Support Menu (Mozilla Firefox Group Policy)

What it does

If this policy is enabled, a new menuitem is added to the help menu with support information. If this policy is disabled or not configured, no menuitem is added.

What it writes

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry key: Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\SupportMenu

Options

Option	Type	Registry value	Allowed values
URLRequired	Text	`Title`	Up to 255 characters
Access keyRequired	Text	`URL`	Up to 255 characters
SupportMenuAccessKey	Text	`AccessKey`	Up to 255 characters

Configure and deploy

Choose a state and the option values; the output below is generated from the template for exactly that.

Fix the highlighted options to generate output.

History 85 retained releases

7.220 Aug 2025
- Description If this policy is enabled, a new menu[added: ]item is added to the help menu with support information. If this policy is disabled or not configured, no menu[added: ]item is added.
  Whole description, marked
  If this policy is enabled, a new menu[added: ]item is added to the help menu with support information. If this policy is disabled or not configured, no menu[added: ]item is added.
6.69 Jan 2025
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6.011 Jul 2024
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1.93 Sep 2019
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1.8.229 Jul 2019
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65 later releases left it unchanged.

Template

Internal name: SupportMenu
Namespace: Mozilla.Policies.Firefox
Template file: firefox.admx
Release: Mozilla Firefox 3.9 · file set 46eea69011fff735…

Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="Both" displayName="$(string.SupportMenu)" explainText="$(string.SupportMenu_Explain)" key="Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\SupportMenu" name="SupportMenu" presentation="$(presentation.SupportMenu)" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:firefox" />
      <supportedOn ref="Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:SUPPORTED_FF6801" />
      <elements>
        <text id="SupportMenuTitle" required="true" valueName="Title" />
        <text id="SupportMenuURL" required="true" valueName="URL" />
        <text id="SupportMenuAccessKey" valueName="AccessKey" />
      </elements>
    </policy>

Editor controls

<presentation id="SupportMenu" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
        <text>Title:</text>
        <textBox refId="SupportMenuTitle">
          <label />
        </textBox>
        <text>URL:</text>
        <textBox refId="SupportMenuURL">
          <label />
        </textBox>
        <text>Access key:</text>
        <textBox refId="SupportMenuAccessKey">
          <label />
        </textBox>
      </presentation>

Supported platforms and category

Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:category:firefox
<category displayName="$(string.firefox)" name="firefox" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Mozilla.Policies:Cat_Mozilla" />
    </category>
Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:definition:SUPPORTED_FF6801
<definition displayName="$(string.SUPPORTED_FF6801)" name="SUPPORTED_FF6801" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
Mozilla.Policies:category:Cat_Mozilla
<category displayName="$(string.mozilla)" name="Cat_Mozilla" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:category:firefox
<category displayName="$(string.firefox)" name="firefox" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Mozilla.Policies:Cat_Mozilla" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:firefox">Firefox</string></strings>
Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:definition:SUPPORTED_FF6801
<definition displayName="$(string.SUPPORTED_FF6801)" name="SUPPORTED_FF6801" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:SUPPORTED_FF6801">Firefox 68.0.1 or later, Firefox 68.0.1 ESR or later</string></strings>
Mozilla.Policies:category:Cat_Mozilla
<category displayName="$(string.mozilla)" name="Cat_Mozilla" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="Mozilla.Policies:mozilla">Mozilla</string></strings>