Set Firefox Homepage

Summary

Applies a homepage to Firefox. CW RMM implementation of Set-FirefoxHomepage.

Sample Run

Dependencies

Set-FirefoxHomepage

User Parameters

Name	Example	Required	Type	Description
Homepage	https://www.provaltech.com	True	Text String	The URL to the desired homepage.
EnforceHomepageStartup	0/1	False	Flag	Sets the browser to display the homepage on startup.

Task Creation

Create a new Script Editor style script in the system to implement this Task.

Name: Set Firefox Homepage
Description: Applies a homepage to Firefox.
Category: Application

Parameters

Homepage

Add a new parameter by clicking the Add Parameter button present at the top-right corner of the screen.

This screen will appear.

• Set Homepage in the Parameter Name field.
• Enable the Required Field button.
• Select Text String from the Parameter Type dropdown menu.
• Click the Save button.

EnforceHomepageStartup:

Add a new parameter by clicking the Add Parameter button present at the top-right corner of the screen.

This screen will appear.

• Set EnforceHomepageStartup in the Parameter Name field.
• Select Flag from the Parameter Type dropdown menu.
• Click the Save button.

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.

A blank function will appear.

Row 1 Function: PowerShell Script

Search and select the PowerShell Script function.

The following function will pop up on the screen:

Paste in the following PowerShell script and set the Expected time of script execution in seconds to 300 seconds. Click the Save button.

#region parameters
$Homepage = '@Homepage@'
$EnforceHomepageStartup = '@EnforceHomepageStartup@'
if ( $Homepage -match '\SHomePage\S' -or ($null -eq $Homepage) ) {
    throw 'Homepage is not set correctly.'
} elseif ( $Homepage.Length -lt 2 ) {
    throw 'Homepage is not set correctly.'
}
$parameters = @{
    Homepage = $Homepage
}
if ( $EnforceHomepageStartup -match '1|Yes|True' ) {
    $parameters.Add('EnforceHomepageStartup', $true)
}
#region Setup - Variables
$ProjectName = 'Set-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

Row 2 Function: Script Log

Add a new row by clicking the Add Row button.

A blank function will appear.

Search and select the Script Log function.

The following function will pop up on the screen:

In the script log message, simply type %Output% and click the Save button.

Click the Save button at the top-right corner of the screen to save the script.

Completed Script

Output

• Script Log