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brucine Posted messages 25279 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
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Hello,

I usually remove Firefox shortcuts from the Start menu so that I only use those I deem useful in a customized toolbar.

I don’t recall Firefox re-installing its shortcut before version 154, but maybe.

So I delete it, and it comes back as soon as I reopen Firefox, what’s going on?

It might be the setting "allow Firefox to improve features (...) between updates" that is the cause, but it was already enabled before, right?

Does anyone know (besides, obviously, a script) how to get rid of this behavior?

Thanks.

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    fabul Posted messages 42285 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 092
     

    Hi,

    You can replace the shortcut with a folder with the attributes +s +h

    Then create a NUL file inside it with the command prompt so that it becomes undeletable except by going through the command prompt again.

    type nul > "\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Firefox.exe\NUL"
     

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    1. brucine Posted messages 25279 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 188
       

      Hello,

      I had said without scripting...

      The simplest way to hide it under the rug is right-click, properties, check Hidden file.

      By script it suffices to use either a line attrib that amounts to the same thing or a line del, but that means we would have to create a scheduled task which will never be as repetitive as launching Firefox or launching Firefox via a script, nothing great...

      I don’t know if it’s hard-coded in Firefox or if it’s a about:config setting; I’ve disabled the Browser Agent scheduled task and the corresponding entry in about:config, which doesn’t change anything.

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      1. brucine Posted messages 25279 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 188 > brucine Posted messages 25279 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        A bug declaration has been filed:



        It has been fixed accordingly in the latest update 154.0.1, end of story.

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      2. fabul Posted messages 42285 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 092 > brucine Posted messages 25279 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        Hello,

        What do you have against a script, if it can work.

        You use it only once, then you forget...

        (If it works well, the problem no longer exists)

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