Computer Initial Setup

This page contains instructions and links for setting up a clean install of Firefox. It was blatantly copied from this page and altered to use my own personal customizations. It serves more or less as a list of programs and Firefox addons/scripts that I've installed for quick reference.

Customize Firefox

  1. Config:
  2. Extensions:
  3. Themes:
  4. Other Extensions:
  5. Greasemonkey & Stylish Scripts: Old, not working, or unnecessary:
  6. Other Firefox setup:
  7. Search Engine Plugins:
  8. Adblock filters:
  9. Dictionary Search setup: 
    Search Dictionary for "$"
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=$

Search Wikipedia for "$"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=$&sourceid=mozilla-search

Search Google for "$"
http://www.google.com/search?q=$&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Windows Applications & Utilities

  1. Main Applications:
  2. Install from CD:
  3. Other utilities:

Customize Thunderbird

  1. Extensions:
  2. Fonts (in Linux): Variable=Sans Serif 18px, Serif=Nimbus Roman No9 L, Sans-serif=DejaVu Sans, Monospace=DejaVu Sans Mono 16px.

Windows Explorer

  1. To open Explorer at C:\ in explore mode by default when pressing winkey+E:
    1. Open Registry Editor to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Folder \ shell \ explore
    2. Export key to backup
    3. In ddeexec, change value for (default) to 
      [ExploreFolder("%l", %I, %S)]
    4. In command, change value for (default) to 
      %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /e,/idlist,%I,%L

Miscellaneous

  1. Background highlight color for current line in text editors:
  2. Enable extension compatibility with newer versions of Firefox:
    Enter about:config in the URL bar and then make the following changes: