I explored mozilla's source code to find out how the installer works. I eventually came across the NSIS source file for Thunderbird and the function .onInit can read a INI file with the unattended parameters. So here's mine:
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[Install]
InstallDirectoryName="Internet\Mozilla Thunderbird"
QuickLaunchShortcut=false
DesktopShortcut=true
StartMenuShortcuts=true
StartMenuDirectoryName="Internet\Mozilla Thunderbird"
; More info here:
; http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/mail/installer/windows/nsis/installer.nsi#986
InstallDirectoryName="Internet\Mozilla Thunderbird"
QuickLaunchShortcut=false
DesktopShortcut=true
StartMenuShortcuts=true
StartMenuDirectoryName="Internet\Mozilla Thunderbird"
; More info here:
; http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/mail/installer/windows/nsis/installer.nsi#986
Launch it using:
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"Thunderbird Setup 2.0 Beta 1" /INI="C:\setups\thunderbird\config.ini"
Please note that the full path to the ini file must be passed. I use an auto-it script which looks like this:
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$Version = "2.0 Beta 1"
$Setup = "Thunderbird Setup" & " " & $Version & ".exe"
$ConfigFile = "config.ini"
RunWait($setup & ' ' & '/INI="' & @ScriptDir & "\" & $ConfigFile & '"', @ScriptDir)
$Setup = "Thunderbird Setup" & " " & $Version & ".exe"
$ConfigFile = "config.ini"
RunWait($setup & ' ' & '/INI="' & @ScriptDir & "\" & $ConfigFile & '"', @ScriptDir)
This works for Firefox 2.0 and Thunderbird 2.0 Beta 1 (and newer).
The Installer source code:
Firefox
Thunderbird
You do not need to use the old -ms switch (it's deprecated and it won't work with the INI file), when the installer loads the INI file, it enters silent mode.