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. First time trying this. Can’t get it to work with 9.0.1. The override file works great and the profile migrator does not show up. Unfortunately something isn’t catching with the mozilla or local settings files because I still get the default browser check, the know your rights, and the default homepage.

    At first I tried customizing those files to fit my needs, but eventually I downloaded the zip file and copied and pasted those three files in to see if I was doing something wrong. Still not working.

    I don’t need the silent installation. Trying to modify these items after it has been installed and opened… prior to using it as a base image for a computer lab.

    Please advise,
    Jason

  2. I guess I should have mentioned I am deploying the latest version of Firefox to Windows XP, Windows 7 32bit and 64bit computers through SCCM. Our users do not have admin rights.

    [quote name=”RHIZZO”]I have questions regarding setting the homepage. This is my first attempt at deploying Firefox with this method, so far I like it. I need to be able to set the homepage, but still give our users the option of changing it. I can change it via the config file but then the users can’t change it. Can someone tell me if it’s possible to do what I want to do. It looks like I may be able to do it with profiles but I don’t know much about them. Can someone point me in the right direction to learn more about profiles as well? Thanks![/quote]

  3. I have questions regarding setting the homepage. This is my first attempt at deploying Firefox with this method, so far I like it. I need to be able to set the homepage, but still give our users the option of changing it. I can change it via the config file but then the users can’t change it. Can someone tell me if it’s possible to do what I want to do. It looks like I may be able to do it with profiles but I don’t know much about them. Can someone point me in the right direction to learn more about profiles as well? Thanks!

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