MCT Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 sure theres a way, make your own installer , as i did, i used setup factory, but if u dont wanna pay, u can use many other freeware programs..also, u can use installrite & it will make u the installerregards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GillouStyle03 Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 i used install rite for Cursor XP, and the software didnt work on my unattended CD.. maybe i did it wrong.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 yep, u must have done it wrong, works flawlessly for CursorXP here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Hey,weren't we using the mozilla 1.7's "setup.exe" ?And isn't firefox 0.9 based on moz 1.7 ?therefore, isn't the moz 1.7 installer included with ff 0.9 win32 ?So there should be no problems for unattending it, right?Dudes, tell me if the above inferences are right - and if unattending firefox/thunderbird has really become simple enough as to be done by me (until now, I was just copying the installed folder over). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fillalph Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 [*]copy mozillas setup.exe (file version 1.0.0.2) to the location you copied the firefox files to, replacing the original one (or rename it beforehand)@996: If you check the file version of Firefox's setup.exe (in 0.9) it is also 1.0.0.2.So, since firefox already has 1.0.0.2 for a setup, I followed your directions, but still didn't get the silent install working.]Bonkers[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marticus Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Is there any way to prevent the screen from flashing during the installation method sumarized by 996?-Marticus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
996 Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 @BonkersI'm sorry to hear it isn't working for you. As I read your post I tried my procedure yet again from scratch and it worked.I used the Firefox 0.9 windows installer and the Mozilla 1.7 RC3 windows installer to extract the exe from.As you pointed out, both setup.exe files have the same file version (1.0.0.2) but they are indeed different files. They have different icons and a comparison of the files revealed over 200.000 differences:Search for differences1. D:\ff\FFsetup.exe: 217'222 bytes2. D:\ff\moSETUP.EXE: 250'880 bytesOffsets: hexadec.[multiple pages of detailed offsets omitted]201'919 difference(s) found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fillalph Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 @996: So today I gave your method a go, and suprise, it worked. I was a little surprised but also thankful .Thanks for all the help.]Bonkers[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my2001 Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 @all I ask pardon for my barefaced question, but what's actually wrong with just copying the ZIP-filed Mozilla? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1chaoticadult Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 my2001 it is not wrong for you do so. people just want to be able to use the installer because it creates the right registry entries and shortcuts for firefox. At least thats what i gather from this thread. mooj made an autoit script for firefox and thunderbird using the installer(s). You could try that way if ya want. Later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my2001 Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 people just want to be able to use the installer because it creates the right registry entries and shortcuts for firefox. At least thats what i gather from this thread.Yeah, I assumed that, too. I guess people just tend to prefer installers because they look good. But seriously, what's so "right" with those registry settings created by the installer? Just wondering. I mean, Mozilla also runs absolutely problem-free when just copied. It's only Sun Java Plugin which needs one single registry key to get installed properly, but that key can easily be imported by a tweak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 ....... which needs one single registry key to get installed properly, but that key can easily be imported by a tweak. Exactly.And the Flash plugin wants to see a registry entry as well.So, if that's what these apps want, that's what we'll give 'em.I do the same - copy the installed (zip) firefox & make the registry entries through .reg files.And in the foreseeable future, I will continue the same; maybe until a bug-free (universally proven to work) method to set it up using the installer evolves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 @my2001 and/or prathapml: could you plz post those .reg tweaks? That would definetely save other people (incl. me ) some time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 Bonkers[,Jun 25 2004, 09:01 PM] @996: So today I gave your method a go, and suprise, it worked. I was a little surprised but also thankful .Thanks for all the help.]Bonkers[And here I thought I was the one that told 996 what to do.....blast, people never see that The switching of the isntallers works fine, as all the "setup.exe" is is a stub loader for the config.ini to gather it's settings to install with. My guess is that the installer is a custom build, and they didn't bother changing version number, but they did tinker with it a bit.Has anyone tried hexing the installer to find the offset for the switches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
996 Posted July 3, 2004 Share Posted July 3, 2004 It was indeed Alanoll who gave me the idea to try the Mozilla installer on Firefox. Thus he deserves the credit for it.Issues remaining unsolved however are XPI extension installations via Firefox's config.ini (or any other way of installing Firefox extensions silently and unattended).Any help with this issue is greatly appreciated.Why hexing the installer when it works just fine this way? The files have more than 200.000 differences... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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