= Silent installation of Thunderbird extensions =
== deploy with thunderbird ==
To deploy a extension with thunderbird for the first time (the user does not already have an profile) or if you have an updated version of thunderbird simply place the extensions in the in the application's distribution directory %PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Thunderbird\distribution\extensions ([https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Developer_Guide/Customizing_Firefox#Including_extensions_with_your_distribution_of_Firefox source]).
== deploy later ===== Version 4 or later ===To silently install Thunderbird extensionsto Thunderbird version 4 or later, do you have to put them in the following:%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Thunderbird\extensions directory. Unpacking the xpi is mostly not needed any more (there are some rare exceptions, like dictionaries)
Thunderbird versions 4 To make sure, this is silent and later:* Download to disable the extension* Determine warning request on startup to allow the extension's ID number. The easiest way to do this is to install it normallyinstallation, then go you have to your %APPDATA%\Thunderbird\Profile\<profileID>\set '''extensions, and copy the filename of the extension you just installed. For instance, lightning-1autoDisableScopes''' to '''11''' ([http://forums.2mozillazine.1-sm+tb-windows.xpi is renamed to {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}.xpi upon installationorg/viewtopic.php?p=11434583#p11434583 see this post])* Rename the downloaded extension using its ID (or simply copy the .xpi file from your installed Set '''extensions directory).* The installer then needs shownSelectionUI''' to simply copy this file '''true''' to %PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Thunderbird\extensions. The WPKG installer will look like disable the package pasted below.* Note addon control wizard, that this is not ENTIRELY silent as of Thunderbird 9comes up once when deploy an upgrade an start with an existing profile.0. Upon startup, the user will (see a warning requesting them below an autoconfig how to allow the installationset [http://wpkg.org/Thunderbird#System-wide system wide user prefs])
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=== Versions of Thunderbird before version 4:===
* Download the extension
* The .xpi file is a zipped up set of files. Extract the files using any zip unarchiving program
When Thunderbird is next started, the new extension is detected automatically - you can verify this in Thunderbird using Tools -> Extensions.
'''NOTE''': The above Text is valid for Thunderbird before '''Version 4'''. Since V.4 xpi's does not have to extract any more, since thunderbird reads directly out of the packaged file. Unfortunately I found no way to completely silent the deploy. After first start, all extensions in subdir \extensions are deactivated. If a profile already exists and a new extension is found in the directory, the user get ask if he want to activate this extension. --[[User:Konus|Konus]] 17:32, 27 January 2012 (CET)
= Silent installation of dictionaries (spell-checking) =