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Answer» I just have a quick question. I was going to use the chat, but noticed that it's gone. Anyway, I am doing a custom windows 7 installation image and would like to include firefox as a preinstalled app. My question is: Can the firefox files simply be COPIED without installing and still work? I know some programs will work fine if the files are copied and others need to be installed first.http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable You want to use MozBack instead of the method above... I thought MozBack was for profile data, not the app itself. I interpreted the OP's question as how to preinstall firefox on the computer. Is that a wrong interpretation?Yes, I was talking about the app itself, not the profile. Would using the portable version have any limitations? I'd rather use the full version if it works without being installed. I think I might just test it on a comp without firefox and see what happens.It's pretty fully featured, a few things though are by default disabled (like disk cache), so you may not like that... http://portableapps.com/support/firefox_portable#modifications for the major changes.Then i mis-understood...my apologies.Quote from: Linux711 on December 29, 2012, 05:20:05 PM I'd rather use the full version if it works without being installed. I think I might just test it on a comp without firefox and see what happens.I think it must be installed. I wonder whether there's a way it could be installed in Windows 7 for your custom Win 7 installation disc. In other words, the Firefox files would not merely be included with the installation of Windows 7, it would actually already be installed in Windows 7.Quote I think it must be installed. I wonder whether there's a way it could be installed in Windows 7 for your custom Win 7 installation disc. In other words, the Firefox files would not merely be included with the installation of Windows 7, it would actually already be installed in Windows 7. That may be possible. I was thinking about making a reg file and then IMPORTING into the registry on the installation disk, but I was unsure if it would simply be HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Firefox or if some other unknown entries would also have to be included. I finally settled on just running the installer for firefox with a batch file that automatically executes on first boot after setup. I used the -ms parameter so it does a silent install of firefox.Do some reading on "unattended install" setup tools... May help what you need in future...As far as I can tell, Firefox stores very little data in the registry. Most of the "non-portable" data, such as profiles, is stored in %APPDATA%, which is what GET's "portablized" by a portable installation. I believe this is taken care of by the portable launcher.Portable or not the App still needs to be installed... It will not run by simply copying files into an installed OS. |
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