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Which locked preference to always allow, "Another program on your computer would like to modify Firefox with the following add-on"?

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JasonNVSD
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I'm using locked preferences to turn off extensions.blocklist.enabled, plugins.update.notifyUser, and plugins.click_to_play, but new users are still getting "Another program on your computer would like to modify Firefox with the following add-on" when something like Java is added. Is there a preference to automatically allow this? Is there a preference to suppress this message?

I'm using locked preferences to turn off extensions.blocklist.enabled, plugins.update.notifyUser, and plugins.click_to_play, but new users are still getting "Another program on your computer would like to modify Firefox with the following add-on" when something like Java is added. Is there a preference to automatically allow this? Is there a preference to suppress this message?

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philipp
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hello jason, please refer to this blog post & the extensions.autoDisableScopes preference in particular: http://mike.kaply.com/2012/02/21/understanding-add-on-scopes/