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Start Firefox in Private Mode by Default

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HainseyBaby
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Deployment question - I've deployed Firefox on Windows 7 which references a Mozilla.cfg file to set preferences, but can't for the life of me get it to "never remember history". I essentially want it to start up in private mode as default.

Can anybody shine a light?

Thanks in advance

Deployment question - I've deployed Firefox on Windows 7 which references a Mozilla.cfg file to set preferences, but can't for the life of me get it to "never remember history". I essentially want it to start up in private mode as default. Can anybody shine a light? Thanks in advance

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philipp
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hi, you can set browser.privatebrowsing.autostart to 'true' in your .cfg file