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I created a new, clean (test) profile to use w/ Fx 35 & imported user.js from old profile.
Then launched Fx w/ the new profile (no addons).
Browser behavior doesn't follow the prefs in user.js.
I checked prefs.js & it shows the same prefs as in user.js, that's in the same profile.
Like, user.js has: "user_pref("browser.urlbar.trimURLs", false);.
And prefs.js in the new profile shows that also, but Fx still trims the "http" off of URLs.
Same w/ the user.js entry: user_pref("browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab", false);.
It still closes Fx if last tab is closed (unless I change it in about:config).
I even created a new user.js file, copied contents from old one & saved into the new profile. No change.
Any ideas?

Thanks. I created (another) new, blank file & set it to javascript (using Notepad++ editor).
Then copied all entries from old user.js to new file. Saved it to a new profile - Notepad++ verified the ext. '''was *.js''' (under "save as type").
That replaced the existing user.js in this profile (in root folder of the profile, along w/ prefs.js).
Restarted Fx using the new profile & new user.js. Some of the same user.js prefs still aren't '''used by Fx''' (like: user_pref("browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab", false);.
Because, the pref in about:config isn't being changed from True to False (& prefs.js isn't picking up the entry from user.js).
And, after starting Fx w/ the new(est) user.js, the prefs.js '''didn't have''' that entry from the user.js: user_pref("browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab", false);.
Prefs.js should be picking up the user.js entries, once Fx is restarted - yes? Maybe I need to delete the prefs.js (from new profile), and just restart Fx - with only the user.js in it?
I assume Fx would then create a new prefs.js, and ? should also pick up entries from user.js?
Here's contents of newly created user.js (saved as a javascript file).
<code>* Do not remove the @namespace line -- it's required for correct functioning
@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* set default namespace to XUL */
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar", 0);
user_pref("app.update.auto", false);
user_pref("browser.cache.disk.enable", false);
user_pref("browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run", false);
user_pref("browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value", 573440);
user_pref("browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl", false);
user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 512000);
user_pref("browser.cache.memory.max_entry_size", 51200);
user_pref("browser.display.use_document_fonts", 0);
user_pref("browser.download.dir", "E:\\DOWNLOADS");
user_pref("browser.download.manager.closeWhenDone", true);
user_pref("browser.download.manager.retention", 0);
user_pref("browser.download.panel.shown", true);
user_pref("browser.download.save_converter_index", 0);
user_pref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false);
user_pref("browser.formfill.enable", false);
user_pref("browser.history_expire_days.mirror", 3);
user_pref("browser.history_expire_days_min", 1);
user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled", true);
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.search.openintab"; true);
user_pref("browser.search.update", false);
user_pref("browser.search.useDBForOrder", true);
user_pref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level", 2);
user_pref("browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash", false);
user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "about:blank");
user_pref("browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab", false);
user_pref("browser.tabs.loadInBackground", false);
user_pref("browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.urlbar.trimURLs", false);
user_pref("config.trim_on_minimize; true");
user_pref("font.minimum-size.x-western", 15);
user_pref("font.name.sans-serif.x-western", "DejaVu Sans");
user_pref("font.name.serif.x-western", "DejaVu Serif");
user_pref("font.size.fixed.x-western", 14);
user_pref("geo.enabled", false);
user_pref("layout.spellcheckDefault", 2);
user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 2);
user_pref("network.cookie.prefsMigrated", true);
user_pref("network.prefetch-next", false);
user_pref("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns", true);
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", "2000");
user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
user_pref("ui.textSelectBackgroundAttention", "red");
user_pref(“general.useragent.override”, “Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:34.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/34.0“);
user_pref(“pdfjs.disabled", true);
user_pref("ui.SpellCheckerUnderlineStyle", 4);</code>

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