Silent install of the firefox addon

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Kapil picture Kapil · Jun 21, 2010 · Viewed 11k times · Source

I am trying to install a firefox xpi silently through an msi installer. I am doing so by the following method:

Unzip my xpi in some temp dir and copy all the contents of that to the %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxx.default\extensions\<uniqueid-for-my-addon>

I expected the addon to be available the next time my firefox opens, but I am not able to get it. Can someone tell me if there is more to be done for a silent install of firefox addons?

Kapil

Answer

sdwilsh picture sdwilsh · Jun 22, 2010

You want to add your add-on via the windows registry.

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