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Mozila Firefox and Proxy Pac file

I have deployed a proxy Pac file to our users via GP. It works perfect with Internet Explorer, but it has not applied to Firefox.

First question is, how do I deploy this via GP to Firefox?
Second question is regarding testing the PAC file. See below.

I add the location (same as the one used for IE) in the "Automatic Proxy Configuration URL".
file://\\pac file location\proxy.pac
But after clicking OK, the path changes to file:////pac file location/proxy.pac, so it wont work.

Can I only use Web URL's for Firefox and not share file locations?

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sweetfa2

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Mayogroup

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The file opens via File>open file, but if I use that path in the auto proxy config url, it doesnt seem to apply.

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LinuxNinja

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Mayogroup

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I'm not sure what I am doing wrong then.
I have tried as you said and it just seems to use direct access still.

The equivalent path for IE works so it's not a permissions issue.

Not sure how to test where the error lies.

Mayogroup

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I have also tried deploying a WPAD file through DHCP, hosted on an internal server. Once again werks perfect for IE, but not firefox.
It must be my PAC/WPAD file. Is it meant to be different for Firefox and IE?

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Mayogroup

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Pac file is attached.

Mayogroup

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Ill try again. Pac file is renamed to proxy.txt (is it wont allow *.pac)
proxy.txt