lilweirddude Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 i had the exact same problem as mekrel but i think i got it under control nowthanksbut now when i try to run firefox after i install it, it doesnt start unless i use the safe mode shortcutalso, my themes and extensions dont get installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durex Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 I think what fluid is looking for is how to change the install location for Firefox... not actually how to change the location of Program Files.To do this all you need to do is extract Simonsays installer, open config.ini and change the line:Path=[PROGRAMFILESDIR]\Mozilla Firefox to whereever you want to install it to.. for example I have mine install to 'C:\Internet\Mozilla Firefox'Youll also want to make sure you edit the 'Setup\setup.cmd' file to reflect the change in location. Once its all said and done.. repackage it and you should be good to go.Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluid Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Thanks durex. My scenario was my Program Files was in C: yet I manually change to I: whenever I install programs. Now I am researching on how to change it so that I don't have to change it manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilweirddude Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 firefox is driving me nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XKnoppix Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 what is silent_firefox.zip for? do i need it if just want a default install silently.. can't i just run the 1.0.1 exe file? i've gotten an error just trying to install in on my machine twice now. says "currupt files anyone know?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjhart85 Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 I have tried using the DEFAULT PROFILE method with FF1.01 and it no longer seems to work for me.I have started with a fresh installation of XP, and installed the new firefox. I then loaded up the default profile, and installed all my favorite extentions, customized things to my liking, and all that.I then went and copied the C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profiledirectory.I then reinstalled XP, and re-installed firefox. I pasted the previous default profile into the new installation and Firefox freezes. I have tried running the default profile and that freezes. I tried to run the firefox that creates a new user (double click the Firefox.lnk) and that freezes. No matter what I do I cannot seem to get it to work properly.Has anyone else had this problem? It worked just fine for me when I was using FF1.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepnmojo Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 Since this is related to firefox, I was wondering if anyone else noticed this. I use adblock, which has a statusbar overlay in it. This can also be seen in foxytunes, or any extension with a statusbar overlay.Since I usually install with my admin user (using install global extension), and run as a different user, I don't get those overlays to display. I can get them to show on the user who installs them. The easiest way to reproduce this is, if it is working, delete the profile, and make a new one.The only fix I can come up with is disabling the extensions, and reenabling them. I have ended up tracing the problem back to the xul.mfl file in my profile. Every thing I have read online says this should be recreated if deleted, which it is, just not properly.Does anyone know of a fix for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted March 21, 2005 Author Share Posted March 21, 2005 @XKnoppix, silent_firefox.zip is no longer needed for your silent install, it only gives useful information about the process and how to build yours.you only need to run the 1.0.1 exe file. probably re-downloading the file will solve the corruption problem.@tjhart85, delete C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profile and try to rebuild your default profile. if that doesn't work, delete/uninstall firefox and re-install it without messing with profiles. if that didn't solve the problem redownload firefox setup@sleepnmojo, have not heard about that before try to use the defaultsprofile\ method which will help at the time of using only 1 profile for every user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjhart85 Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 @tjhart85, delete C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profile and try to rebuild your default profile. if that doesn't work, delete/uninstall firefox and re-install it without messing with profiles. if that didn't solve the problem redownload firefox setup@simonFirst, thanks for the responce. I have managed to get it to keep some of the extentions, but it does not keep any of my custom settings. None of the extentions have their settings intact, and even firefox doesn't keep the settings ex... I always tell Firefox to open a new link in a new tab in same windowex2... Doesn't use the theme I selected as default in my default profile.I know when I downloaded Asta's profile, he has all these customized still, but for some reason it will not work for me. I don't know what I am doing wrong. As far as I can tell I am doing the same thing I did with FF1.0 and it worked then.If I mess with the default profile and then double click on the firefox.lnk, it will create a profile that works, BUT if I copy this default profile to a new FRESH installation of FireFox1.01, it either freezes, or doesn't have any customizations (sometimes extentions work, usually they don't).I have tried this many different times, on fresh installations of Firefox. I've tried about 10 times since I last posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted March 21, 2005 Author Share Posted March 21, 2005 @tjhart85, never try to copy a profile over another since on some files are stored fullpaths. i think you'd better re-do the entire process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjhart85 Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 All I did was copy the default profile from one installation of Firefox into the default profile of another installation of firefox. Isn't that the way that you are supposed to do it?On neither of these installations did I copy the information found in %appdata%\mozilla\firefox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted March 21, 2005 Author Share Posted March 21, 2005 @tjhart85 in that case sorry, i misunderstood when you said "...it will create a profile that works, BUT if I copy this default profile to a new FRESH installation of FireFox1.01..."yes it is supposed to work that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjhart85 Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 (edited) @SimonSorry about the misunderstanding You had me scared, I thought I was doing something completely wrong!OK, well, I'll have to keep tinkering with it and hope I can eventually get it to work properly. I'll try different combinations of extentions and see if maybe its an extention messing it up or something.UPDATE: Well, if I use your installer Simon, it works just fine (except it stops and asks if I want to copy a directory or a file). I don't understand why, but it works, and thats all that really matters. THANK YOU for all the help! Edited March 22, 2005 by tjhart85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekrel Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 firefox 1.0.2 is now outhttp://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/start/any differences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted March 23, 2005 Author Share Posted March 23, 2005 What's New 1.0.2Firefox 1.0.2 is a security and stability update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.Here's what's new in Firefox 1.0.2: * Several security fixes.this night i'll work on a total customizable and language independant installer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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