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I want to install firefox 59.0.2 silently / unattended - how do i stop the firefox installation window appearing and stop firefox launching after install?

Duffman84
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I am trying to install firefox 59.0.2 silently from the cmd line however the firefox window appears with the installation status... How can i stop this from appearing?

Here is the command i am using:

installer.exe /INI=c:\Firefox.ini

Contents of Ini:

[Install] InstallDirectoryPath=C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox QuickLaunchShortcut=false DesktopShortcut=false StartMenuShortcuts=true MaintenanceService=true

Firefox also launches after installation - how can ist

I am trying to install firefox 59.0.2 silently from the cmd line however the firefox window appears with the installation status... How can i stop this from appearing? Here is the command i am using: installer.exe /INI=c:\Firefox.ini Contents of Ini: [Install] InstallDirectoryPath=C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox QuickLaunchShortcut=false DesktopShortcut=false StartMenuShortcuts=true MaintenanceService=true Firefox also launches after installation - how can ist

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Hope this helps, https://goo.gl/B1C1Tm

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Sajjad Bin Samad
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Hope this helps, https://goo.gl/B1C1Tm

Duffman84
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Thank you for your response.

I downloaded the offline version of Firefox and used an ini to install it silently! Worked perfectly!

bfc-operations
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Duffman84 said

Thank you for your response. I downloaded the offline version of Firefox and used an ini to install it silently! Worked perfectly!

<<< Original response/question removed >>>

I was looking for help in the scripting process, but as I didn't need anything too fancy with the install I merely used: 

   [file path]\Firefox_Setup_56.0.exe -ms

Worked like a charm.

I did try only a couple times: 

   [file path]\Firefox_Setup_56.0.exe /INI=[file path]\firefox.ini

I couldn't get it to work right - no bother.

- Brian

Modified by bfc-operations