[Mozilla Enterprise] Distribution folder policies.json doesn't seem to work correctly

Thane K. Sherrington thane at computerconnectionltd.com
Fri Jul 19 13:21:14 UTC 2019


I'm installing Firefox, then copying the following policies.json into 
the \program files\mozilla firefox\distribution folder but some of the 
time the settings take and sometimes they don't.

Some of the computers I'm putting Firefox on already had Firefox and I'm 
doing an uninstall then reinstall, and on others it's a fresh install.

What am I doing wrong?

{
   "policies": {
     "DisableBuiltinPDFViewer": true,
     "DisplayBookmarksToolbar": true,
     "DisplayMenuBar": true,
     "DontCheckDefaultBrowser": false,
     "FlashPlugin": {
       "Default": true
     },
     "NetworkPrediction": true,
     "Proxy": {
       "AutoLogin": true,
       "Mode": "none",
       "SOCKSVersion": 4,
       "UseHTTPProxyForAllProtocols": true,
       "UseProxyForDNS": false
     },
     "SearchEngines": {
       "Default": "Google",
       "PreventInstalls": true
     }
   }
}

Things that work randomly:

     "DisplayBookmarksToolbar": true,
     "DisplayMenuBar": true

     These two work some of the time (I'd say about 70%).  The rest of 
the time, I get none or one of the toolbars.

     I'm not sure if the other settings hold 100% of the time, because I 
can't check every install, but the toolbars are obvious.

BTW, the line     "DontCheckDefaultBrowser": false  has the opposite 
affect.  If I include this line, then Firefox never asks if it should be 
the default, and if I don't include it, it asks about 80% of the time.

Any advice would be appreciated.


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