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Cannot lock plugin state preference

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Hello.

I have two online banking plugins that I want to stay on "ask to activate" mode (value 1 for "plugin.state.npsf_bb" and "plugin.state.npsf_abn" preferences in about:config) but somehow manage to set themselves back to "always activate" (value 2 for the preferences) every single time I restart Firefox.

I had posted this problem before (here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1019124) and even found an acceptable solution, which is was to use the CCK Wizard addon (https://addons.mozilla.org/pt-BR/firefox/addon/cck/) to make an addon (XPI file) for the sole purpose of locking those two preferences and then install it. That really worked, but eventually I found that it was this custom-made addon what was causing malfunctioning in many Google services (couldn't use Drive, nor create new events in Calendar, etc.). So now I am back searching a new solution.

Since the solution was to simply lock those two preferences, I looked for a direct way of doing it and found this: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences, which I followed through. I created a mozilla.cfg file with these contents:

// lockPref("plugin.state.npsf_abn", 1); lockPref("plugin.state.npsf_bb", 1);

and moved it to C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox. Then created a local-settings.js file, with these contents:

// pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");

And placed it in C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref.

Then I restarted Firefox, hoping it would work, but it didn't. Did I do something wrong? Or maybe are these instructions outdated regarding newer versions of Firefox?

I need help here, please...

PS.: there seems to be no option to format or embed code here and, to make it worse, this form collapses what I have pasted as the contents of the two files. The first one has three lines: the first is //, the second is lockPref("plugin.state.npsf_abn", 1); and the third is lockPref("plugin.state.npsf_bb", 1);. The second one has two lines: the first is //, the second is pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");.

Hello. I have two online banking plugins that I want to stay on "ask to activate" mode (value 1 for "plugin.state.npsf_bb" and "plugin.state.npsf_abn" preferences in about:config) but somehow manage to set themselves back to "always activate" (value 2 for the preferences) every single time I restart Firefox. I had posted this problem before (here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1019124) and even found an acceptable solution, which is was to use the CCK Wizard addon (https://addons.mozilla.org/pt-BR/firefox/addon/cck/) to make an addon (XPI file) for the sole purpose of locking those two preferences and then install it. That really worked, but eventually I found that it was this custom-made addon what was causing malfunctioning in many Google services (couldn't use Drive, nor create new events in Calendar, etc.). So now I am back searching a new solution. Since the solution was to simply lock those two preferences, I looked for a direct way of doing it and found this: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences, which I followed through. I created a mozilla.cfg file with these contents: // lockPref("plugin.state.npsf_abn", 1); lockPref("plugin.state.npsf_bb", 1); and moved it to C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox. Then created a local-settings.js file, with these contents: // pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg"); And placed it in C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref. Then I restarted Firefox, hoping it would work, but it didn't. Did I do something wrong? Or maybe are these instructions outdated regarding newer versions of Firefox? I need help here, please... PS.: there seems to be no option to format or embed code here and, to make it worse, this form collapses what I have pasted as the contents of the two files. The first one has three lines: the first is //, the second is lockPref("plugin.state.npsf_abn", 1); and the third is lockPref("plugin.state.npsf_bb", 1);. The second one has two lines: the first is //, the second is pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");.

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hi, your mozilla.cfg file looks alright. can you try to change the local-settings.js file (firefox install directory\defaults\pref\ should be the right place for it) & just put those two lines in it:

pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);
pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");
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Hello

Newer versions of Mozilla or Firefox store the all.js file in greprefs rather than defaults\pref

check if you have the greprefs in the

and put the pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg"); inside

any luck ?

thank you

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Thanks ideato, but the only greprefs folder in my HD is a subfolder of my LibreOffice installation. Actually, there's even no such folder structure neither: "C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla\greprefs". Firefox is installed in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox" and there I see the following subfolders: browser, defaults, dictionaries, uninstall, webapprt.

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Any help? Please...

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الحل المُختار

hi, your mozilla.cfg file looks alright. can you try to change the local-settings.js file (firefox install directory\defaults\pref\ should be the right place for it) & just put those two lines in it:

pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);
pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");
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You can find a local-settings.js file as a data URI in this thread:

(there is currently a bug on this forum that prevents white-space:pre-wrap from getting applied to the first post)

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Thank you both philipp and cor-el. I guess what was missing is the line pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0); in my local-settings.js file.

Thanks for the help.