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Remove Firefox Homepage

Summary​

Removes homepage from the Firefox browser. CW RMM implementation of Remove-FirefoxHomepage.

Sample Run​

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Dependencies​

Remove-FirefoxHomepage

Task Creation​

Create a new Script Editor style script in the system to implement this Task.
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Name: Remove Firefox Homepage
Description: Removes homepage from the Firefox browser.
Category: Application

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Task​

Navigate to the Script Editor Section and start by adding a row. You can do this by clicking the Add Row button at the bottom of the script page.
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A blank function will appear.
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Row 1 Function: PowerShell Script​

Search and select the PowerShell Script function.
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The following function will pop up on the screen:
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Paste in the following PowerShell script and set the Expected time of script execution in seconds to 300 seconds. Click the Save button.

#region Setup - Variables
$ProjectName = 'Remove-FirefoxHomepage'
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [enum]::ToObject([Net.SecurityProtocolType], 3072)
$BaseURL = 'https://file.provaltech.com/repo'
$PS1URL = "$BaseURL/script/$ProjectName.ps1"
$WorkingDirectory = "C:\ProgramData\_automation\script\$ProjectName"
$PS1Path = "$WorkingDirectory\$ProjectName.ps1"
$Workingpath = $WorkingDirectory
$LogPath = "$WorkingDirectory\$ProjectName-log.txt"
$ErrorLogPath = "$WorkingDirectory\$ProjectName-Error.txt"
#endregion
#region Setup - Folder Structure
New-Item -Path $WorkingDirectory -ItemType Directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
try {
    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $PS1URL -OutFile $PS1path -UseBasicParsing -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
    if (!(Test-Path -Path $PS1Path )) {
        throw ('Failed to download the script from ''{0}'', and no local copy of the script exists on the machine. Reason: {1}' -f $PS1URL, $($Error[0].Exception.Message))
    }
}
#endregion
#region Execution
if ($Parameters) {
    & $PS1Path @Parameters
} else {
    & $PS1Path
}
#endregion
if ( !(Test-Path $LogPath) ) {
    throw 'PowerShell Failure. A Security application seems to have restricted the execution of the PowerShell Script.'
}
if ( Test-Path $ErrorLogPath ) {
    $ErrorContent = ( Get-Content -Path $ErrorLogPath )
    throw $ErrorContent
}
Get-Content -Path $LogPath

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Row 2 Function: Script Log​

Add a new row by clicking the Add Row button.
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A blank function will appear.
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Search and select the Script Log function.
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The following function will pop up on the screen:
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In the script log message, simply type %Output% and click the Save button
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Click the Save button at the top-right corner of the screen to save the script.
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Completed Task​

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Output​

  • Script Log
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