FFaM v1.0.2.11

Updated 23 July 2012

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:

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This is a application written in C# that will create a silent installer.

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The addons and installers can be created in Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7, 32-bit or 64-bit.

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The addons and installers can be installed in Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7, 32-bit or 64-bit.

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You can create an installer with all of your settings intact, an installer with no modifications. Or, anything in between.

Choose From:

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Mozilla Firefox usually has 3 versions posted, the Current version, the Previous version and the Beta version.

Options:

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Insert personal items, such as: bookmarks, passwords, cookies, history and preferences, extensions data and sessions.

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Insert other items, such as: extensions, plugins, components, searchplugins, dictionaries and modules.

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Disable the Migration Wizard that runs on first boot.

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Disable the Compatibility Wizard when upgrading versions.

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Disable the Crash Reporter.

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Set Firefox as the default browser.

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Use Resource Hacker on the Firefox.exe file and replace the icon set with your choice of a custom icon set.

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Create a Silent Installer that can be used in a live, RVM or WPI.

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Create shortcuts on the desktop, pinned to the Start Menu, in Start MenuPrograms, the Quick Launch toolbar, pinned to Quick Launch or a user selectd folder in Start MenuPrograms.

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Can create the "Pinned Apps" shortcut on the taskbar and Start Menu for some Windows 7 users (23 languages currently supported).

Customizations:

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Choose from any language pack available for the version of Firefox that you choose, this is dependant on the languages currently posted by Mozilla.

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Choose the current Firefox installation path (if you have more than one version installed).

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Choose to use your current Firefox Installation to build installers or addons, instead of downloading the same version to create the installer.

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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.

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Choose the installation path for the firefox installer. You can choose to install to any folder on the system drive.

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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.

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Automatically downloads the current version of Adobe Shockwave (slim or full) Player and Adobe Flash Player 32-bit or 64-bit.

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Installs the current version plugins: Media Player, Office 2007 and Macromedia Authorware.

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It is completely uninstallable from within "Add or Remove Programs". It now uses the same installation process as the original files.

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This is completely upgradeable.

Installer:

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It is not required to run the installer 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:

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Windows XP

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Vista

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Windows 7

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32-bit or 64-bit

Requirements:

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M$ Windows .NET 3.5

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Internet Connection

Credits:

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Resource Hacker -

Angus Johnson

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7-zip -

Igor Pavlov

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7zsd.sfx -

Oleg N. Scherbakov

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GoRC.exe -

Jeremy Gordon

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Icons - KM7MK created a few of the icons and I created the rest from images found on the net. If, you created any of the images used in these icons, message me and I'll give you the proper credit.

Notes:

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Anyone that is willing to request additional options and functionality, must be willing to put in the time required to test those additions.

SHA1: B33C966BC80517B6DC5D6BE559CD783167AC2589

File size: 2.62MB

Changelog

Edited August 6, 201212 yr by Jonnyboy

Jonny, I may have missed something when I ran 0.442, but 0.38 made a switchless installer in SVCPACK that I could re-locate for use in WPI. This latest build uses the .cab with .inf; is there an option to have the switchless again?

I'll probably find it before u reply, but if I don't ask I'll never find it.

BTW - Thanks for putting this together. It's a beautiful thing.

Edited July 6, 200816 yr by ontheteam

Jonny, I may have missed something when I ran 0.442, but 0.38 made a switchless installer in SVCPACK that I could re-locate for use in WPI. This latest build uses the .cab with .inf; is there an option to have the switchless again?

I'll probably find it before u reply, but if I don't ask I'll never find it.

BTW - Thanks for putting this together. It's a beautiful thing.

I removed the silent install option because only the vanilla and ayakawa versions would install that way. The other 2 would crash. I would like to find out wjy they crash, before adding back in. My guess, is they use additional dll's that the installer is not aware of and that causes the crash. But, I will try to get it back into the next version.

