.telemetry.prompted", 2); pref("toolkit.telemetry.rejected", true);

// set a default proxy settings HTTP lockPref("network.proxy.http", "10.1.1.1"); lockPref("network.proxy.http_port",8080); lockPref("network.proxy.type", 1); lockPref("network.proxy.no_proxies_on", "localhost, 127.0.0.1"); lockPref("network.proxy.share_proxy_settings", true);

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hello, you'll have to be exact with punctuation, since each mistake will cause the whole configuration to fail...

// set Firefox Default homepage lockPref("browser.startup.homepage","http://www.google.com");

// disable default browser check pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore");

// disable application updates pref("app.update.enabled", false);

// disables the 'know your rights' button from displaying on first run pref("browser.rights.3.shown", true);

// disables the request to send performance data from displaying pref("toolkit.telemetry.prompted", 2); pref("toolkit.telemetry.rejected", true);

// set a default proxy settings HTTP lockPref("network.proxy.http", "10.1.1.1"); lockPref("network.proxy.http_port",8080); lockPref("network.proxy.type", 1); lockPref("network.proxy.no_proxies_on", "localhost, 127.0.0.1"); lockPref("network.proxy.share_proxy_settings", true);

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Hello philipp,

Thanks for your answer. Yes is like i have it, i don't know why when i put my question the editor mess all the code, check the screenshot.

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there's a semicolon missing at the end of the first line i've highlighted & there have to be colons instead of semicolons in the other two.

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Hi philipp,

Was my fault, thanks for your help. i really appreciate.