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GitHub Registry List

on GitHub the commands are all based on Java https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates#preferences Is there a list of all available registry settings? Or where do thes… (read more)

on GitHub the commands are all based on Java https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates#preferences

Is there a list of all available registry settings? Or where do these Java options come from, where can I read them out?

Asked by edv40038 2 months ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 2 months ago

How can I allow certain host permissions to each user machine installation as an organization admin

I have one extension to be installed on the enterprise network machines. There are host permissions required to access All websites data. How can I, as an Admin, enable… (read more)

I have one extension to be installed on the enterprise network machines. There are host permissions required to access All websites data. How can I, as an Admin, enable this host permissions for the installation ?

Asked by Morankar 1 month ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 3 weeks ago

Upgrade Problem

Every time you open Firefox, you will prompt old version bookmarks, history, and passwords, and you can't use them. Choose to opt out or create a new personal file. There… (read more)

Every time you open Firefox, you will prompt old version bookmarks, history, and passwords, and you can't use them. Choose to opt out or create a new personal file. There are also prompts for the upgrade, and the downgrading version is unsuccessful pls help me

Asked by yi yan 5 months ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 4 months ago

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FF 102.3.0esr doesn't update

FF 102.3.0esr (64-bit) says 'You are currently on the update channel' but doesn't update. I see 102.5.0 is available. Originally said policies managed by organization. … (read more)

FF 102.3.0esr (64-bit) says 'You are currently on the update channel' but doesn't update. I see 102.5.0 is available. Originally said policies managed by organization. Enterprises Policies. I Deleted [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox]. Enterprises Policies now gone, but message hasn't changed nor can I update.

Asked by Norbert38 6 months ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 5 months ago

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GPO Block Websites Firefox not working

I have created GPOs to block websites. Edge and Chrome work as expected but the Firefox Block Websites is not blocking anything. I have tried User and Computer GPO's th… (read more)

I have created GPOs to block websites. Edge and Chrome work as expected but the Firefox Block Websites is not blocking anything. I have tried User and Computer GPO's they do not work. Does anyone know the trick to making this work for Firefox?

Asked by valhectortrn 1 year ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 1 year ago

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Completely remove address bar

I would like to completely remove the address bar (url bar?) from Firefox 78 64bit. We had to update our Firefox at work and the old way of doing it through the userChrom… (read more)

I would like to completely remove the address bar (url bar?) from Firefox 78 64bit. We had to update our Firefox at work and the old way of doing it through the userChrome.css file doesnt seem to work with the newer versions.

Asked by pingaaron 1 year ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 11 months ago

Windows 10: Automatic updates by GPO fails

Hi, i'm running Firefox on +70 Windows 10 PCs in three labs in a university. I've applied a computer configuration GPO with AppAutoUpdate enabled, BackgroundAppUpdate en… (read more)

Hi,

i'm running Firefox on +70 Windows 10 PCs in three labs in a university. I've applied a computer configuration GPO with AppAutoUpdate enabled, BackgroundAppUpdate enabled and DisableAppUpdate disabled to my PCs, but it looks like i don't get automatic updates. In my labs i see some workstations have Firefox 108.0.1, but most workstations still have Firefox 107.0.1...

As my users can switch between workstations and labs, this leads to the annoying 'older version' message box when a user worked on a PC which already got the update and later uses another PC which didn't get the update. The users are also forced to create a 'new' profile then, which is quite problematic because of the size of the roaming profiles.

Any hints?

Asked by HTW IMI 4 months ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 4 months ago

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Looking for End Of Life (EOL) dates

We have about 35 versions of firefox running across the enterprise (38 to 91) and I have been tasked to update the EOL dates for all versions we have to help bring things… (read more)

We have about 35 versions of firefox running across the enterprise (38 to 91) and I have been tasked to update the EOL dates for all versions we have to help bring things up to speed and know what is/is not supported.

I found this page with release dates (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/releases/) but nothing about when a version has reached it's EOL. Any help would be appreciated.

