lock firefox homepage
With Firefox 3 and older I could lock down the homepage using the instructions on this page:
http://ilias.ca/blog/2005/03/locking-mozilla-firefox-settings/
With Firefox 4 it does not appear to work anymore. Does anyone know how to lock down the homepage with version 4?
Thanks
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Locking prefs should still work in Firefox 4.
lock firefox homepage
With Firefox 3 and older I could lock down the homepage using the instructions on this page:
http://ilias.ca/blog/2005/03/locking-mozilla-firefox-settings/
With Firefox 4 it does not appear to work anymore. Does anyone know how to lock down the homepage with version 4?
Thanks
Use the instruction as written in:
Create a file local-settings.js in the defaults\pref folder with this content:
pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg").
Add this line if you want to disable the byte-shifting in mozilla.cfg.
pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);
Place the mozilla.cfg file in the main Firefox program folder.
You can use these functions in mozilla.cfg :
defaultPref(); // set new default value pref(); // set pref, but allow changes lockPref(); // lock pref, disallow changes
To lock down homepage in Firefox 5 (tested, Windows XP):
1) In ...\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\ (folder) using Notepad create file local-settings.js containing following code lines:
pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg"); pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);
Without the last line (general.obscure_value override) it won't work.
2) In ...\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\ using Notepad create file mozilla.cfg with following code lines:
// lockPref("browser.startup.page", 1); lockPref("browser.startup.homepage", "about:blank");
Without the first code line the homepage setting won't lock. For general.obscure_value >0 mozilla.cfg must be byte-shifted by the specified number of bytes.
Other lock downs can presumably be added, but not tested.
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