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Not able to change settings

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I cannot change many of my setting in the browser. When I go to general settings it shows me this: "Your browser is being managed by your organization".

My computer is a stand alone laptop soooo there is no org.

It often blocks me from sites that I use regularly as well. None of the help files show how/where to accurately fix/adjust.

Using windows10 v21H1

I cannot change many of my setting in the browser. When I go to general settings it shows me this: "Your browser is being managed by your organization". My computer is a stand alone laptop soooo there is no org. It often blocks me from sites that I use regularly as well. None of the help files show how/where to accurately fix/adjust. Using windows10 v21H1

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You can check the about:policies page (63+) to see whether policies are active and whether errors are reported.


You can inspect the Mozilla and Firefox keys with the Windows Registry Editor in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and in HKEY_CURRENT_USER with the Windows Registry Editor to see whether GPO policy rules are active.

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\

Note that the mere presence of the "Mozilla\Firefox\" key is sufficient to make Firefox display this notification, so if you have the Firefox key then remove it and only leave the Mozilla key or remove this key as well if it is empty.

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\ =>
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\