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3.4 Apply & Update & Maintain
Thorin-Oakenpants edited this page Nov 29, 2023
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π© Previous: Overrides [To RFP or Not]
If you are not using a new profile, we recommend running our cleanup script, the instructions are in the file.
- πΉ Put all the relevant files into the root folder of your profile [1]
- prefsCleaner
- updater
- user.js [NOTE: Do not edit this file directly]
- user-overrides.js [NOTE: this is the file you created, you edit this file with your changes]
- π½ CONTINUE with the UPDATE part below
1 To find your profile, open about:support
and look for Profile Folder
under Application Basics
.
- πΉ While it is recommended that users use the arkenfox release that matches their Firefox version, it isn't mandatory
- πΈ option one (recommended)
- Stick with the matching arkenfox version, and not use the updater. You would then need to;
- Update the
user.js
manually once each ESR major release to match, as arkenfox will already be past that version - Append and update your overrides manually to the end of the
user.js
(and keep a copy)
- Update the
- Stick with the matching arkenfox version, and not use the updater. You would then need to;
- πΈ option two
- Use the updater (with the
-esr
command, and this will append youruser-overrides.js
, and of course run prefsCleaner - This may cause compatibility or protection issues, as arkenfox is designed per release. The onus is on you.
- Use the updater (with the
- πΉ Run the updater
- so the contents of your
user-overrides.js
is appended to theuser.js
- so the contents of your
- πΉ ALWAYS run prefsCleaner
- make sure Firefox is closed
- this will reset prefs that aren't needed or can cause issues, as well as keep things clean and tidy
- you can read more about prefsCleaner next
- πΉ If you get an
Update failed. Make sure Powershell is allowed internet access
error- run as administrator
- if you still get the error, then run
Get-ChildItem env:\__PSLockDownPolicy
- if you have a PSLockDownPolicy, change it to
Full Language Mode
(value 8)
- if you have a PSLockDownPolicy, change it to
Each release 1, or whenever you modify your user-overrides.js
- πΉ Check for the latest changelog
- πΉ Run the updater
- so the contents of your
user-overrides.js
is appended to the NEWuser.js
- so the contents of your
- πΉ Run prefsCleaner
- πΉ releases 1 - https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/releases.atom
- πΉ commits - https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/commits/master.atom
1 Arkenfox changes to the live master user.js
happen once per release: all changes are done in a separate branch and only merged when finished. There is no guarantee when it is done - hopefully within a week of the Firefox release. Nothing of consequence (in the user.js) changes these days that will affect you in that time delay. Do not wait on arkenfox to update Firefox.
π© Next: prefsCleaner