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How to make FF refresh proxy settings from command line/script?

I configured my Windows 10 Firefox proxy to use system proxy settings, and I have a script can based on different network environment modify the system proxy autoconfigur… (read more)

I configured my Windows 10 Firefox proxy to use system proxy settings, and I have a script can based on different network environment modify the system proxy autoconfiguration script address (HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\AutoConfigURL) in registry to update the proxy settings. Internet Explorer works well - new proxy configuration usually become effective in 1 or 2 minutes after the change. However, each time after my script changes the registry proxy address (without FF restart), I have to go to Firefox Tools->Settings->Proxy to manually change it to another value (in my case it's from "Use system proxy settings" to any other value), confirm it, and then change it back. Then FF is able to reload the autoconfiguration script to make it work. This is really a headache.

I just wonder is there a way to notify FF to reload the proxy autoconfiguration script address from registry from command line so that my script can trigger it automatically after the registry is modified?

Thanks.

Asked by wjdingdev 2 years ago

Last reply by wjdingdev 2 years ago

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Screenshot of webpages larger than the monitor screen?

I drag the handle to expand the area I want the screenshot of. But the highlighted area is only what is displayed on the monitor. How do i drag the handle so the scree… (read more)

I drag the handle to expand the area I want the screenshot of.

But the highlighted area is only what is displayed on the monitor.

How do i drag the handle so the screenshot also contains the next page?

Asked by gcotterl 2 years ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 2 years ago

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Multiple Language

How can I translate my website https://rhizmall.pk/ in Mozilla with different languages, like other browsers shown by right click on tools bar or on web page to translate… (read more)

How can I translate my website https://rhizmall.pk/ in Mozilla with different languages, like other browsers shown by right click on tools bar or on web page to translate in different languages?

Asked by reneemill85 2 years ago

Answered by reneemill85 2 years ago

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How to view the date of an item in History

I am trying to work out if a cookie on a web page sent an alert to an ambulance chaser for a minor injury I received. One way to narrow the search is to look at the timi… (read more)

I am trying to work out if a cookie on a web page sent an alert to an ambulance chaser for a minor injury I received. One way to narrow the search is to look at the timing of my use of the webpages that day. The History tool in Library has a number of columns including Added and Last Modified. Both of these are blank in the listing. I can see no other place where a date might be requested or recorded. Sometime last Monday I did the relevant Google search- but when exactly? Was it before or after 16:16? Is it possible to find out in Firefox?

Asked by cvhorie 2 years ago

Last reply by Terry 2 years ago

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Can Watch When Calls the Heart from Hallmark Streaming

I'm trying to stream the series "When Calls the Heart" from the Hallmark Streaming channel. When I click Play, a wait circle starts spinning, but the video won't load. … (read more)

I'm trying to stream the series "When Calls the Heart" from the Hallmark Streaming channel. When I click Play, a wait circle starts spinning, but the video won't load. I can watch other videos from their channel, just not this series. Any suggestions?

Asked by vinnielbrk 2 years ago

Last reply by cor-el 2 years ago

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How do I get search results FROM the new tab page to OPEN in a new tab

By default, search results from the "new tab" page don't open a new tab, because that page is meant to be opened prior to initiating a search. However, I prefer to have … (read more)

By default, search results from the "new tab" page don't open a new tab, because that page is meant to be opened prior to initiating a search. However, I prefer to have the new tab page pinned so that non pinned tabs can all be closed and have something to fall back to other than my pinned tabs.

Therefor, it would be nice to disable search results opening a new tab from this "new tab" page due to how I use it (which is a preference that is required for having pinned tabs since the home page does not open unless all tabs are closed).

Asked by gsrgtrdg4565653 2 years ago

Last reply by gsrgtrdg4565653 2 years ago

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Which of this preferences are really increasing the speed in Firefox?

browser.download.animateNotifications to false security.dialog_enable_delay to 0 network.prefetch-next to false browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry… (read more)

  • browser.download.animateNotifications to false
  • security.dialog_enable_delay to 0
  • network.prefetch-next to false
  • browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry to false
  • browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry to false
  • browser.ping-centre.telemetry to false
  • toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled to false
  • toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled to false
  • toolkit.telemetry.enabled to false
  • toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled to false
  • toolkit.telemetry.hybridContent.enabled to false
  • toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled to false
  • toolkit.telemetry.reportingpolicy.firstRun to false
  • toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled to false
  • toolkit.telemetry.unified to false
  • toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled to false
  • browser.download.animateNotifications to false
  • security.dialog_enable_delay to 0
  • accessibility.force_disabled to 1
  • network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS to false
  • network.predictor.enable-prefetch to true
  • network.http.speculative-parallel-limit to 0
  • network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server to 10
  • network.http.max-connections to 256
  • browser.tab.animate to false.
  • browser.panorama.animate_zoom to false
  • network.dns.disablePrefetch to true
  • network.prefetch-next to false
  • network.http.speculative-parallel-limit to 0
  • network.http.pipelining to true
  • network.http.proxy.pipelining to true
  • network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to 10
  • network.http.pipelining.aggressive to true
  • gfx.webrender.all to true
  • reader.parse-on-load.enabled to false
  • network.http.max-connections to 96
  • network.http.max-connections-per-server to 32
  • nglayout.initialpaint.delay to 0
  • network.dns.disableIPv6 to false
  • plugin.expose_full_path to true
  • toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled to false
  • extensions.checkCompatibility to false
  • config.trim_on_minimize to true
  • browser.cache.disk.capacity to 50000

Asked by Ahto1 2 years ago

Last reply by Ahto1 2 years ago

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Email from a website

On occasion, I come across a web page that offers to send an email if you click on the link eg, I was researching regulations for personal care homes in GA and there was … (read more)

On occasion, I come across a web page that offers to send an email if you click on the link eg, I was researching regulations for personal care homes in GA and there was an option to send an email to the administrators to ask them for more information.