Asked by david.burrows 8 months ago

Last reply by James 8 months ago

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installation bookmark

Hi, is there an option to customize the Firefox installation in a way that would be Pre-configured with bookmarks in the created profile? we have about 50 workstations a… (read more)

Hi, is there an option to customize the Firefox installation in a way that would be Pre-configured with bookmarks in the created profile? we have about 50 workstations and it would be pretty tedious and inefficient.

Asked by Ben.Ben951 1 year ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 1 year ago

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Hardening Firefox browser

Hi, I am looking for a security Hardening guidelines for Firefox from Mozilla. Could you please guide me to the right direction where I can find one. Thanks Raju … (read more)

Hi, I am looking for a security Hardening guidelines for Firefox from Mozilla. Could you please guide me to the right direction where I can find one.

Thanks Raju

Asked by raju.singanna 10 months ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 10 months ago

Login Loop for embedded Stream Video

We have configured Windows Single Sign On to Microsoft 365 in Firefox 102.6.0esr (64-Bit). We have embedded a Video from the new Microsoft Stream on SharePoint Online in… (read more)

We have configured Windows Single Sign On to Microsoft 365 in Firefox 102.6.0esr (64-Bit).

We have embedded a Video from the new Microsoft Stream on SharePoint Online into a SharePoint 2019 onpremise Site via the provided iFrame. Here every user gets an endless Login Loop (see Screenshot).

If you open the deeplink to the video, Single Sign On works perfectly.

And this also works in Microsoft Edge, why the Microsoft support is not willing to analyse this issue further.

Do you have any ideas how to narrow down the problem?

Asked by Jens.Voigt 4 months ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 3 months ago

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Disable update popup?

So we update Firefox via PatchMyPC from SCCM. We don't want to disable Firefox Updates. The issue is how do you stop the Update notification popup every time you start Fi… (read more)

So we update Firefox via PatchMyPC from SCCM. We don't want to disable Firefox Updates. The issue is how do you stop the Update notification popup every time you start Firefox. You don't have this issue on Edge and Chrome

Asked by Menesh Harji 6 months ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 5 months ago

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Add exception to self-signed URL system wide

Hello everyone. We are using a software in my company that runs a local server with a self-signed certificate. In order to access the software right now we need to inst… (read more)

Hello everyone.

We are using a software in my company that runs a local server with a self-signed certificate. In order to access the software right now we need to instruct the users to manually bypass the warning page for potencial security risks.

Is there a way to use an autoconfig or policy to automatically add the exception to that specific URL? I see that copying the cert_override.txt file in users profiles will add the exception, but I'd like to avoid that. I've also looked at a question with a similar problem here, but I couldn't get this specific solution to work on my end (Firefox ESR 91): https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1287443

Asked by marcelohmoraes 1 year ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 1 year ago

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Firefox ESR | Update and Download URL

Hi all, we are using Mozilla Firefox ESR in our enterprise environment. Is there a documentation which URL's Firefox uses when (Mozilla Maintenance Service) when it tr… (read more)

Hi all,

we are using Mozilla Firefox ESR in our enterprise environment.

Is there a documentation which URL's Firefox uses when (Mozilla Maintenance Service) when it tries to update his version ?

We have tried with following URL's on our Firewall:

aus.mozilla.org aus2.mozilla.org aus3.mozilla.org aus4.mozilla.org aus5.mozilla.org download.cdn.mozilla.net archive.mozilla.org ftp.mozilla.org

It is finding the new version, but when trying to download the update it fails.

Thank you for any help on this case.

Asked by oerneka 11 months ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 5 months ago

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I want a option to disable entering URL manually for users

I want a option to disable entering URL manually for users. I'll be publishing Mozilla in Citrix with URL bind with it, and need to disable adding tab or editing URL from… (read more)

I want a option to disable entering URL manually for users. I'll be publishing Mozilla in Citrix with URL bind with it, and need to disable adding tab or editing URL from address bar. How can I achieve that?

Asked by sudipto.pal 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

Firefox won't uninstall automatically via GPO

Hello, We have set up a GPO in our Active Directory environment for the install of Firefox which works great, however since at least version 90, we have had an issue whe… (read more)

Hello,

We have set up a GPO in our Active Directory environment for the install of Firefox which works great, however since at least version 90, we have had an issue where Firefox won't uninstall automatically when removing the computer object from the security group associated with the GPO. The box is ticked to "uninstall this application when it falls out of scope of management", which works for every other GPO we have created. The computer removes the assignment of the application, but does not then remove the application as it should.

