Install and Configure Firefox 106 silently using SCCM

The following steps show how to create a silent install package of Firefox, complete with custom configuration.

Note: these settings will be applied for all new and existing users and can not be changed by users.

It does the following tasks:

  • Install Firefox silently, without Firefox being the default
  • Disables the ‘Automatically check for updates’ option
  • Disables the import wizard when Firefox first loads
  • Disables the ‘Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser on startup’ option
  • Sets homepage to ‘http://www.google.com’ (you can change this in your configuration)
  • Disables the ‘know your rights’ button from displaying on first run
  • Disables the request to send performance data from displaying

How to customise and deploy (silent install) Firefox

  1. Create a temporary working folder for saving the files into (for example, create C:\TEMP\Firefox)
  2. SCCM-Firefox1
  3. Download the latest install file at http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all . Save to C:\TEMP\Firefox
  4. Create a new text file called ‘override.ini’ and copy in the following information:
[XRE]
EnableProfileMigrator=false
  1. Create a new text file called ‘local-settings.js’ and copy in the folling information:
pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);
pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");
  1. Create a new text file called ‘mozilla.cfg’ and copy in the following information:
//Firefox Default Settings
// set Firefox Default homepage
pref("browser.startup.homepage","http://www.google.com");
// disable default browser check
pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);
pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore");
// disable application updates
pref("app.update.enabled", false)
// disables the 'know your rights' button from displaying on first run
pref("browser.rights.3.shown", true);
// disables the request to send performance data from displaying
pref("toolkit.telemetry.prompted", 2);
pref("toolkit.telemetry.rejected", true);
  1. Create a new text file called ‘install.cmd’ and copy in the following information
@echo off
REM==========================================
REM Install FireFox 106.0.1
REM==========================================
REM Date : 23 October 2022
REM Author : www.itsupportguides.com
REM .
REM Script Details:
REM --------------
REM This script will:
REM + silently install or upgrade Firefox WITHOUT Firefox being the default browser
REM + Disables the 'Automatically check for updates' option
REM + Disables the 'Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser on startup' option
REM + Deletes desktop icon
REM + Disables the Import Wizard
REM + Works for Windows 7 /8 32-bit and 64-bit
REM .
REM===========================================
echo Installing Firefox - Please Wait.
echo Window will close after install is complete
REM Installing Firefox
"%~dp0Firefox Setup 106.0.1.exe" -ms
REM Install 64-bit customisations
if exist "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\" copy /Y "%~dp0override.ini" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\browser\"
if exist "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\" copy /Y "%~dp0mozilla.cfg" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\"
if exist "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\" copy /Y "%~dp0local-settings.js" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref"
REM Removes Firefox Desktop Icon - Windows 7 / 8
if exist "%public%\Desktop\Mozilla Firefox.lnk" del "%public%\Desktop\Mozilla Firefox.lnk"
  1. Copy the Firefox install file, override.ini, mozilla.cfg, local-settings.js and install.cmd to your software package share
  2. You can now create your SCCM package or deploy the software by using install.cmd.

For more information on creating SCCM packages see SCCM – How to Distribute Software Packages.

More Firefox configurations:

Please refer to the following articles for some more common customisations:

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199 comments on “Install and Configure Firefox 106 silently using SCCM

  1. Hi epuariea,

    Thanks for the info.

    What i am really looking is setting the Firefox 21 home page (New profile) when the user first launches the application and then later the user should be able to change it as required.

    In Firefox 20 i was able to set the home page for the new profile scenario by creating a pref.js file in the defaultlsprefs folder location under the Firefox Installdir which had the setting for the Firefox homepage .

    Thanks,
    AppPackager.

  2. Yes when the Default home page is set it’s sort of lockes the setting, as your noticing. What we did was created an EXE that the user can run if they need to change the home page. What this exe does is deletes the mozilla.cfg and replaces it with one that does not set the home page since it’s now set in the Prefs.js file. Once the user launches FF the home page is set for the user. E-mail me at [email protected] if you need more direction.

  3. HI,

    I am trying to install Firefox 21 by setting the default home page through prefs.js file in the defaultsProfiles file folder as was done for Firefox 20 but no luck.

    Any ideas how to set the default home for Firefox 21 so that users can change it later.

    Thanks,
    AppPackager

  4. I had the same problem. The file override.ini should contain:
    EnableProfileMigrator=0
    The file should be save under Mozilla Firefoxbrowser

    I tested it and it`s works fine.

  5. Hello, I’m using this method with Firefox 21 and after install I’m still prompted with the import bookmarks nag screen. Any idea how to remove this? Also, a minor question, how to turn off the built in pdf viewer component? Thanks!

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