Tweak Firefox

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Tweaks Firefox

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#include-once
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Au3Check_Parameters=-d -w 1 -w 2 -w 3 -w- 4 -w 5 -w 6 -w- 7
#include <File.au3> ; Only Needed if $TemporaryDirectory parameter is omitted. If File.au3 is included already in your main script then remove this line and specify the temporary directory parameter when calling the _Tweak_FF Function.
#cs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    AutoIt Version: 3.3.7.23 (beta)
    Author:      Decipher

    Script Function:
    Tweak All Mozilla Firefox Profiles Prefs.js File for Network & Miscellanous Optimization.

    Functions:
    _Tweak_FF() Requires FFConfig.txt in script directory with correctly formatted configuration entries.

    Usage:
    _Tweak_FF($PromptTitle, $BackupLocation, $TemporaryDirectory, $PromptUser)
    $PromptTitle is Optional, Defaults to ""
    $BackupLocation is Optional, Defaults to Current User's Desktop Directory  Name of Profile Directory, will create directory structure if it does not exist.
    $TemporaryDirectory is Optional, Defaults to temporary file. The file is guaranteed not to exist yet
    $PromptUser is Optional, Defaults to 1 = Yes Prompt User to Close Firefox, 0 = No Terminate Process Automatically

    Return 1 if no error occurred otherwise Returns 0 and sets @error and @extended macros.

    @extended:
    1 = Error reading FFConfig.txt.
    2 = User canceled prompt to close firefox.
    3 = Error locating profile directories.
    4 = Could not read profiles prefs.js file.
    5 = Error opening temporary prefs.js file for writing.
    6 = Error configuration entry in FFConfig.txt is incorrectly formatted.
    7 = Error overwriting prefs.js file with the newly generated configuration file.
    8 = Error a profile directory exists but does not contain a prefs.js file.
    9 = Temporary files were not deleted.
    10 = Some other error occured.

    Example:
    _Tweak_FF("Tweaking Firefox", @DesktopDir)

    Configuration Entries inside FFConfig.txt:

    user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
    user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
    user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
    user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 10);
    user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", false);
    user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
    user_pref("plugin.expose_full_path", true);
    user_pref("ui.submenuDelay", 0);
    user_pref("config.trim_on_minimize", false);
    user_pref("browser.chrome.favicons", false);
    user_pref("browser.blink_allowed", false);
    user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true);
    user_pref("network.dnsCacheEntries", 200);
    user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpiration", 240);
    user_pref("network.http.connect.timeout", 60);
    user_pref("network.http.keep-alive.timeout", 300);
    user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 16);
    user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 12);
    user_pref("layout.spellcheckDefault", 0);
    user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "https://www.google.com/");

#ce ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

_Tweak_FF("Test", @DesktopDir & "BackupDirectory", "", 0)
If @error Then MsgBox(0,"Test", @extended)

Func _Tweak_FF($PromptTitle = "Tweaking Firefox", $BackupLocation = @DesktopDir, $TemporaryDirectory = "", $PromptUser = 1)
    If $TemporaryDirectory = "" Then
        $TemporaryDirectory = _TempFile()
        DirCreate($TemporaryDirectory)
    EndIf
    Local $FileWrite, $FileLine, $PrefsString, $FileContents, $ProfileDirectory, $PrefsFile, $ComparisonString, $Option, $StrPosition, $StrChars, $CharsDiff
    $FileContents = FileRead(@ScriptDir & "FFConfig.txt")
    If $FileContents = "" Then Return SetError(1, 1, 0)
    Local $FFTweak = StringSplit($FileContents, @CRLF, 3)
    $FileContents = ""
    If $PromptUser = 1 Then
        $Option = MsgBox(1 + 48 + 262144, $PromptTitle, "Firefox must be closed to apply tweaks correctly. You can close it manually or forcibly close Firefox's process by selecting continue. Firefox will be terminated automatically in 30 seconds.", 30)
        If $Option = 2 Then Return SetError(1, 2, 0)

    EndIf
    FileChangeDir(@AppDataDir & "MozillaFirefoxProfiles")
    Local $Profiles = FileFindFirstFile("*.*")
    If $Profiles = -1 Then Return SetError(1, 3, 0)
    While 1
        $ProfileDirectory = FileFindNextFile($Profiles)
        If @error Then ExitLoop
        If $ProfileDirectory <> "" And FileExists(@AppDataDir & "MozillaFirefoxProfiles" & $ProfileDirectory & "prefs.js") Then
            Local $User_Prefs_File_Location = @AppDataDir & "MozillaFirefoxProfiles" & $ProfileDirectory & "prefs.js"
            If FileCopy($User_Prefs_File_Location, $BackupLocation & "" & $ProfileDirectory & "prefs.js", 9) Then
                $FileContents = FileRead($User_Prefs_File_Location)
                If $FileContents = "" Then Return SetError(1, 4, 0)
                $PrefsFile = FileOpen($TemporaryDirectory & "prefs.js", 10)
                If $PrefsFile = -1 Then Return SetError(1, 5, 0)
                $FileLine = StringSplit($FileContents, ";")
                For $i = 1 To $FileLine[0]
                    $FileWrite = True
                    For $index2 = 0 To UBound($FFTweak, 1) - 1 Step 1
                        $StrPosition = StringInStr($FFTweak[$index2], ",", 2, -1)
                        If $StrPosition = 0 And StringIsSpace($FFTweak[$index2]) <> 0 Then Return SetError(1, 6, 0)
                        $StrChars = StringLen($FFTweak[$index2])
                        $CharsDiff = $StrChars - $StrPosition
                        $ComparisonString = StringTrimRight($FFTweak[$index2], $CharsDiff)
                        If StringInStr($FileLine[$i], $ComparisonString, 2) Then
                            $FileWrite = False
                        ElseIf StringIsSpace($FileLine[$i]) Then
                            $FileWrite = False
                        EndIf
                    Next
                    $PrefsString = StringStripWS($FileLine[$i], 2)
                    If $FileWrite = True Then FileWrite($PrefsFile, $PrefsString & ";")
                Next
                FileWrite($PrefsFile, @CRLF)
                For $i = 0 To UBound($FFTweak, 1) - 1 Step 1
                    If StringIsSpace($FileLine[$i]) = 0 Then FileWrite($PrefsFile, $FFTweak[$i] & @CRLF)
                Next
                FileClose($PrefsFile)
                While ProcessExists("firefox.exe") Or ProcessExists("plugin-container.exe")
                    If ProcessClose("firefox.exe") <> 1 Then ProcessClose("plugin-container.exe")
                    Sleep(50)
                WEnd
                If FileCopy($TemporaryDirectory & "prefs.js", $User_Prefs_File_Location, 9) <> 1 Then
                    If DirRemove($TemporaryDirectory, 1) <> 1 Then Return SetError(1, 9, 0)
                    Return SetError(1, 7, 1)
                EndIf
            Else
                If DirRemove($TemporaryDirectory, 1) <> 1 Then Return SetError(1, 9, 0)
                Return SetError(1, 8, 0)
            EndIf
        EndIf
    WEnd
    If DirRemove($TemporaryDirectory, 1) <> 1 Then Return SetError(1, 9, 0)
    If @error Then Return SetError(1, 10, 0)
    Return 1
EndFunc   ;==>_Tweak_FF

FFConfig.txt

_Tweak_FF.au3

Edited May 25, 2012 by Decipher

[JScript]

Very nice, thanks 4 sharing!!!

Regards,

João Carlos.