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How to I set proxy settings to auto-detect in a script?

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baneblade214
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I work in the IT service desk at my school, and I am trying to make a silent install of Firefox 11 for the campus computers. I got everything working, but I need the default proxy settings to be "Auto-Detect Proxy Settings."

I work in the IT service desk at my school, and I am trying to make a silent install of Firefox 11 for the campus computers. I got everything working, but I need the default proxy settings to be "Auto-Detect Proxy Settings."

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cor-el
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Use a mozilla.cfg file in the Firefox program folder to lock prefs or specify default values.

Place a file local-settings.js in the defaults\pref folder where you also find the file channel-prefs.js to specify using mozilla.cfg. 

pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");
pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0); // use this to disable the byte-shift

See:

You can use these functions in mozilla.cfg: 

defaultPref();  // set new default value
pref();         // set pref, but allow changes in current session
lockPref();     // lock pref, disallow changes