I'll start on that after I complete Vista compatibility. I may just create a new installer and use that for the silent install.

thx

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I just read a post where I can make the inf installer into a silent exe. I will try that first.

Edited July 6, 200816 yr by Jonnyboy

Anyone have the skills, time and willingness to create a set of icons. I would like to reshack the default icons in firefox.exe with custom icons made from the image in the first post. Any help is appreciated.

i'm not terribly good at this stuff, but i threw these together

http://www.mediafire.com/?eiztlcynyb2 (files are a little too big to attach to the post)

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I just read a post where I can make the inf installer into a silent exe. I will try that first.

I found this post http://www.wincert.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=3759

In it Rick points out that we can just use WinRAR SFX with following options

Setup=Firefox.inf
TempMode
Silent=1
Overwrite=1

Firefox.cab must be in folder i386, so content of SFX is

firefox.inf
i386\firefox.cab

I successfully tested this with the files from the 2.0.0.15 vanilla version. The install is not silent, but it IS unattended.

Thanks again for a great tool.

Edited July 7, 200816 yr by ontheteam

Found a minor bug, (dont know for sure if its only me) If i deselect the bookmarks when creating firefox addon, after i install the addon created, i still get the bookmarks. (tested on a clean virtual (vmware) machine)

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btw How is your progress on the switchless installer option?

Edited July 7, 200816 yr by shahed

Found a minor bug, (dont know for sure if its only me) If i deselect the bookmarks when creating firefox addon, after i install the addon created, i still get the bookmarks. (tested on a clean virtual (vmware) machine)

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btw How is your progress on the switchless installer option?

Well, the switchless silent installer is done. But, if the files are still being copied when told not to. That is a problem that I need to look into.

thx

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Are you certain that the file in the addon is your bookmarks.html and not the generic bookmarks.html that comes with firefox?

Edited July 7, 200816 yr by Jonnyboy

Well, the switchless silent installer is done. But, if the files are still being copied when told not to. That is a problem that I need to look into.

thx

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Are you certain that the file in the addon is your bookmarks.html and not the generic bookmarks.html that comes with firefox?

Checked it again. If i deselect the bookmark and create the addon, they still get installed. They are not the default ones, but my own ones.

Thanks

Checked it again. If i deselect the bookmark and create the addon, they still get installed. They are not the default ones, but my own ones.

Thanks

Are you using a bookmarks manager that may be storing a copy of the bookmarks somewhere?

Are you using a bookmarks manager that may be storing a copy of the bookmarks somewhere?

No am not using no bookmark manager, wierd if your one is working fine. Going to do another clean install and check.

Will let you know

thanks

No am not using no bookmark manager, wierd if your one is working fine. Going to do another clean install and check.

Will let you know

thanks

When you do, tell me where the bookmarks.html file is located in program files\mozilla firefox

thanks

this program is a godsend...kudos to you.

i haven't tested the addon yet, but i trust it works! thanks a bunch!

Edited July 8, 200816 yr by tap52384

this program is a godsend...kudos to you.

i haven't tested the addon yet, but i trust it works! thanks a bunch!

thanks

O.K. upgraded to .442 last night and did a build, but when I choose vanilla firefox it is downloading the ayakawa 3.0.2 pre build at the same time... so I am not sure if it is building a vanilla or an ayakawa build... when it is finished the output addon filename says "Firefox_{ayakawa}_3.0.2pre_addon.7z" so it makes me think it is an ayakawa build... but I don't know, and I'm not sure how to check without actually doing a VMware test with the addon... and I really don't feel like doing that just to find out that I may have to rebuild or somehow trackdown the .43 version of this addon that worked for me. (could you maybe send it to me? or someone?)

thanks for what is the absolute best addon ever made!!! this is truly a work of addon "art" you have here!!!

