Set Firefox as default browser and silently install plugin

[mournblade]

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

[Cary_R]

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

[mournblade]

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