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Where does FireFox get the default value of a preference from. What is the format of the file that has the default value?

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Where does FireFox get the default value of a preference from. What is the format of the file that has the default value?. I need the actual default value for a particualr preference. About:config does show some default values but I need the source from which about:config picks up the default value. Any help in this direction is greatly appreciated.


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Where does FireFox get the default value of a preference from. What is the format of the file that has the default value?. I need the actual default value for a particualr preference. About:config does show some default values but I need the source from which about:config picks up the default value. Any help in this direction is greatly appreciated. == User Agent == Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; SLCC2; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0)

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The prefs that aren't hidden if they are the default are stored in two JavaScript text files in the Firefox program folder You can open them via these links in a Firefox tab: resource:///defaults/pref/firefox.js resource:///greprefs/all.js

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The prefs that aren't hidden if they are the default are stored in two JavaScript text files in the Firefox program folder You can open them via these links in a Firefox tab: resource:///defaults/pref/firefox.js resource:///greprefs/all.js

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