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Issue Policy ExtensionSettings - Lang pack

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Hello,

I'm trying to deploy Firefox with several languages.

I followed the guide on [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/deploying-firefox-language-packs].

Everything work fine until I set up ExtensionSettings policy. This policy hide and block languages menu.

After scratching my head for a while, I finally figured out how to do it. I would to like to know if an easier way to whitelist all locales and dictionaries. I would like to only control the extensions.

<enabled/> <data id="ExtensionSettings" value=' {

 "*": {
   "blocked_install_message": "Blocked by your administrator.",
   "installation_mode": "blocked",
   "allowed_types": ["extensions", "dictionary", "locale"]
 },
 "uBlock0@raymondhill.net": {
   "installation_mode": "force_installed",
   "install_url": "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/ublock-origin/latest.xpi"
 },

"qwantcomforfirefox@jetpack": {

   "installation_mode": "force_installed",
   "install_url": "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/file/3658805/latest.xpi"

}, "langpack-en-CA@firefox.mozilla.org": {

 "installation_mode": "allowed"

}, "langpack-en-GB@firefox.mozilla.org": {

 "installation_mode": "allowed"

}, "langpack-en-US@firefox.mozilla.org": {

 "installation_mode": "allowed"

}, "langpack-es-AR@firefox.mozilla.org": {

 "installation_mode": "allowed"

}, "langpack-es-CL@firefox.mozilla.org": {

 "installation_mode": "allowed"

}, "langpack-es-ES@firefox.mozilla.org": {

 "installation_mode": "allowed"

}, "langpack-es-MX@firefox.mozilla.org": {

 "installation_mode": "allowed"

}, "langpack-fr@firefox.mozilla.org": {

 "installation_mode": "allowed"

}, "langpack-pt-BR@firefox.mozilla.org": {

 "installation_mode": "allowed"

}, "langpack-pt-PT@firefox.mozilla.org": {

 "installation_mode": "allowed"

} }'/>

Thank you

Hello, I'm trying to deploy Firefox with several languages. I followed the guide on [[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/deploying-firefox-language-packs]]. Everything work fine until I set up ExtensionSettings policy. This policy hide and block languages menu. After scratching my head for a while, I finally figured out how to do it. I would to like to know if an easier way to whitelist all locales and dictionaries. I would like to only control the extensions. <enabled/> <data id="ExtensionSettings" value=' { "*": { "blocked_install_message": "Blocked by your administrator.", "installation_mode": "blocked", "allowed_types": ["extensions", "dictionary", "locale"] }, "uBlock0@raymondhill.net": { "installation_mode": "force_installed", "install_url": "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/ublock-origin/latest.xpi" }, "qwantcomforfirefox@jetpack": { "installation_mode": "force_installed", "install_url": "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/file/3658805/latest.xpi" }, "langpack-en-CA@firefox.mozilla.org": { "installation_mode": "allowed" }, "langpack-en-GB@firefox.mozilla.org": { "installation_mode": "allowed" }, "langpack-en-US@firefox.mozilla.org": { "installation_mode": "allowed" }, "langpack-es-AR@firefox.mozilla.org": { "installation_mode": "allowed" }, "langpack-es-CL@firefox.mozilla.org": { "installation_mode": "allowed" }, "langpack-es-ES@firefox.mozilla.org": { "installation_mode": "allowed" }, "langpack-es-MX@firefox.mozilla.org": { "installation_mode": "allowed" }, "langpack-fr@firefox.mozilla.org": { "installation_mode": "allowed" }, "langpack-pt-BR@firefox.mozilla.org": { "installation_mode": "allowed" }, "langpack-pt-PT@firefox.mozilla.org": { "installation_mode": "allowed" } }'/> Thank you

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If you remove

"installation_mode": "blocked",

and just set

"allowed_types": ["dictionary", "locale"]

And only specify ublock and qwant, I think you'll get what you want.

All dictionaries and locales are allowed and only the extensions you specify.

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Chosen Solution

If you remove

"installation_mode": "blocked",

and just set

"allowed_types": ["dictionary", "locale"]

And only specify ublock and qwant, I think you'll get what you want.

All dictionaries and locales are allowed and only the extensions you specify.

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That's great!

Thank you Mike, I followed too much the example and misunderstood the documentation about installation_mode and allowed_types.

Cheers

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> I followed too much the example and misunderstood the documentation about installation_mode and allowed_types.

I think my examples have too much stuff in them :).

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