1. Mozilla Firefox: How to change the default home page (startup page)
Problem:
How to set up a multi-user Firefox installation, so that even newly created profiles use a custom home page?
Most Often Encountered Solution:
"It does not work, believe me."
Wrong Solution:
DON'T try to mess around with settings in defaults/pref/firefox.js - it's no use.
The following line in defaults/pref/firefox.js says:
// These values are deliberately non-localizable for official builds.
pref("browser.startup.homepage_reset", "resource:/browserconfig.properties");
I literally tried messing around with this file in 1.000 ways - it just doesn't work, and I almost believed what I keep reading - the default startup page can't be changed.
RIGHT Solution:
First of all - Don't believe what they say...
The following works for me (Firefox 1.0.4) - maybe with other versions too.
Edit the file it is looking for - browserconfig.properties, it should be in the root directory of your Firefox installation - and insert your favourite startup page there. Easy, isn't it? :-)