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‎Feb 09, 2010
03:35 PM
Set Firefox as default browser and silently install plugin
Hi
I have a basic msi that installs my application which has a dependency on Mozilla Firefox being the default browser and needs an additional plugin installed. These actions also need to be performed silently.
Please can anyone advise as to the best way to achieve this?
Many thanks
Cheers
M
I have a basic msi that installs my application which has a dependency on Mozilla Firefox being the default browser and needs an additional plugin installed. These actions also need to be performed silently.
Please can anyone advise as to the best way to achieve this?
Many thanks
Cheers
M
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‎Feb 09, 2010
05:28 PM
Hi There,
A couple threads that boil this down to registry changes:
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/45525/q-how-can-i-set-the-default-browser-on-my-computer-back-to-microsoft-internet-explorer-ie.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/170215-46-default-browser-registry
Regarding the plugin, most plugins have installers (or are just a file copy away from being installed to a 'plugins' folder).
Do you have an *.xpi file or similar? For these:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=1241506
A couple threads that boil this down to registry changes:
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/45525/q-how-can-i-set-the-default-browser-on-my-computer-back-to-microsoft-internet-explorer-ie.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/170215-46-default-browser-registry
Regarding the plugin, most plugins have installers (or are just a file copy away from being installed to a 'plugins' folder).
Do you have an *.xpi file or similar? For these:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=1241506
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‎Feb 10, 2010
04:09 AM
Hi
Many thanks for the tips, much appreciated.
In the end I used used the following reg key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions
Created a new string value using the plugin ID as the string name which pointed to the physical location where I copied the extracted xpi to.
Cheers
M
Many thanks for the tips, much appreciated.
In the end I used used the following reg key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions
Created a new string value using the plugin ID as the string name which pointed to the physical location where I copied the extracted xpi to.
Cheers
M