Hi there,
I am having a lot of trouble configuring Firefox 3.0.3 with lockPref....
I followed the instructions that are all over the net...
I made the mozilla.txt file like this:
//
lockPref("app.update.auto",false);
lockPref("app.update.enabled",false);
lockPref("browser.search.update",false);
lockPref("extensions.update.enabled",false);
lockPref("browser.startup.homepage",http://website.com/);
lockPref("startup.homepage_override_url",http://website.com/);
lockPref("startup.homepage_welcome_url",http://website.com/)
and then I encoded it with the online 13-bit shifter and renamed it to mozilla.cfg and put it in the Firefox folder and changed the all.js file and added this line:
pref("general.config.filename", mozilla.cfg);
I tried it like this too:
pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");
I tried it with the 13 shift and without it by changing this value to zero:
pref("general.config.obscure_value",0);
Only two things ever happen... either nothing, or I get the "Failed to read the configuration file" error....
Any thoughts? Please help.
I am running Firefox 3.0.3 under WinXP SP2
Thanks!!
Failed to read the configuration file XP HELP!
- dickvl
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Re: Failed to read the configuration file XP HELP!
You can also use this method to avoid problem with updating Firefox: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_prefe ... _lock_file
Did you forget the quotes or is that a typo?
lockPref("browser.startup.homepage",http://website.com/);
lockPref("startup.homepage_override_url",http://website.com/);
lockPref("startup.homepage_welcome_url",http://website.com/);
String values always should have quotes (booleans and integers not)
lockPref("browser.startup.homepage","http://website.com/");
Do not forget to end each line with a semicolon and a line break (incl. the last line).
Did you forget the quotes or is that a typo?
lockPref("browser.startup.homepage",http://website.com/);
lockPref("startup.homepage_override_url",http://website.com/);
lockPref("startup.homepage_welcome_url",http://website.com/);
String values always should have quotes (booleans and integers not)
lockPref("browser.startup.homepage","http://website.com/");
Do not forget to end each line with a semicolon and a line break (incl. the last line).
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- Guest
Re: Failed to read the configuration file XP HELP!
You need to save the txt file with Unix line endings (UL) before encoding. I do not think Notepad has this capablity, so you will need a more powerful text editor. I use Notepad2.