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Firefox 3.x
Company: Mozilla
Setup Type: Legacy setup with no known support
Package Difficulty Rating: Somewhat Easy (2) [ Rate It or View Ratings ]
Most Commonly Reported Method: Vendor Provided Command Line (switch driven)
Record Created On: 6/18/2008
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Full Name: Mozilla Firefox (3.6b5)

Version: 3.6b5 (en-US)

Publisher: Mozilla

Uninstall String: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 4\uninstall\helper.exe C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 1\uninstall\helper.exe C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 5\uninstall\helper.exe

More Info URL: http://en-US.www.mozilla.com/en-US/

Categories: Unknown

Threat: Unknown

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Command Lines: Command line details for installation and removal of this software. Details may include available command line arguments and/or public properties.

Silent install:
setup.exe -ms

Above Entry Provided on 6/19/2008 by smedberg 		Rate It
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Silent uninstallation:

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe /S"

Above Entry Provided on 8/4/2008 by nzdude 		Rate It
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For Firefox 3.0.3 (en-US) I used the following...

Full Command Line: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" /S

This will serve as an unattended silent install for Firefox 3.0.3

Above Entry Provided on 10/23/2008 by KBOX User 		Rate It
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The recommendation is to use the /INI switch.

http://wiki.mozilla.org/Installer:Command_Line_Arguments

Above Entry Provided on 12/18/2008 by rhyous 		Rate It
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For a silent install of v3.0.5, I recommend the following:

"<install directory>\Firefox Setup 3.0.5.exe" /S

Above Entry Provided on 12/23/2008 by jmadd30135 		Rate It
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"~%dp0Firefox Setup 3.0.7.exe" -ms
copy ~%dp0override.ini "%programfiles%\Mozilla Firefox\"
copy /Y %~dp0firefox.js %programfiles%\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\

where override.ini disable the Import Bookmark Wizard.
firefox.js contains your firefox default settings.

read more here

Above Entry Provided on 3/23/2009 by jbappdeploy 		Rate It
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Mozilla changed the Silent install for FireFox 3.5.

The /s switch no longer works.

Instead use: -ms

example:

{DIP}\APL\Firefox 3.5\FirefoxSetup35\setup.exe -ms

Above Entry Provided on 7/2/2009 by zingo255 		Rate It
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To make firefox default browser silently, use following command:

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" /SetAsDefaultappGlobal

To remove desktop and Quick Launch shortcuts, use following command:

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" /Hideshortcuts

Above Entry Provided on 9/3/2009 by sss.sagar 		Rate It
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To install or update 2.x, 3.x versions (keeping the user profiles)

> "Firefox Setup 3.5.6.exe" -ms

Above Entry Provided on 1/5/2010 by migus 		Rate It
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FF 3.5.7 installs silently with
"Firefox Setup 3.5.7.exe" -ms /INI=firefox.ini

whereas firefox.ini in my case was:
[Install]
CloseAppNoPrompt=false
DesktopShortcut=true

Some more infos in the Mozilla wiki at
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Talk:Installer:Command_Line_Arguments
(combine two lines of URL if broken)

Above Entry Provided on 1/7/2010 by hl351ge 		Rate It
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3.6
Full unc & no combination of /S, ms, /ini

c:\firefox3.6\setup.exe" /INI="c:\firefox3.6\firefox.ini"

Ini:
[Install]
InstallDirectoryName=Mozilla Firefox
QuickLaunchShortcut=false
DesktopShortcut=false

Copy 'override.ini' file in your c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefoxini
[XRE]
EnableProfileMigrator=false

To change personal setting (for instance: 'auto update')
Copy firefox.js in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref
with settings like
"app.update.enabled", false
where default is true

Above Entry Provided on 1/26/2010 by maup33 		Rate It
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I'd like to add to the above, that without any fancy customization you can set all of the default settings by launching "firefox -p" from a command line, creating a new profile located at %PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profile, and then copying that profile down to a machine in the same location just after install. This will force firefox to copy your customized profile as the template whenever firefox is launched for the first time.

