When I try to view pref.js settings, I am blocked. I see "Your browser
is being managed by your organization." I have NO organization. I have
been retired for 20 years, and I am using Firefox at home. How do I
disable an organization from managing Firefox?

--
David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>

Demonstrators worldwide are demanding that Israel stop
fighting in Gaza. Why does it seem that no one is demanding
that Hamas stop fighting? And where are the demonstrations
against Russia fighting in the Ukraine.

David E. Ross wrote:
> When I try to view pref.js settings, I am blocked. I see "Your browser
> is being managed by your organization." I have NO organization. I have
> been retired for 20 years, and I am using Firefox at home. How do I
> disable an organization from managing Firefox?

https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/

On 4/11/2024 4:54 PM, David E. Ross wrote:
> When I try to view pref.js settings, I am blocked. I see "Your browser
> is being managed by your organization." I have NO organization. I have
> been retired for 20 years, and I am using Firefox at home. How do I
> disable an organization from managing Firefox?
>

Did you put a policies.json file in a distribution folder
in the program folder? I block updates annd various other
things that way and it causes that message. There may
also be a Registry setting that will cause it. Though I still
have access to about:config. There are only some blank
settings in the Options window.

"David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

> When I try to view pref.js settings, I am blocked. I see "Your browser
> is being managed by your organization." I have NO organization. I have
> been retired for 20 years, and I am using Firefox at home. How do I
> disable an organization from managing Firefox?

Firefox is multi-platform. You don't mention your OS. For Windows:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\

are where policies are stored in the Windows registry. Even if there
are no subkeys or data items under those keys, just the mere presence of
these keys will trigger the "is being managed" message in Firefox.

Some tweaking article, and tweaker tools, will set policies on Firefox.
The moment they do this, Firefox becomes "managed". For example, some
articles or tweakers have you create the above keys to add a data item
named DisableAppUpdate (set to 1) to permanently disable Firefox's
update. Some users use the policies.json file, as mentioned by
Newyana1, to add:

{
"policies": {
"DisableAppUpdate": true
}
}

That's a policy hence Firefox becomes "managed".

On 4/11/2024 6:24 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
> "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>
>> When I try to view pref.js settings, I am blocked. I see "Your browser
>> is being managed by your organization." I have NO organization. I have
>> been retired for 20 years, and I am using Firefox at home. How do I
>> disable an organization from managing Firefox?
>
> Firefox is multi-platform. You don't mention your OS. For Windows:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\
>
> are where policies are stored in the Windows registry. Even if there
> are no subkeys or data items under those keys, just the mere presence of
> these keys will trigger the "is being managed" message in Firefox.
>
> Some tweaking article, and tweaker tools, will set policies on Firefox.
> The moment they do this, Firefox becomes "managed". For example, some
> articles or tweakers have you create the above keys to add a data item
> named DisableAppUpdate (set to 1) to permanently disable Firefox's
> update. Some users use the policies.json file, as mentioned by
> Newyana1, to add:
>
> {
> "policies": {
> "DisableAppUpdate": true
> }
> }
>
> That's a policy hence Firefox becomes "managed".
>

Thank you. After exporting it, I deleted the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox
which sutomatically deleted the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox
With the export, I can restore it if I find deleting it caused a problem.

Each of those two keys is a mirror of the other. When searching the
registry, I see many such mirrors, which annoyingly multiplies the the
need to repeat searching.

--
David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>

Demonstrators worldwide are demanding that Israel stop
fighting in Gaza. Why does it seem that no one is demanding
that Hamas stop fighting? And where are the demonstrations
against Russia fighting in the Ukraine.

"David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

> On 4/11/2024 6:24 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
>> "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> When I try to view pref.js settings, I am blocked. I see "Your browser
>>> is being managed by your organization." I have NO organization. I have
>>> been retired for 20 years, and I am using Firefox at home. How do I
>>> disable an organization from managing Firefox?
>>
>> Firefox is multi-platform. You don't mention your OS. For Windows:
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\
>>
>> are where policies are stored in the Windows registry. Even if there
>> are no subkeys or data items under those keys, just the mere presence of
>> these keys will trigger the "is being managed" message in Firefox.
>>
>> Some tweaking article, and tweaker tools, will set policies on Firefox.
>> The moment they do this, Firefox becomes "managed". For example, some
>> articles or tweakers have you create the above keys to add a data item
>> named DisableAppUpdate (set to 1) to permanently disable Firefox's
>> update. Some users use the policies.json file, as mentioned by
>> Newyana1, to add:
>>
>> {
>> "policies": {
>> "DisableAppUpdate": true
>> }
>> }
>>
>> That's a policy hence Firefox becomes "managed".
>>
>
> Thank you. After exporting it, I deleted the key
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox
> which sutomatically deleted the key
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox
> With the export, I can restore it if I find deleting it caused a problem.
>
> Each of those two keys is a mirror of the other. When searching the
> registry, I see many such mirrors, which annoyingly multiplies the the
> need to repeat searching.

Well, not exactly a mirror. HKCU applies only to the currently logged
in Windows account. HKLM applies across all Windows accounts.