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. You need override.ini in TWO places.

    if exist “%ProgramFiles(x86)%Mozilla Firefox” copy /Y “%~dp0override.ini” “%ProgramFiles(x86)%Mozilla Firefox”

    if exist “%ProgramFiles(x86)%Mozilla Firefox” copy /Y “%~dp0override.ini” “%ProgramFiles(x86)%Mozilla Firefoxbrowser”

    I just tested it and it works.

  2. Hey there Sean

    While I won’t be able to speak to (or otherwise address) everything in your comment, I’ll attempt to help where I can, especially considering I’m very new to SCCM.

    Installation:
    I use a batch file that runs the Firefox install with a few switches and points to an INI:

    [i]start /w “Firefox Install” “%~dp0!setupfile!” -ms -cleanupOnUpgrade /INI=”%~dp0..configapconfig.ini”
    [/i]
    Note: I think the key here may be to use ‘start’

    The batch file also creates the necessary directories (defaultsprofileschrome and defaultspreferences etc) for the various files (userChrome.css, auto.cfg, autoconfigfile.js, override.ini) as well as a few other things (deleting the Mozilla service for instance).

    I tested the batch file prior to adding it to SCCM in order to confirm the batch was sound. The installation completed successfully, Firefox worked as I expected it to so I brought it into SCCM.
    Once added to SCCM, under Deployment Types > Properties > Detection method > The clause is set to check for [i]helper.exe[/i] in [i]C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxuninstall[/i] and deployed to a test machine.

    That should [hopefully] result in a successful installation

    For customizing Firefox’s options, I recommend you check the links Zefy suggested.
    You can take a look at one of my customized cfg file here: [url]https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/966143[/url]

  3. Sean, have you looked into this site –

    [url]http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences[/url]

    or

    [url]http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/934792[/url]

    [quote name=”Sean”]I am in an enterprise environment and I am having an issue with the install of Firefox 21.0 not completing properly. It just sits in the software center saying installing, yet has completed successfully and tested working. Any ideas ?

    Second thing … is there an option for the mozilla.cfg file to enable a plug in on a certain website so that the user is never prompted to activate or update? We are forced to use an older version of Java 6 up 37 and when you go to our site we need to it always prompts to activate and then attempts to update it. An update cannot happen because the site will not work with a higher version of java. So after enabling click to play in the .cfg file I am after some work able to allow the plug in to work and it finally gets by the check … but is there a way to include that in the .cfg file for the install ?[/quote]

  4. I am in an enterprise environment and I am having an issue with the install of Firefox 21.0 not completing properly. It just sits in the software center saying installing, yet has completed successfully and tested working. Any ideas ?

    Second thing … is there an option for the mozilla.cfg file to enable a plug in on a certain website so that the user is never prompted to activate or update? We are forced to use an older version of Java 6 up 37 and when you go to our site we need to it always prompts to activate and then attempts to update it. An update cannot happen because the site will not work with a higher version of java. So after enabling click to play in the .cfg file I am after some work able to allow the plug in to work and it finally gets by the check … but is there a way to include that in the .cfg file for the install ?

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