Windows computer has several important components, and Local Group Policy Editor is one of them. When you need to customize your Windows or change a system setting, and you cannot find it in the Windows Settings or Control Panel, you might try search that in Local Group Policy Editor. On the other hand, Mozilla Firefox is another awesome browser which comes with almost all the features that a user should have. It doesn’t matter whether you use the browser for opening the Facebook account or doing business work, you can certainly utilize Firefox with ease.

Firefox allows you to change various settings from a particular page. From disabling the add-on installation to adding a new feature, everything is possible from that page. However, many people find it difficult to find out a particular option to make a change in the browser. Therefore, you can integrate Firefox settings in Windows Group Policy editor and change any setting right from there. However, that is possible only if you are using Firefox V60 or later edition.

What is the advantage of integrating Firefox settings in Windows Group Policy?

If you are a regular user, who don’t customize anything in the browser and uses the defaults options from the day one, this tutorial is not meant for you. However, if you often like to change various settings to spruce up the experience, you can integrate Firefox settings in Windows Group Policy. The main advantage is you can find different options very quickly. You do not have to search for an option for a long time as before. As you can see different folders, all the corresponding options will be placed in those respective folders. Therefore, changing a particular thing would be more comfortable when you integrate Firefox settings in Windows Group Policy.

Requirements

The first requirement is you should use Firefox V60. Older version users cannot do so.

The second requirement is you should have Windows 7 or later version. You can have Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 as well.

The third requirement is you must have the Policy Template. Policy Template is an open-source project that will let you do all the things as mentioned earlier.

How to Integrate Firefox Settings in Windows Group Policy

This is very easy when you follow the following steps. To get started, you need to download the Policy Template from GitHub. This is an open-source project, and you can check out the source code as well for any possible inspection. You can download the Policy Template from here. On the other hand, make sure you are using Firefox V60. To check that, open Firefox browser and click the three-dotted button visible on the top-right corner and select Help > About Firefox.

Therefore, you can find a popup on your screen where the current version will be mentioned.

Now, after downloading the Policy Template, unzip the zipped folder. You should find a folder named “Windows”.

After that, copy the firefox.admx and mozilla.admx files from the “windows” folder. Therefore, navigate to this path:

C:\WINDOWS\PolicyDefinitions

Alternatively, you can press Win + R and enter this:

%systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions

Paste those two files in the PolicyDefinitions folder.

Following that, open the windows folder and go to en-US folder. Here you can find two files names firefox.adml and mozilla.adml. Copy those two files and open up this path:

C:\WINDOWS\PolicyDefinitions\en-US

Alternatively, you can press Win + R and enter this:

%systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions\en-US

Paste those two files in that en-US folder inside PolicyDefinitions.

Therefore open up the Local Group Policy Editor on your Windows computer. For this, you can search for it in the Taskbar search box in Windows 10. Alternatively, you can press Win + R, type gpedit.msc and hit the Enter button. Now navigate to this path:

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Mozilla > Firefox

Here you can find all the options related to Firefox.

All the Firefox related options in the Group Policy Editor

Here are all the options you would get after integrating Firefox in Local Group Policy Editor in Window.

Addons:

• Allowed sites
• Allow add-on installs from websites: If you want to prevent everyone from installing add-on in your Firefox browser, you can enable this option. It will block the add-on installation and instead you can find an error message while trying to install any add-on.

Authentication:

• Delegated
• NTLM
• SPNEGO

Bookmarks:

You can setup a bookmark using this option. There are five options – from Bookmark One to Bookmark Five. Open up any option by clicking twice. Therefore, select the Enabled option and enter Title, URL, Favicon URL, Placement, and Folder Name.

Therefore, click the Apply and OK button to save the bookmark.

Certificates:

• Import Enterprise Roots

Cookies:

• Access third-party cookies
• Allowed sites
• Blocked sites
• Access cookies from websites
• Keep cookies until Firefox is closed
• Do not allow preferences to be changes

Extensions:

• Extensions to Install
• Prevent extensions from being disabled or removed
• Extensions to Uninstall

Flash:

• Allowed Sites
• Blocked Sites
• Activate Flash on websites
• Do not allow preferences to be changed

Home page:

• Additional Homepages
• URL for Home page

Popups:

• Allowed Sites
• Allow pop-ups from websites
• Do not allow preferences to be changed

Search:

By using this option, you would be able to change the search engine. Apart from that, you will get:

• Default Search Engine
• Prevent Search Engine Installs

Apart from these options, you can find the following options as well;

• Blocked websites
• Exceptions to blocked websites
• Block Add-ons manager
• Block about:config
• Block aboutLprofiles
• Block Troubleshooting Information
• Clear all data when browser is closed
• Disable Update
• Disable Built-in PDF Viewer
• Disable Developer Tools
• Disable Feedback Commands
• Disable Firefox Accounts
• Disable Firefox Screenshots
• Disable Firefox Studies
• Disable Firefox Button
• Disable Form History
• Disable Master Password Creation
• Disable Pocket
• Disable Private Browsing
• Disable Profile Import
• Disable Profile Refresh
• Disable Safe mode
• Disable Set Desktop background
• Disable System Addon Updates
• Disable Telemetry
• Display Bookmarks Toolbar
• Display Menu Bar
• Don’t Check Default Browser
• No Default Bookmarks
• Offer to save logins
• Override the first run page
• Override the upgrade page
• Prevent overriding certificate errors
• Prevent overriding safe browsing errors
• Proxy Settings
• Search bar location
• Tracking Protection

That’s all! These are the options you will get after integrating Firefox in Windows Group Policy Editor.