Can you open a bugzilla bug for this please? https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Toolkit&component=Startup%20and%20Profile%20System
Mike On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 11:24 AM Lavrijsen, Mark via Enterprise < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Joel(and possibly others), > > > > Thank you for the response, and pointing me in the right direction. > > > > I created the (system)environment variable(set to “1”) and now it seems to > work better, I think(not sure ). > > > > What happens now is that the first time it launches, it still creates the > profile in the Windows user Profile(wrong location). > > The second launch however, it uses h:\Firefox as expected. > > > > When deleting the keys from HKCU\Software\Mozilla\Firefox\Launcher(or > App-V equivalent), it again doesn’t use h:\Firefox for the first time > launch. > > As we have no roaming profiles, this essentially means that it’s still > unusable. > > > > My conclusion is that with "MOZ_LEGACY_PROFILES" Firefox still is eager to > detect where firefox is installed and does not really honour profiles.ini . > > > > If anybody has more insight, it would be very welcome. > > > > --Mark > > > > > > *Van:* Enterprise <[email protected]> *Namens *Joel Baltazor > *Verzonden:* maandag 12 augustus 2019 15:09 > *Aan:* '[email protected]' <[email protected]> > *Onderwerp:* Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] disable "Profile per Install" > > > > Hello Mark, > > I believe you can disable this functionality by setting the environment > variable "MOZ_LEGACY_PROFILES" in the operating system. As I understand > it, by having this value present (set to anything?) Firefox will not create > a new profile for new Firefox version. > > -Joel > > On 8/12/2019 7:32 AM, Lavrijsen, Mark via Enterprise wrote: > > Hello, > > > > For years we have been using application virtualisation, different config > files(the most important one for this question profiles.ini). > > In profiles.ini we have this: > > [General] > > StartWithLastProfile=1 > > [Profile0] > > Name=User > > IsRelative=0 > > Path=h:\FireFox > > Default=1 > > > > The H:\ drive is the user Windows networkdrive. For years now this > resulted in 0-hassle experience for our users. New users got their Firefox > profile created in h:\Firefox. Regardless of where they logged > on(VDI/TS/Computers) , they had their Firefox profile. > > > > Now, since Firefox 67, this would not work anymore because of the new > “profile per install” feature. This is due to the nature of Application > Virtualisation where the package is loaded from virtual filesystem(that is > not really for example c:\Program files\Mozilla Firefox, but there are some > random GUID’s used – although normally the software isn’t aware of this). > > > > But regardless of what App-V or Firefox under the hood do, I just want > firefox to honour what is in profiles.ini. What is now does is create a > Firefox profile(a separate one, on every computer) under the Windows user > profile, but that is useless. > > > > Does anybody know a way of disabling “Profile per install” or another way > to work around this problem? > > Thank you in advance! > > > > --Mark Lavrijsen > > [email protected] > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Wat ik vandaag doe doet er toe! Zet jij ook jouw talent in voor water in > Brabant. Kijk voor onze actuele vacatures op v*acatures* > <https://www.dommel.nl/algemeen/werken-bij-ons/vacature-overzicht.html> > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Enterprise mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to > [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe" > > > _______________________________________________ > Enterprise mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise > > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to > [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe" >
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