Are you aware of this issue?

Thanks.

Asked by smc98 3 months ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 3 months ago

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New Browser Update forcing profile creation and losing all data (TAKE TWO!)

Good Morning, In my organization some years ago I pushed to have Firefox as our default browser and finally was accepted. It has been very good as we have over 10K emplo… (read more)

Good Morning, In my organization some years ago I pushed to have Firefox as our default browser and finally was accepted. It has been very good as we have over 10K employees using it. However this last week there has been a new release that forces you to create a new profile, one that is achieved all of you original settings and data are gone. We are a health care organization and cannot have this. I sent the fix (about:profiles) to our triage support department. However once the old profile is chosen and made the default. It will revert back to the new one each time you restart or the next day. I need a permanent fix, is there a way to update the old profile to the new version of Firefox? Shouldnt it stay the default once you make it so? I am getting inundated with calls over this, please send the fix asap.


AliceWyman • Top 25 Contributor • Moderator

Today at 11:30 AM Just to be clear, you tried the about:profiles fix in the Recover user data missing after Firefox update article ... but it will revert back to a new profile at every restart? (YES) In any case, since you are using Firefox in an organizational environment I'll move this to the Enterprise forum. (WHERE IS THIS AND HOW DO I GET TO IT?)

AliceWyman • Top 25 Contributor • Moderator

Today at 11:47 AM P.S. See also https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1267878 New clear profile every time after Firefox update and Dedicated profiles per Firefox installation ... which refers to Downgrade protection and starting Firefox with the --allow-downgrade command line option, when you have multiple versions of Firefox installed. (DID THIS)


NEED SOME REAL HELP HERE, NOT JUST LINKS TO STUFF I ALREADY TRIED. I APPRECIATE THE REPLY BUT SINCE YOU CLOSED THE TICKET AND MOVED IT, I CANNOT FIND IT NOR CAN I REPLY TO YOU. I HAD TO OPE A BRAND NEW TICKET.

Asked by macros48 1 year ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 1 year ago

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Firefox ESR - Maintenance Service - UAC Prompt

I posted this previously and got zero response and the post is now archived. Hoping for better luck this time. We have rolled Firefox ESR to all of our computers. On s… (read more)

I posted this previously and got zero response and the post is now archived. Hoping for better luck this time.

We have rolled Firefox ESR to all of our computers. On some of them the Maintenance Service is working correctly and installing updates with no user interaction. On other computers, users are getting a UAC prompt to enter admin credentials to install updates. I have tried various changes that I have found across the web from Deleting the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MozillaMaintenance\Security to uninstalling and re-installing the Maintenance Service. All of the users/computers have the same policies applied via Group Policy (Application Autoupdate: Enabled and Disable Update: Disabled) and are not local admins.

Asked by bfrawley 7 months ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 7 months ago

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Disable creation of private browsing shortcut

Im working on a deployment package for Mozilla Firefox 106.0.1 when launching Firefox on a brand new user it automatically creates a shortuct for private browsing. Im loo… (read more)

Im working on a deployment package for Mozilla Firefox 106.0.1 when launching Firefox on a brand new user it automatically creates a shortuct for private browsing. Im looking for a way to disable this as the package im creating is an appv package and this new shortcut installs in users profile, so it won't be uninstalled. I have searched google but cant find any hits.

We have the following for customization: Application directory\defaults\pref: localsettings.js with these settings: pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0); // only needed if you do not want to obscure the content with ROT-13 pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");

Application directory\mozilla.cfg with these settings: // Don't show WhatsNew on first run after every update pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone","ignore");

// Don't show 'know your rights' on first run pref("browser.rights.3.shown", true);

// Disable Policy Notice on First Run pref("toolkit.telemetry.reportingpolicy.firstRun", false);

// Disable checkDefaultBrowser lockPref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);

Application directory\distribution\policies.json with the following settings: {

 "policies": {
   "DisableAppUpdate": true,

"DontCheckDefaultBrowser": true } }

Asked by Max J 7 months ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 7 months ago