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The account performing the installation will require administrative privileges to properly complete the installation. | The account performing the installation will require administrative privileges to properly complete the installation. | ||
<tt><path to setup executable> | Silent install:<br> | ||
<tt><path to setup executable> -ms</tt> | |||
Silent uninstall:<br> | |||
All version of Firefox<br> | |||
/ | <tt><path to setup executable> /S</tt> | ||
Firefox 4.0 and later<br> | |||
<tt><path to setup executable> -ms</tt> | |||
Configuration ini file:<br> | |||
<tt><path to setup executable> [/INI=<<b>full path</b> to configuration ini file>]</tt> | <tt><path to setup executable> [/INI=<<b>full path</b> to configuration ini file>]</tt> | ||
When specifying a configuration ini file the installer will always run silently. When specifying a Configuration ini file other command line switches should not be specified and may have unexpected results<br> | When specifying a configuration ini file the installer will always run silently. When specifying a Configuration ini file other command line switches should not be specified and may have unexpected results<br> | ||
/INI=<<b>full path</b> to configuration ini file> | /INI=<<b>full path</b> to configuration ini file> |
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IMPORTANT:
DO NOT MIX command line options from different lines below (e.g. don't mix /S with /INI, etc.)
The account performing the installation will require administrative privileges to properly complete the installation.
Silent install:
<path to setup executable> -ms
Silent uninstall:
All version of Firefox
<path to setup executable> /S
Firefox 4.0 and later
<path to setup executable> -ms
Configuration ini file:
<path to setup executable> [/INI=<full path to configuration ini file>]
When specifying a configuration ini file the installer will always run silently. When specifying a Configuration ini file other command line switches should not be specified and may have unexpected results
/INI=<full path to configuration ini file>
Configuration ini file syntax and available settings:
[Install] ; The name of the directory where the application will be installed in the ; system's program files directory. The security ; context the installer is running in must have write access to the ; installation directory. Also, the directory must not exist or if it exists ; it must be a directory and not a file. If any of these conditions are not met ; the installer will abort the installation with an error level of 2. If this ; value is specified then InstallDirectoryPath will be ignored. ; InstallDirectoryName=Mozilla Firefox ; The full path to the directory to install the application. The security ; context the installer is running in must have write access to the ; installation directory. Also, the directory must not exist or if it exists ; it must be a directory and not a file. If any of these conditions are not met ; the installer will abort the installation with an error level of 2. ; InstallDirectoryPath=c:\firefox\ ; By default all of the following shortcuts are created. To prevent the ; creation of a shortcut specify false for the shortcut you don't want created. ; ; Create a shortcut for the application in the current user's QuickLaunch ; directory. ; QuickLaunchShortcut=false ; ; Create a shortcut for the application on the desktop. This will create the ; shortcut in the All Users Desktop directory and if that fails this will ; attempt to create the shortcuts in the current user's Start Menu directory. ; DesktopShortcut=false ; ; Create shortcuts for the application in the Start Menu. This will create the ; shortcuts in the All Users Start Menu directory and if that fails this will ; attempt to create the shortcuts in the current user's Start Menu directory. ; StartMenuShortcuts=false ; The directory name to use for the StartMenu folder. ; note: if StartMenuShortcuts=false is specified then this will be ignored. ; StartMenuDirectoryName=Mozilla Firefox