So, I click on the link and rather than getting the email address, firefox goes to open the "mail" application on my mac.

Well, I never use that application because it is too slow and bulky. I can't use basic text options like bolding or italics and such. Not to mention, it takes forever to load.

I use GMX for mail and it is accessed through Firefox. It is not an application that "lives" on my computer.

How can I get Firefox to respond to these email buttons on websites by going to GMX?

Thanks, Charles

Asked by charleswinstead 2 years ago

Last reply by James 2 years ago

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Listen Offline to prerecorded videos on a website?

Hi friends, I need to watch Offline a series of professional videos from a website I study with. I'll be in a place with no internet for a while so I wish to know how to … (read more)

Hi friends, I need to watch Offline a series of professional videos from a website I study with. I'll be in a place with no internet for a while so I wish to know how to use the "work offline" modality to do that. Can the browser "remember" videos in the same way it remembers visited page?

I remember in the 90s / 2000s was possible to "save" pages to read Offline later on... Is that still possible?

Thanks

Asked by guidofurlani 2 years ago

Answered by TyDraniu 2 years ago

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Shortcut on my Firefox homepage will not dismiss

I want to dismiss one shortcut out of the two rows of shortcuts on my homepage. When I left click on the three dots on the Google Translate shortcut, and then left click … (read more)

I want to dismiss one shortcut out of the two rows of shortcuts on my homepage. When I left click on the three dots on the Google Translate shortcut, and then left click on dismiss, the shortcut blinks and remains.

Asked by loyall 2 years ago

Answered by loyall 2 years ago

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Controlling camera in Firefox

Hi there, I have a laptop running Windows 10, plus the latest version of Firefox. The laptop has a built-in webcam. I have also connected an external webcam via USB. Thi… (read more)

Hi there,

I have a laptop running Windows 10, plus the latest version of Firefox. The laptop has a built-in webcam. I have also connected an external webcam via USB. This second camera is better quality and preferred, I visit a web site. When I first activate the camera, I am presented with a dropdown of available cameras. The USB camera appears in the list. All is fine. I instruct Firefox to "allow" this camera to be used. (first image) However, after a short time, less than a second, the same dialog is shown again, this time without the USB camera. (second image) There have been no actual hardware changes. I can then click "allow" again and the *integrated* camera works, i.e. not the desired camera. So, two questions, really. First, what just happened? Did Firefox try to control the USB camera, find that it couldn't, and redisplay the dialog showing only the "controllable" option? Second, my desired endpoint here is for the web site to use the USB camera. How do I achieve this? I can easily do this with Chrome but I like Firefox. TIA.

Asked by pete103 2 years ago

Last reply by pete103 2 years ago

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Remember Focus (search hit number) of Search in Page e.g. 17/34 and not back to 1/34

I have to search for a lot of entries in a long page, click on them to another window, do something (fill in a syllabus) and then go back to the long page and change the … (read more)

I have to search for a lot of entries in a long page, click on them to another window, do something (fill in a syllabus) and then go back to the long page and change the next search hit.

When I return to the long page the search in page is remembering where I am in the number of searches shown at the bottom of the page (e.g. 19/34) but when I click on the down button, instead of going to 20/34 it jumps back to 1/34 so then I have to press the down button 20 times to get to the next search hit.

Is there any way around this, so that I can just jump to the next search hit without having to press the down button 20 times?

I thought it might be the fact that the search is off screen but that is not it. It is the fact that I have left the page so the focus has been forgotten (except as the number 19/34 on the search in page bar at the bottom).

Is this a bug?

Asked by Timtak 2 years ago

Answered by Timtak 2 years ago

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How can I open Firefox and bypass my home pages (on iMac)

Hi. I have about 15 home pages set to open when I open Firefox. I read the news, catch up on a few sites and have various jobs and tasks to complete. But whenn I've don a… (read more)

Hi. I have about 15 home pages set to open when I open Firefox. I read the news, catch up on a few sites and have various jobs and tasks to complete. But whenn I've don all that, and close down Firefox, each time I open Firefox again to search for something etc, all 15 of my startup pages open up and I have to manually close them all down.

On Windows 11, all I need to do it right click the firefox icon and select open new tab. This is great, it opens Firefox with just a single new tab open. But on my iMac, this option is missing.

How can I re-open firefox with just a blank tab - or even just one specific page like Google?

Asked by XyZed 2 years ago

Last reply by XyZed 2 years ago

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How to remove incorrect information from Firefox forum?

https://support.mozilla.org/bm/questions/1340102#question-reply ^^^^^^ While searching for a very popular FIREFOX topic my top search result on google rendered this page.… (read more)

https://support.mozilla.org/bm/questions/1340102#question-reply ^^^^^^ While searching for a very popular FIREFOX topic my top search result on google rendered this page. The answer is incorrect.

How can I fix or delete this erroneous post or may it be edited?

I can create a help page if it means anything to replace this technically and procedurally incorrect and misleading post. I saw it right away but for a newbie to firefox it could send them away screaming in frustration. A help webpage to address this question would be helpful and I can create one if needed. Or did I miss it?

Asked by J4 and J5 Sync Bookmarks and Add-ons 2 years ago

Last reply by cor-el 2 years ago