[Mozilla Enterprise] Create Profiles at first firefox run

[Dirk Schneider]

Thanks for this suggestion.

We have used active setup in windows 7, but it worked only in about 50%.
So we didn't test it with windows 10.

What is your achievment, can it be used at a stable and professional base?

Actually I have to copy a profile template folder and some desktop and
menu items. No need for a cmd or something equal to this.


Dirk


Am 21.08.2019 um 14:51 schrieb Gruhm, Sebastian:
> Hi Dirk,
>
> I assume you are in a Windows environment. Maybe you want to take a look at "ActiveSetup" and how to use this. ActiveSetup build into Windows and is not Firefox related. We use this often to prepopulate usersettings stored at %appdata%, %localappdata% or HKCU. Effectively all you have to do is setup three RegKeys.
>
> reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\FF-Settings" /ve /f /d "FF-Settings"
> reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\FF-Settings" /v "StubPath" /f /d "<FF-Folder>\doSomething.cmd"
> reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\FF-Settings" /v "Version" /f /d "1,0"
>
> It doesn't need to be a cmd file.
>
> If this is suitable for you and you have more questions don't hesitate and ask your questions. (Maybe not with the list involved)
>
>
> Mit freundlichem Gruß
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Dirk Schneider <dirk.schneider at lka-mv.de> 
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. August 2019 09:25
> An: Mozilla.org <enterprise at mozilla.org>
> Betreff: [Mozilla Enterprise] Create Profiles at first firefox run
>
> Hi,
>
>
> we use Firefox with 3 profiles.
>
> One profile with default settings is usable for Internet, the other
> profiles use special (different) proxy settings to connect to special
> environments.
>
> So with installing firefox I can customize some general settings, like
> trust root certificates as example.
>
> The profile will be created at first FF run.
> I can copy a folder with all three profiles and settings to the users
> appData-structure, but I can do this after first login, not at os
> rollout. So I have to do this manually, because the "runonce" is not
> working stable. And a generalized profile folder at a diffent structure,
> maybe "C:\ff-profiles" does not work because of individual settings per
> user. And every user can use some needed extensions at user base too.
>
>
> Is there a way I don't see to simplify the rollout of all profiles /
> settings to the user accounts?
>
> Ah, hint: not all machines are included in a domain, some machines need
> to be separated from a domain.
>
>
> Suggestions welcome
>
>
> Dirk
>
>
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