O.K. upgraded to .442 last night and did a build, but when I choose vanilla firefox it is downloading the ayakawa 3.0.2 pre build at the same time... so I am not sure if it is building a vanilla or an ayakawa build... when it is finished the output addon filename says "Firefox_{ayakawa}_3.0.2pre_addon.7z" so it makes me think it is an ayakawa build... but I don't know, and I'm not sure how to check without actually doing a VMware test with the addon... and I really don't feel like doing that just to find out that I may have to rebuild or somehow trackdown the .43 version of this addon that worked for me. (could you maybe send it to me? or someone?)

thanks for what is the absolute best addon ever made!!! this is truly a work of addon "art" you have here!!!

good catch, I'll try to find out why this is. I'll have a fix soon.

thx

good catch, I'll try to find out why this is. I'll have a fix soon.

thx

I also noticed for a brief moment something about an invalid variable having to do with w.bat... but it seemed to complete its tasks without actually stopping or complaining about it further... just happened to notice that when running it a second time to see if maybe I had missed something...

I also noticed for a brief moment something about an invalid variable having to do with w.bat... but it seemed to complete its tasks without actually stopping or complaining about it further... just happened to notice that when running it a second time to see if maybe I had missed something...

The second error is caused by the first error. I am working on the reg file. The current reg file does not set firefox as default browser in vista like it does in xp. As son as I get the reg file sorted out, I will post an update.

Thx

This sounds like an awesome tool, I am looking forward to trying it out. Thank you for sharing.

This sounds like an awesome tool, I am looking forward to trying it out. Thank you for sharing.

thx

Version 0.45 has been posted. It should be completely compatible with Vista and XP.

thx

Version 0.45 has been posted. It should be completely compatible with Vista and XP.

you sir... are a certifiable BAD-ASS! Many thanks for the absolute best addon ever created!!!

i'm not terribly good at this stuff, but i threw these together

http://www.mediafire.com/?eiztlcynyb2 (files are a little too big to attach to the post)

Sorry. I must have missed this post earlier. I downloaded the icons, but I can't view them. I don't know how to create or modify an icon. I'm going to let this go for right now. Maybe I'll come back to it later.

I have to learn more about how to reshack the exe to change the icons, then maybe we can get your icons into the exe.

Thanks for your help.

you sir... are a certifiable BAD-ASS! Many thanks for the absolute best addon ever created!!!

This has got to be the compliment I have received, lately.

Many thanks.

Replace Icons.

Firefox uses 3 kind of icons.

Index No: 0 => Basic icon. Shown on links

Index No: 1 => File icons. Shown on html files.

Index No: 32512 => Shown on program windows left up corner.

Basicly icon0 and icon32512 are same.

For example if you renamed your 2 icon files as 0.ico and 1.ico

In command promt:

ResHacker.exe -addoverwrite firefox.exe, firefox.exe, 0.ico, Icon,0, => This will replace main icon

ResHacker.exe -addoverwrite firefox.exe, firefox.exe, 1.ico, Icon,1, => This will replace html file icon

ResHacker.exe -addoverwrite firefox.exe, firefox.exe, 0.ico, Icon,32512, => This will replace program windows left up corner icon

All DoNE. Icons replaced.

All informations can be found on ResHacker Help file, under Commandline Scripting topic

U may use a res file included all icons in one file.

ResHacker.exe -addoverwrite firefox.exe, firefox.exe, icons.res,,, => This will replace all icons in res file.

I get "Canot execute .\FirefoxAddonMaker_v0.45\bin\WBAT.COM" error when i start the tool :\

screenshot included

Edited July 9, 200816 yr by lsrkin

Thanks jonnyboy for vista compatibility and silent installer option.

btw the bookmark selection option in your addon maker program does not work, checked it again. My bookmarks are stored in default location of firefox, and no bookmark manager. Everytime i deselect the bookmark option, they still get installed (addon maker ignores that option) maybe it does not work only on vista (did not try it on xp, but i guess it works on xp thats why people have not reported this bug)

please look into this.

Thank you very much for this awesome program and update.

Edited July 9, 200816 yr by shahed

Jonnyboy v.0.45 does not work for me..I can't make anything and I do not get any log files...