Proper way to create a customized user profile

[terranigma]

Hi all,
I have to create a standard profile for all users at work. I want to keep all customizations (imported certificates, proxy settings, language packs, search engines etc. ) except browsing data. Copying a cleared profile (approx 14mb in size) just works but I wonder that if I can pick only needed files to reduce size due to portability reasons.

[moonbat]

I doubt there's anything extraneous. You seem to be going about it the right way - start with a fresh profile, customize it, exit PM and then make a backup copy of the profile directory to be copied to different users.

[adesh]

That's pretty much it but for more "cleanliness" probably you should also remove some values like cache sizes, some timestamps and appVersions from prefs.js file and such.