[Jonnyboy]

Firefox Addon Maker v0.714

Updated 26 Dec 09


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It can be frustrating to manually reinstall Firefox with all its extensions, themes, personas and other add-ons. Even for those administrators who need to deploy Firefox on hundreds of network computers will find it a cumbersome task to do it manually. To assist you in building a silent Firefox installer with all of the settings preset, here is Firefox Addon Maker.

Features:
[*] This is a Hyper Text Application that will create a silent installer, a switchless installer(with visual queues), an addon or a Windows 7 Toolkit addon.
[*] The addons and installers can be created in Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7, 32-bit or 64-bit.
[*] The addons and installers can be installed in Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7, 32-bit or 64-bit.
[*] The addons and installers can be used with RVM, nLite, WPI, Window 7 Toolkit or WA installer.
[*] You can create an installer with all of your settings intact, an installer with no modifications. Or, anything in between.

Choose From:
[*] Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.18 through 3.6.x
[*] Firefox builds optimized for P3, SSE or SSE2 systems. Such as: Ayakawa's SSE2, Tete's SSE(2), Pigfoot's P3 or Blazing Fast's SSE2 Firefox build.

Options:
[*] Insert personal items, such as: bookmarks, passwords, cookies, history and preferences, extensions data.
[*] Insert other items, such as: extensions, plugins, components, searchplugins, dictionaries and modules.
[*] Disable the Migration Wizard that runs on first boot.
[*] Disable the Compatibility Wizard when upgrading versions.
[*] Edit the extensions\install.rdf files to update to 3.7. This will allow most extension to work with the current build.
[*] Remove Branding from the Optimized Firefox Builds. This allows programs like AI RoboForm to work with the Optimized Firefox builds.
[*] Set Firefox as the default browser.
[*] Use Resource Hacker on the Firefox.exe file and replace the icon set with your choice of a custom icon set.
[*] Create a Silent Installer or one with visual queues that can be used in a live, RVM or WPI.
[*] Create an addon that can be used with RVM, WPI or nLite.
[*] Create a Windows 7 Tools addon that can used with W7Tools or WA Installer.
[*] Create shortcuts on the desktop, pinned to the Start Menu, in Start Menu\Programs, the Quick Launch toolbar, pinned to Quick Launch or a user selected folder in Start Menu\Programs.
[*] Can create the "Pinned Apps" shortcut on the taskbar and Start Menu for some Windows 7 users (23 languages currently supported).

Customizations:
[*] Choose from any language pack available for the version of Firefox that you choose.
[*] Choose the current Firefox installation path (if you have more than one version installed).
[*] Choose to use your current Firefox Installation to build installers or addons, instead of downloading the same version to create the installer.
[*] Choose the profile to use to make the addon, it does not have to be yours. So long as you have access to the profile. The profile can be located anywhere in your system.
[*] Choose the installation path for the installers and addons. You can choose to install to any folder on the system drive.
[*] Choose the profile name and location. You can choose to create a profile of almost any name and place that profile in almost any folder on the system drive.
[*] Automatically downloads the current version of Adobe Shockwave (slim) Player, Adobe Flash Player and M$ Silverlight.
[*] Installs the current version plugins: Foxit Reader, Media Player, Office 2007, QuickTime Player, Abobe Reader, RealPlayer, Macromedia Authorware, WGA and OGA.
[*] It is completely uninstallable from within "Add or Remove Programs". It now uses the same installation process as the original files.
[*] This is completely upgradeable.
[*] Log files are created for almost all operations.

HTA Script:
[*] Creates files in the Current location.
[*] If running the hta directly in Vista or Windows 7 and UAC is enabled, you MUST Run as Administrator. This is not required if you run the self extracting file.

Installer or Addons:
[*] All of the installers and addons created use the same silent installer, with just a couple of variations.
[*] The silent installer (visual queues) uses GUIMode="1". The addon and Windows 7 Toolkit Addon uses SelfDelete="1"
[*] It is not required to run the installers with 'Run As' Administrator, this is preset in the installer. If UAC is enabled, you will be prompted to allow the installer to make changes to your system.

Compatibility:
[*] Windows XP
[*] Vista
[*] Windows 7
[*] 32-bit or 64-bit

Requirements:
[*] Ayakawa's SSE2 and tete's SSE versions requires M$ Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)
[*] vbscript requires M$ Windows Script 5.7 for WinXP
[*] hta requires M$ Windows Internet Explorer 6 or higher
[*] Internet Connection required to "Download Links" or "Check for Update"

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SIZE: 3.49 MB

This post has been edited by Jonnyboy: 26 December 2009 - 04:21 PM

[ricktendo64]

Link broken

[Jonnyboy]

link fixed

[ENU_user]

it go all my settings and plugins
my tension has now decreased by 20% addonwise

thanks !

