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Group Policy and JSON File - Which takes priority?

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cowspotter
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We currently have a large deployment of Firefox ESR with a local configuration file that, among other things, disables auto updates. We're looking at enabling auto-update using GPO, and then where necessary using GPO to disable for specific machines. Since we're using a local JSON file currently, does anyone know if the GPO would override the local JSON file? Or do we need to modify/delete the local JSON file before the GPO will be effective?

If we just switch to GPO, we'll end up with the following settings: JSON - Updates disabled GPO - Updates enabled

We currently have a large deployment of Firefox ESR with a local configuration file that, among other things, disables auto updates. We're looking at enabling auto-update using GPO, and then where necessary using GPO to disable for specific machines. Since we're using a local JSON file currently, does anyone know if the GPO would override the local JSON file? Or do we need to modify/delete the local JSON file before the GPO will be effective? If we just switch to GPO, we'll end up with the following settings: JSON - Updates disabled GPO - Updates enabled

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To provide more detail, the JSON file is completely ignored when we detect GPO settings in the registry.

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Wesley Branton
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In most cases, the GPO overrides your JSON file. The JSON file often doesn't work on systems that are controlling Firefox with GPO.

Mike Kaply
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To provide more detail, the JSON file is completely ignored when we detect GPO settings in the registry.