The default preferences are stored in various files like all. When later firefox s default switch to qux, the user gets qux. The first line directs firefox to load the javascript file from the specified address. Firefox is created by a global nonprofit dedicated to putting individuals in control online. Im unable to figure out how to do it for all prefs. The uoc patch optimize firefox and derivatives for old. I really needed something similar to revo for firefox. Likewise, if you use the applications user interface dialog boxes to change. Please include a link to this topic with your request.
Hello, i wrote a script which adds new line to modify prefs. This a convenient way to save your browser customizations and apply them on different machines. Description this function can set various preferences in both the user s prefs. Firefox does not allow me to use the cut, copy or paste commands due to a security feature. It is not recommended that you modify these files directly and you cant easily, because they are stored in the file. The project is created original by chefkoch under the gnu general public license v3. Alternatively, you can store custom preferences in the user. When i installed firefox cleanly, it used firefox pdf viewer by default. Mozillabased applications like mozilla firefox, seamonkey, thunderbird, classilla and other use prefs. Firefox sdk access preferences from content script. What you could do however is take a look at the addon xuletubufox used by ubuntu to modify firefox settings it is installed by default, and see how that gets it done. Io but it was removed due to inactivity from the developer or so i think.
They are now disappearing at shutdown and my question is how can i stop this from happening. How to disable firefox pdf viewer and use adobe reader. It is important file for the browser that runs simultaneously. I do mean the tiles on the tab page based upon my history as i found that feature very useful when opening up firefox each day. So, if you had a bad experience in the past downloading the wrong program. Firefox preferences for all users are in etc firefox syspref. My firefox profile folder accumulates many consecutively numbered, zero byte, prefs. Due to the lack of feedback, this topic is closed to prevent others from posting here. By knowing its location you can open it with notepad, make changes, try to restore previous versions, or switch it with a new prefs.
This tool will help you to create a firefox profile with the defaults you like. We are looking for a way to customize the default prefs. A bug report opened about nine months ago on mozillas bugzilla bug tracking site for firefox suggests that the organization could disable reading the user. Close the profile folder window and restart firefox. Limit the possibilities to track the user through web analytics.
A new preferences parser for firefox nicholas nethercote. I dont know how firefox is coded, but i guess there must be a subroutine somewhere that reads the settings in from these files. Ghacks vs pyllyukko for a while i used pyllyukkos user. Updates may remove preferences, modify them, or introduce them. Get firefox for windows, macos, linux, android and ios today. I needed windows, for rooting phone, so at this moment i cant tell you, but from my memory when is set user agent, and change platform to win32, then youtube do not work base for tune i get from chameleon adson. Interactive view, compare, and more for firefox user. If you need this topic reopened, please send a private message to any one of the moderating team members. The file name is incorrectly capitalized in the title of this article due to technical limitations in the software which powers the knowledge base. This can help system administrators push out settings for firefox via computer startup or user logon scripts as well as other methods on managed networks.
Many users has reported that it leads major damage in their computer. The second line tells firefox not to append the user s email. Firefox s preferences system uses data files to store information about default preferences within firefox, and user preferences in a user s profile such as prefs. The addon will be site specific and it will hide certain elements based on user preferences. In other words, per user preferences override per machine preferences. If you do not want to end up with an infinite growing preferences file, you have to check if firefox has been started since the last login of the user. So, i was tasked with removing proxy settings from firefox because of webroot desktop proxy. I want to configure it to use adobe reader instead. Create some kind of token file with a lastmodified timestamp of the preferences file and compare it to the current timestamp of prefs.
I would really love firefox to be more strict about uninstalling its addons. It contains the firefox user settings and preferences. This is a default template with every possible hardening. Resetting preferences mozillazine knowledge base you could reset firefox or else navigate to your prefs. According to i have to change the preferences in the user. A preference is read from a file, and can call up to four. Just like windows, when you uninstall an addon, it leaves behind its preferences in the prefs. All of these preferences are stored in javascript files. After that, next time firefox is launched it will scan your user. You can copy settings from your current user preferences. See the relaxed branch for a variant providing more usability. When much later firefox s default changes to hoge or back to baz, the user still gets qux. Customizing firefox default preference files mikes. Removing them from the %programfiles% directory was easy, the hard part was the user prefs.