Above Entry Provided on 2/5/2010 by Pitcherj 		Rate It
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Notes: Shared "notes from the field" covering how to handle the automated installation of this software.

Using Wise Package Studio, captured the Mozilla installer, selecting the desired options. Made adjustments to the Start Menu and install directory to mesh with corporate standards, removed the files captured in the installing account's directory, removed profile-specific INIs. Compiled into an MSI and was able to distribute via Active Directory.

Above Entry Provided on 6/19/2008 by msalsbury 		Rate It
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-Capture the C:\Temp files/folders created by "Firefox Setup 3.0.exe
-Once you have these files these will be your source files
-Silent Install : setup.exe /S

Above Entry Provided on 6/19/2008 by pepette9398 		Rate It
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To disable the import wizard from prompting you to import settings and data create an override.ini file in the program folder (C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\) and copy the following lines:

[XRE]
EnableProfileMigrator=false

Above Entry Provided on 11/4/2008 by oilernut 		Rate It
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To set the default homepage for new users, edit the following file:

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browserconfig.properties

Above Entry Provided on 5/26/2009 by MSIPackager 		Rate It
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If you want to apply specific settings for Firefox deployment you need to customize "prefs.js" file in the %ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profile folder.

Necessary preferences can be taken from http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html#prefs or, you can set up installed Firefox yourself and replace "prefs.js" file from %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<number>.default\ with "prefs.js" in Installation directory (mentioned in the beginning).

Above Entry Provided on 8/5/2009 by patashnik 		Rate It
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Useful for all versions. (This made for 3.5.5)
Unpack files by starting the installer and go to %temp%. (Write %temp% in explorer address bar)
Copy the files and abort the installation.

Create config.ini file with the content below:
[Install]
QuickLaunchShortcut=false
DesktopShortcut=false

More alternatives: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Installer:Command_Line_Arguments

Use commandline:
setup.exe /INI=\\path\config.ini

The installation will be silent without progress bar. Nothing will show up for the user.

Above Entry Provided on 11/20/2009 by Arvidb 		Rate It
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Deploying a new certificate in Firefox, post installation.

Download NSS Certutil somewhere here: https://developer.mozilla.org/NSS_3.12.4_release_notes

And NSPR: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/nspr/release-notes/nspr482.html

Download and copy all the files into folder nsstools.
Copy the *.cer file into the folder.

Make a .cmd file something like this:

rem @echo off
rem this expects NSS certutil, its required libraries and %CACERT%
rem to be in directory %SOFTWARE%\nsstools
set SOFTWARE=\\Server\software
set CACERT=certificate.cer
set CACERTNAME=certificate
set USERSTORAGE="%APPDATA%"

rem test if cert already installed (and copied into appdir)
if exist "%APPDATA%\%CACERT%" goto end

:install
rem copy nsstools with cert to the PC, install for ff
xcopy /S/C/I/Q/Y "%SOFTWARE%\nsstools" "%TEMP%\nsstools"

:ff
if not exist "%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles" ( echo no Firefox profile found
) else (
for /D %%X in ("%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*") do "%TEMP%\nsstools\certutil" -A -n "%CACERTNAME%" -t "TC,TC,TC" -i "%TEMP%\nsstools\%CACERT%" -d "%%~fX"
)

:postinstall
rem copy cert into users appdir to show we're done and delete nsstools
copy /Y "%SOFTWARE%\nsstools\%CACERT%" "%APPDATA%\%CACERT%"
if exist "%TEMP%\nsstools" del /S/Q "%TEMP%\nsstools"

:end

OK, now edit the -t option or whatever option, to your needs. Info on the certutil application can be found here:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/tools/certutil.html#1034010

Its supposed to work with .crt files also.

Above Entry Provided on 12/8/2009 by Arvidb 		Rate It
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Terminal Services: Notes on how to address problems working with this software in a Terminal Services session as with Citrix shared environments.

You can install global add-ons / extensions for a shared pc like Windows 2003 Terminal Server with the following command line:

firefox.exe -install-global-extension <path>\myextension.xpi

Above Entry Provided on 4/22/2009 by dodgy 		Rate It
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