Comments on: Make a .msi from Firefox 3 setup.exe for Enterprise Deployment http://www.404techsupport.com/2008/09/22/make-a-msi-from-firefox-3-setupexe-for-enterprise-deployment/ Where IT Help Is Found Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:43:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: 404 Tech Support http://www.404techsupport.com/2008/09/22/make-a-msi-from-firefox-3-setupexe-for-enterprise-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-42 404 Tech Support Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:21:19 +0000 http://404techsupport.wordpress.com/?p=409#comment-42 Thanks for the <b>friendly</b> suggestions RedsFan! Thanks for the friendly suggestions RedsFan!

]]> By: RedsFan http://www.404techsupport.com/2008/09/22/make-a-msi-from-firefox-3-setupexe-for-enterprise-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-41 RedsFan Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:50:04 +0000 http://404techsupport.wordpress.com/?p=409#comment-41 tschumac is incorrect, you cannot use upgrade codes unless the previous installation of Firefox was an MSI. What you can do is use Appsearch to check if there is a previous install of Firefox (search for firefox.exe) and then use a custom action to initiate helper.exe /s to uninstall previous versions if they exist, and then continue the install of the new version. tschumac is incorrect, you cannot use upgrade codes unless the previous installation of Firefox was an MSI. What you can do is use Appsearch to check if there is a previous install of Firefox (search for firefox.exe) and then use a custom action to initiate helper.exe /s to uninstall previous versions if they exist, and then continue the install of the new version.

]]> By: tschumac http://www.404techsupport.com/2008/09/22/make-a-msi-from-firefox-3-setupexe-for-enterprise-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-40 tschumac Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:49:05 +0000 http://404techsupport.wordpress.com/?p=409#comment-40 Sorry guys, but this hurts. Windows Installer has something called Upgrade Actions. What David is looking for is called "Major Upgrade". Just implement the following to the Upgrade table of the MSI (use i.e. Orca): UpgradeCode old version new version language Attributes Remove ActionProperty => {UpgradeCode}is the Code of the old App - he will look for it to uninstall it => VerionMin, VersionMax, Langage are optional => Attributes is the hard part :) a combination of some binaries; it is mandatory => Remove: leave it empty to uninstall everything => ActionProp: secure Property, needs CAPITALS, just a variable Example here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372374(VS.85).aspx Docu here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372379(VS.85).aspx Hope this helps, cheers Torsten Sorry guys, but this hurts.
Windows Installer has something called Upgrade Actions. What David is looking for is called “Major Upgrade”.
Just implement the following to the Upgrade table of the MSI (use i.e. Orca):
UpgradeCode old version new version language Attributes Remove ActionProperty
=> {UpgradeCode}is the Code of the old App – he will look for it to uninstall it
=> VerionMin, VersionMax, Langage are optional
=> Attributes is the hard part :) a combination of some binaries; it is mandatory
=> Remove: leave it empty to uninstall everything
=> ActionProp: secure Property, needs CAPITALS, just a variable
Example here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372374(VS.85).aspx
Docu here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372379(VS.85).aspx
Hope this helps, cheers
Torsten

]]> By: 404 Tech Support http://www.404techsupport.com/2008/09/22/make-a-msi-from-firefox-3-setupexe-for-enterprise-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-39 404 Tech Support Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:27:32 +0000 http://404techsupport.wordpress.com/?p=409#comment-39 A better answer: You could create the MSI using the Windows Installer Wrapper Wizard and add a command to uninstall firefox before it runs the setup.exe. See this article: http://www.404techsupport.com/2008/12/18/windows-installer-wrapper-wizard-and-a-better-firefox-3-enterprise-deployment/ A better answer:
You could create the MSI using the Windows Installer Wrapper Wizard and add a command to uninstall firefox before it runs the setup.exe.
See this article:
http://www.404techsupport.com/2008/12/18/windows-installer-wrapper-wizard-and-a-better-firefox-3-enterprise-deployment/

]]> By: 404 Tech Support http://www.404techsupport.com/2008/09/22/make-a-msi-from-firefox-3-setupexe-for-enterprise-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-38 404 Tech Support Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:48:28 +0000 http://404techsupport.wordpress.com/?p=409#comment-38 Let me preface this with saying that I successfully deployed Firefox 3 using the above steps onto machines running various incarnations of Firefox 2 and Firefox 3. There was no need to uninstall the older versions as they had been installed in the default directories (C:\program files\mozilla firefox). I can't think of a way to uninstall previous versions first and still deploy through group policy. Might I ask if you're running into anything that prompts you to ask? You might be able to make it part of the logon script and use some command prompts to uninstall the old versions and then use msiexec to install the new version of the msi. Apparently this works for Thunderbird: '"%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Thunderbird\uninstall\helper.exe" /S' You can find that same app for Firefox here: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe I think this could work, but it's untested. Let me know if it works out. Install Firefox 2.0 (or whichever particular version you want to uninstall first). Take a Before snapshot of the machine with WinInstall LE 2003. Run the helper.exe listed above to uninstall Firefox 2. Install Firefox 3. Take an After snapshot of the machine with WinInstall LE 2003. I'm not sure if the differences will contradict each other and how WinInstall will process them. It should clean up any extraneous registry keys and files in 2.0 though. Let me preface this with saying that I successfully deployed Firefox 3 using the above steps onto machines running various incarnations of Firefox 2 and Firefox 3. There was no need to uninstall the older versions as they had been installed in the default directories (C:\program files\mozilla firefox). I can’t think of a way to uninstall previous versions first and still deploy through group policy. Might I ask if you’re running into anything that prompts you to ask?

You might be able to make it part of the logon script and use some command prompts to uninstall the old versions and then use msiexec to install the new version of the msi.

Apparently this works for Thunderbird:
‘”%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Thunderbird\uninstall\helper.exe” /S’

You can find that same app for Firefox here:
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe

I think this could work, but it’s untested. Let me know if it works out.
Install Firefox 2.0 (or whichever particular version you want to uninstall first).
Take a Before snapshot of the machine with WinInstall LE 2003.
Run the helper.exe listed above to uninstall Firefox 2.
Install Firefox 3.
Take an After snapshot of the machine with WinInstall LE 2003.

I’m not sure if the differences will contradict each other and how WinInstall will process them. It should clean up any extraneous registry keys and files in 2.0 though.

]]> By: David Denney http://www.404techsupport.com/2008/09/22/make-a-msi-from-firefox-3-setupexe-for-enterprise-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-37 David Denney Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:50:27 +0000 http://404techsupport.wordpress.com/?p=409#comment-37 Is there any way to make an MSI that will uninstall previous versions of Firefox before installing the packaged one? Is there any way to make an MSI that will uninstall previous versions of Firefox before installing the packaged one?

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