Thursday, 23 June 2011

Packaging Mozilla FIrefox 3.6.3


Create  msi for the given media (Firefox Setup 3.6.3.exe) using Setupcapture.
1. Add the following files to Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profile\extensions.    (According to the given instructions)
firebug-1.5.3-fx.xpi
greasemonkey-0.8.20100408.6-fx.xpi
httpfox-0.8.6-fx+sm.xpi
selenium-ide-1.0.6.xpi
tamper_data-11.0.1-fx.xpi

2. The following changes are made to the file firefox.js (located at  [ProgramFilesFolder]Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\)
Changed the values  from True to False on the following lines:
pref("app.update.enabled", true);
pref("app.update.auto", true);
pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", true);
pref("general.startup.browser", true);
Changed the value to 0 in the following line
pref("app.update.mode", 1);
The following line was added to the firefox.js file
// Preferences for the Get Add-ons pane
pref("extensions.checkCompatibility", false)

3. Add the  file  "override.ini" under "[ProgramFilesFolder]Mozilla Firefox\" with the below information:
[XRE]
EnableProfileMigrator=false
This will suppress the Import wizard that pops-up when shortcut is launched.

No comments:

Post a Comment