FireFox 3.53, Powerful Web browser with plugins and optional Flash External links Options

[JonF]

File name: FireFox 3.53
Description: Requires a writable %userprofile% directory, but the program directory may be on read-only media. This is no problem in VistaPE/Win7PE, since we know exactly where the %userprofile% will wind up and it's always writable with FBWF. In other projects, it's a little more tricky, and it's up to the user to ensure that there's an appropriate writable directory.

I've included the FireFTP, BugMeNot, XMarks (formerly Foxmarks), and FireBug addons. It will copy pretty much all of your settings (including FireFTP settings) if you point it at your settings directory. It is set not to use any disk cache.

Tested in LiveXP, VistaPE, and Win7PE.

Version 13:

• Updated Firefox
• Updated XMarks and Firebug extensions
• Updated Flash to 10.0.32.18
• Removed all hardcoded X:\... items from script (moved to loader).

Version 14

• Updated Firefox and Xmarks
• Added TabMix Plus extension

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This post has been edited by JonF: Sep 14 2009, 06:02 PM

[Lancelot]

Thanks a lot for this nice script JonF

It works nicely with LiveXP, even without fbwf or bootsdi

[TheHive]

Thats great, Thanks!

[Nuno Brito]

Thumbs up for a new FF script!

[amalux]

Thanks Jon F, very nice script

[dera]

Thanks for the update!

But at me have some problem in LiveXP project, i.e. can not see my bookmarks came from the host computer.
Is it possible that the FirefoxLoader at first copies the files from the folder 'FireFox\Settings\Personal'
(the files that came from the host computer) and after it unpack your Settings.7z?
I mean if I do it manually: first unpack your Settings.7z than copy the files came from the host
there is no such problem.

[JonF]

Is it possible that the FirefoxLoader at first copies the files from the folder 'FireFox\Settings\Personal'
(the files that came from the host computer) and after it unpack your Settings.7z?

No. The source code is in the file, but there's nothing to it:

CODE

$AppData = RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders","AppData")

If Not FileExists($AppData & "\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini") Then
ShellExecuteWait(@ScriptDir & "\Settings\7z.exe","x -o""" & $AppData & """ """ & @ScriptDir & "\Settings\Settings.7z""",$AppData,"open",@SW_HIDE)
FileCopy(@ScriptDir & "\Settings\Personal\*.*",$AppData & "\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\PE.User",1)
EndIf

ShellExecute(@ScriptDir & "\Firefox.exe")

It waits unitl 7zip exits before copying personal settings. I don't understand how your problem is happening.

[dera]

My %UserProfile% is on drive B: (using ImDisk RAMDrive formatted as NTFS, not compressed, FBWF or BootSDI not used, so my %SystemDrive% is not writable)
but noticed in the folder '%UserProfile%\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\PE.User '
the files copied by the loader from the folder 'FireFox\Settings\Personal' are all Read-only.

[Lancelot]

A very minor thing,
Add_Shortcut,StartMenu,Network,,,,,%PE_Programs%\%ProgramFolder%\Firefox.exe
should be this
Add_Shortcut,StartMenu,%pTextBox1%,,,,,%PE_Programs%\%ProgramFolder%\Firefox.exe

[JonF]

My %UserProfile% is on drive B: (using ImDisk RAMDrive formatted as NTFS, not compressed, FBWF or BootSDI not used, so my %SystemDrive% is not writable)
but noticed in the folder '%UserProfile%\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\PE.User '
the files copied by the loader from the folder 'FireFox\Settings\Personal' are all Read-only.

Hum. I also have my profile on drive B, NTFS compressed, and they do not wind up as read-only. I am not using FBWF or BootSDI. Files copied from a read-only drive to a readable drive are not supposed to carry the read-only bit along with them. I will have to test some. Probably nor for a few days, I'm very busy.

@Lancelot: Damn. I'll fix it in a few days.