[ccl0]

wow, i have to try this out later O_O

[Gorki]

Very nice work Jonnyboy! Works great! Aldo It would also be nice to see this nice script for FireFox 3 since it's almost in final version. Thanks! :)

[grzegorzo]

after creating addon ,nothing on desktop

[ENU_user]

i haven't uninstalled the previous and istalled the new one as an in place

now there is some runtime runtime error floating around which is causing it to crash especially when ever i hit "add reply " "submit reply"

& so yesterday and today i had found myself posting the same things twice if i wasn't careful :)

i also have a pic for some runtime error that showed up once ,lets first see if it isn't just me

i should have tried uninstalling @ first though ;) which i will later on ..

[Jonnyboy]

Gorki, on Jun 1 2008, 10:53 AM, said:

It would also be nice to see this nice script for FireFox 3 since it's almost in final version. Thanks! :)

Done

grzegorzo, on Jun 1 2008, 12:02 PM, said:

after creating addon ,nothing on desktop

It is supposed to copy the completed file to %userprofile%\desktop. I'm not sure why it wouldn't - are you using WinXP or Vista?
I will edit the script and add validation at each step, that should fix any problems.

This post has been edited by Jonnyboy: 02 June 2008 - 02:09 AM

[grzegorzo]

i use xp pro sp3 polish version and after creating addon,nothing on the desktop :(

[ENU_user]

i think im beginning to find the source of this crash as i didn't investigate enough

i must ask will this save home page settings ..

i suppose it should but here its now http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ (default)

that might be conflicting with protection utilities ,now i also reinstalled the runtimes so im checking that
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changed the home page back to the previous
will see how it goes from here on ;)

Thanks!

This post has been edited by ENU_user: 02 June 2008 - 09:18 AM

[Jonnyboy]

ENU_user, on Jun 2 2008, 04:43 AM, said:

i think im beginning to find the source of this crash as i didn't investigate enough

so i first must ask does is suppose to save the home page settings as well ..
i suppose it does but here its now http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ (default)

that might be conflicting with protection utilities ,now i also reinstalled the runtimes so im checking that first before changing the home page back to the previous

The script does not change any of your settings, it just copies them into the proper folders for the installer to use.

The homepage is stored in prefs.js and is located in %userprofile%\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[yourprofile].default. The script places this file into localized\defaults\profile for the installer and then the installer places it into %programfiles%\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profile. If you have a profile in %userprofile%\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles, Firefox will not use the files in %programfiles%\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profile to overwrite your current profile. The files in %programfiles%\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profile will only be used if there is no profile for the current user. This is where all of your user configured items are stored, ie. passwords, bookmarks, user preferences, etc., for the creation of a new profile. These files will only be used to create a new user profile not update a current user profile.
I hope I am not blathering and am understandable. And....I hope I have answered the question. :D

[Jonnyboy]

grzegorzo, on Jun 1 2008, 11:49 PM, said:

i use xp pro sp3 polish version and after creating addon,nothing on the desktop :(

I have changed the script to create the addon in the current folder. Let me know if this fixes the problem. Thx

[ENU_user]

i had used SSE2 version now ill revert to the regular version to see if that helps

if you ask me the SSE2 has issues with its updater or something ...
but i cant tell exactly

i can see you are adding other stuff ... to this addon maker

keep up the good work

thanks again

This post has been edited by ENU_user: 02 June 2008 - 10:14 AM

[Jonnyboy]

ENU_user, on Jun 2 2008, 06:12 AM, said:

if you ask me the SSE2 has issues with its updater or something ...

I don't know about updater problems, but I just started using RoboForm and it's not compatible with the Optimized edition. I have gone back to vanilla Firefox.

[ENU_user]

lol then thats the case here, thanks for the info!

[ccl0]

i went to download v0.21 and said that file had been deleted.. does that mean v0.22 is on its way? :P

[Jonnyboy]

ccl0, on Jun 2 2008, 10:40 AM, said:

i went to download v0.21 and said that file had been deleted.. does that mean v0.22 is on its way? :P

yes, v0.21 had an error in the script and it took me awhile to find and correct it.

[ccl0]

lol who knew i was psychic :D

[grzegorzo]

working perfect :) thank you :) , but downloading only english version firefox ?