@ECHO OFF & SETLOCAL DisableDelayedExpansion TITLE prefs.js cleaner REM ### prefs.js cleaner for Windows REM ## author: @claustromaniac REM ## version: 2.7 CD /D "%~dp0" IF /I "%~1"=="-unattended" (SET _ua=1) :begin ECHO: ECHO: ECHO ######################################## ECHO #### prefs.js cleaner for Windows #### ECHO #### by claustromaniac #### ECHO #### v2.7 #### ECHO ######################################## ECHO: CALL :message "This script should be run from your Firefox profile directory." ECHO It will remove any entries from prefs.js that also exist in user.js. CALL :message "This will allow inactive preferences to be reset to their default values." ECHO This Firefox profile shouldn't be in use during the process. CALL :message "" TIMEOUT 1 /nobreak >nul IF NOT DEFINED _ua ( CHOICE /C SHE /N /M "Start [S] Help [H] Exit [E]" CLS IF ERRORLEVEL 3 (EXIT /B) IF ERRORLEVEL 2 (GOTO :showhelp) ) IF NOT EXIST "user.js" (CALL :abort "user.js not found in the current directory." 30) IF NOT EXIST "prefs.js" (CALL :abort "prefs.js not found in the current directory." 30) CALL :strlenCheck CALL :FFcheck CALL :message "Backing up prefs.js..." FOR /F "delims=" %%# IN ('powershell get-date -format "{yyyyMMdd_HHmmss}"') DO @SET ldt=%%# COPY /B /V /Y prefs.js "prefs-backup-%ldt%.js" CALL :message "Cleaning prefs.js..." CALL :cleanup CALL :message "All done!" TIMEOUT 5 >nul ENDLOCAL EXIT /B REM ########## Abort Function ########### :abort CALL :message %1 TIMEOUT %~2 >nul EXIT REM ########## Message Function ######### :message ECHO: ECHO: %~1 ECHO: GOTO :EOF REM ### string length Check Function #### :strlenCheck SET /a cnt=0 setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION FOR /F "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%G IN ('FINDSTR /N "^" prefs.js') DO ( ECHO:%%H >nul SET /a cnt += 1 IF /I "%%G" NEQ "!cnt!" ( ECHO: CALL :message "ERROR: line !cnt! in prefs.js is too long." (CALL :abort "Aborting ..." 30) ) ) endlocal GOTO :EOF REM ####### Firefox Check Function ###### :FFcheck TASKLIST /FI "IMAGENAME eq firefox.exe" 2>NUL | FIND /I /N "firefox.exe">NUL IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 ( CLS CALL :message "Firefox is still running." ECHO If you're not currently using this profile you can continue, otherwise CALL :message "close Firefox first!" ECHO: PAUSE CLS CALL :message "Resuming..." TIMEOUT 5 /nobreak >nul ) GOTO :EOF REM ######### Cleanup Function ########## :cleanup FOR /F tokens^=2^ delims^=^'^" %%G IN ('FINDSTR /R /C:"^[^\"']*user_pref[ ]*\([ ]*[\"'][^\"']*[\"'][ ]*," user.js') DO ( IF NOT ""=="%%G" (SET "[%%G]=1") ) ( FOR /F "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%G IN ('FINDSTR /N "^" prefs.js') DO ( IF ""=="%%H" ( ECHO: ) ELSE ( FOR /F tokens^=1^,2^ delims^=^"^' %%I IN ("%%H") DO ( IF NOT DEFINED [%%J] (ECHO:%%H) ) ) ) )>tempcleanedprefs MOVE /Y tempcleanedprefs prefs.js GOTO :EOF REM ############### Help ################## :showhelp MODE 80,34 CLS CALL :message "This script creates a backup of your prefs.js file before doing anything." ECHO It should be safe, but you can follow these steps if something goes wrong: ECHO: CALL :message " 1. Make sure Firefox is closed." ECHO 2. Delete prefs.js in your profile folder. CALL :message " 3. Delete Invalidprefs.js if you have one in the same folder." ECHO 4. Rename or copy your latest backup to prefs.js. CALL :message " 5. Run Firefox and see if you notice anything wrong with it." ECHO 6. If you do notice something wrong, especially with your extensions, CALL :message " and/or with the UI, go to about:support, and restart Firefox with" ECHO add-ons disabled. Then, restart it again normally, and see if the CALL :message " problems were solved." ECHO: CALL :message "If you are able to identify the cause of your issues, please bring it up" ECHO on arkenfox user.js GitHub repository. ECHO: ECHO: PAUSE CLS GOTO :begin REM #####################################