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Issues creating mozilla.cfg file

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natepo717
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Hi all,

I'm having issues with firefox being able to use my Mozilla.cfg file settings. I receive a "Failed to read the configuration file. Please contact your system administrator." error when attempting to use my configuration.

I created the local-settings.js file referencing the Mozilla.cfg file.

Here are the contents of the Mozilla.cfg file.

// lockPref("app.update.enabled", false); lockPref("app.update.interval", 1273520281); lockPref("browser.download.dir", "N:"); lockPref("browser.download.downloadDir", "N:"); lockPref("browser.formfill.enable", false); lockPref("browser.search.update", false); lockPref("browser.search.update.interval", 1273520281); lockPref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level", 2); lockPref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); lockPref("browser.startup.homepage", ""); lockPref("browser.tabs.remote.autostart", true); lockPref("browser.tabs.remote.force-enable", true); lockPref("browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled”, false); lockPref("dom.disable_open_during_load", true); lockPref("dom.disable_window_move_resize", true); lockPref("dom.disable_window_status_change", true); lockPref("dom.disable_window_flip", true); lockPref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.status", true); lockPref("dom.event.contextmenu.enabled", false); lockPref("dom.ipc.plugins.hangUITimeoutSecs", 30); lockPref("dom.max_script_run_time", 15); lockPref("extensions.blocklist.enabled", false); lockPref("extensions.update.enabled", false); lockPref("extensions.update.interval", 1273520281); lockPref("general.smoothScroll", false); lockPref("image.mem.surfacecache.max_size_kb", 102400); lockPref("network.protocol-handler.external.shell", false); lockPref("plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types", "application/pdf, application/doc, application/xls, application/bat, application/ppt, application/mdb, application/mde, application/fdf, application/xfdf, application/lsl, application/lso, application/lss, application/iqy, application/rqy, application/xlk, application/pot, application/pps, application/dot, application/wbk, application/ps, application/eps, application/wch, application/wcm, application/wbi, application/wb1, application/wb3, application/rtf, application/ad, application/adp, application/xlt, application/dos, application/wks"); lockPref("privacy.sanitize.promptOnSanitize", false); lockPref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true); lockPref("privacy.sanitize.timeSpan", 40); lockPref("security.default_personal_cert", "Ask Every Time"); lockPref("security.enable_ssl2", false); lockPref("security.enable_ssl3", false); lockPref("security.enable_tls", true); lockPref("security.tls.version.max", 3); lockPref("security.tls.version.min", 1); lockPref("security.warn_leaving_secure", true); lockPref("signon.prefillForms", false); lockPref("signon.rememberSignons", false); lockPref("xpinstall.whitelist.required", true);

Any thoughts on what I might be missing? I don't think I made any formatting errors. I've tried it in ESR 52.2.1 and Release 51 without any success.

Hi all, I'm having issues with firefox being able to use my Mozilla.cfg file settings. I receive a "Failed to read the configuration file. Please contact your system administrator." error when attempting to use my configuration. I created the local-settings.js file referencing the Mozilla.cfg file. Here are the contents of the Mozilla.cfg file. // lockPref("app.update.enabled", false); lockPref("app.update.interval", 1273520281); lockPref("browser.download.dir", "N:"); lockPref("browser.download.downloadDir", "N:"); lockPref("browser.formfill.enable", false); lockPref("browser.search.update", false); lockPref("browser.search.update.interval", 1273520281); lockPref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level", 2); lockPref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); lockPref("browser.startup.homepage", ""); lockPref("browser.tabs.remote.autostart", true); lockPref("browser.tabs.remote.force-enable", true); lockPref("browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled”, false); lockPref("dom.disable_open_during_load", true); lockPref("dom.disable_window_move_resize", true); lockPref("dom.disable_window_status_change", true); lockPref("dom.disable_window_flip", true); lockPref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.status", true); lockPref("dom.event.contextmenu.enabled", false); lockPref("dom.ipc.plugins.hangUITimeoutSecs", 30); lockPref("dom.max_script_run_time", 15); lockPref("extensions.blocklist.enabled", false); lockPref("extensions.update.enabled", false); lockPref("extensions.update.interval", 1273520281); lockPref("general.smoothScroll", false); lockPref("image.mem.surfacecache.max_size_kb", 102400); lockPref("network.protocol-handler.external.shell", false); lockPref("plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types", "application/pdf, application/doc, application/xls, application/bat, application/ppt, application/mdb, application/mde, application/fdf, application/xfdf, application/lsl, application/lso, application/lss, application/iqy, application/rqy, application/xlk, application/pot, application/pps, application/dot, application/wbk, application/ps, application/eps, application/wch, application/wcm, application/wbi, application/wb1, application/wb3, application/rtf, application/ad, application/adp, application/xlt, application/dos, application/wks"); lockPref("privacy.sanitize.promptOnSanitize", false); lockPref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true); lockPref("privacy.sanitize.timeSpan", 40); lockPref("security.default_personal_cert", "Ask Every Time"); lockPref("security.enable_ssl2", false); lockPref("security.enable_ssl3", false); lockPref("security.enable_tls", true); lockPref("security.tls.version.max", 3); lockPref("security.tls.version.min", 1); lockPref("security.warn_leaving_secure", true); lockPref("signon.prefillForms", false); lockPref("signon.rememberSignons", false); lockPref("xpinstall.whitelist.required", true); Any thoughts on what I might be missing? I don't think I made any formatting errors. I've tried it in ESR 52.2.1 and Release 51 without any success.

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cor-el
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I notice an Unicode quote in the file that is a likely cause:

  • lockPref("browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled”, false);

Note that you have a lot of prefs in the file that aren't supported for quite some time in current Firefox releases. You can check them in a clean profile without the JS file in "defaults/pref" file in place that specifies mozilla.cfg.

Some examples: 

lockPref("security.enable_ssl2", false);
lockPref("security.enable_ssl3", false);
lockPref("security.enable_tls", true);
natepo717
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cor-el said

I notice an Unicode quote in the file that is a likely cause:
  • lockPref("browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled”, false);
Note that you have a lot of prefs in the file that aren't supported for quite some time in current Firefox releases. You can check them in a clean profile without the JS file in "defaults/pref" file in place that specifies mozilla.cfg. Some examples: lockPref("security.enable_ssl2", false); lockPref("security.enable_ssl3", false); lockPref("security.enable_tls", true);

Thanks for that. Found it and made the change. I'm having to go through and do these one by one till it breaks. I know a lot of these are old settings but they're a requirement to be in this file for this project.

cor-el
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The file worked for me with this single change.

Note that you can also use try{}catch(e){} blocks in mozilla.cfg and other JavaScript code.