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This page is for Mozilla Firefox, available from [http://www.getfirefox.com GetFirefox.com].
== Installation == Note the high priority - Firefox should be installed before plugins, like [[Flash Player|Adobe Flash Player]] or [[Authorware Player|Adobe Authorware Player]] etc (or this could be achieved with dependencies). Command-line options for the installer are documented [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Installer:Command_Line_Arguments here], which also describes how to use a config.ini file for basic configuration of the Firefox install. === Firefox 3.6 series ===
The 'revision' is left for you to change to the version of Firefox WPKG packaging within your own system.
In this series the silent install command line switch must be "-ms" because "/S" is broken ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506867 bug 506867], except for the uninstall, it seems), even though [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Installer:Command_Line_Arguments Installer:Command_Line_Arguments] says "-ms" is deprecated.
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==== Firefox 3.6 Series Extension Templates ====
As stated in: [[Firefox#Firefox_3_extensions]] the "install-global-extension" switch doesn't work starting with Firefox 3.6.
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=== Firefox 3.5 series basic installation == Note the high priority - Firefox should be installed before plugins, like [[Flash Player|Adobe Flash Player]] or [[Authorware Player|Adobe Authorware Player]] etc (or this could be achieved with dependencies). Commandline options for the installer are documented [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Installer:Command_Line_Arguments here], which also describes how to use a config.ini file for basic configuration of the Firefox install.=
In this series the silent install command line switch must be "-ms" because "/S" is broken ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506867 bug 506867], except for the uninstall, it seems), even though [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Installer:Command_Line_Arguments Installer:Command_Line_Arguments] says "-ms" is deprecated.
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=== Firefox 3.0 series basic installation == Note the high priority - Firefox should be installed before plugins, like [[Flash Player|Adobe Flash Player]] or [[Authorware Player|Adobe Authorware Player]] etc (or this could be achieved with dependencies). Commandline options for the installer are documented [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Installer:Command_Line_Arguments here], which also describes how to use a config.ini file for basic configuration of the Firefox install.=
As the Firefox installer now nicely upgrades and doesn't leave the old one in the registry, there is no need to differentiate versions in "package id".
When a new version comes out, replace every occurrence of the version number in the installer file from, e.g. 1.5.0.4, with, e.g. 1.5.0.5 and then increment the package revision number.
Note that the Add/Remove Programs string of Firefox 1.5 is used for all subversions (1.5.0.4, 1.5.0.5 etc). We don't bump the package version number assuming that minor version upgrade works from Firefox itself. If we did, we would force reinstall on the people who already have Firefox automagically automatically updated.
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==== Firefox 3.0 Series extensions Extensions ====
'''Note:''' With Firefox 3.6, the "-install-global-extension" command line switch has been disabled.
To install extensions globally:
Install the extension by hand, this will (for IETab) create a directory "{77b819fa-95ad-4f2c-ac7c-486b356188a9}" in your %userprofile%\Mozilla\Extensions. Copy this folder to a reasonable place within your %SOFTWARE% share. To install the application, you will have to xcopy or robocopy it to your "%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\extensions" directory.
==== IETab with Firefox 3.6 ====
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==== IETab ====
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=== Firefox 2.0 series basic installation ===
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=== Firefox 1.5 series ===
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== Customization == === Make Firefox the default browser Default Browser ===
This one will set Firefox as the default browser for all users - it will try to start Firefox in the background, which will set itself as the default browser. After 10 seconds, we kill the Firefox process, as it's no longer needed, and repeat the process again to make sure we really did set the default browser to Firefox (it's needed to do it like this in some circumstances). Note the "taskkill" command exists in Windows XP Pro (and probably Windows Server 2003) but not Windows 2000 or XP Home.
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Default_browser#Windows Mozillazine on Default Browser].
=== Firefox with extensions Extensions and default profile Default Profile ===
Old version with Firefox 2 is here: [[Firefox2 extensions]].
==== New limitations on -install-global-extension parameter in version 2.0.0.7 ====
Be aware that, for security reasons, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7 will no longer allow global extensions or global themes to be installed from HTTP or UNC paths via the -install-global-extension or the -install-global-theme command line parameters:
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=== Locking user preferences / Firefox settings for all users (like proxy etc.) ===
Add this to the end of all.js file (you will find this file in "%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\"):
http://www.baby-gnu.org/~nebu/firefox-autoconfiguration.cfg
== Disabling auto update = Disable Automatic Update ===
If Firefox is started by a user without administrative powers, automatic Firefox update will fail - which is harmless, but can confuse some users.
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=== Firefox Client Customization Kit ===
The [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2553 Firefox Client Customization Kit] makes it easy for administrators to customize Firefox with home page settings, proxies, extensions, etc. Also, you can lock preferences so that you users cannot change them. Version 1.2 has introduced support for Firefox 3.x, version 1.2.5 has dropped support for Firefox 2.x and only works for Firefox 3.x and later.