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Submitted by Peter on Mon Jul 17 2006 10:34 over 2 years ago

Trying to get firefox to link to files on the intranet I came across a couple of useful tips:

  • You can find a users personal application directory under documents and settings by opening '%AppData%' in the run menu.
  • If you have to create a user.js file remember that if you do it with notepad in stupid hide registered file extensions mode you will actually get a file called user.js.txt and it will take you another 20 minutes to figure out why it doesn't make any difference.

Filed under: firefox

grape Says:

Tue Aug 08 2006 15:20 over 2 years ago

Handy Hint: name your file "user.js" (WITH quotes) and notepad will accept your filename as-is.

(I tried to leave an obfuscated email address, but your script wouldn't let me.)

Anonymous Says:

Wed Aug 16 2006 11:30 over 2 years ago

To ensure that the file gets saved as .js, just save it like this: "user.js" - with the "s.

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