Java plugins in Firefox after an unattended installation

[edinton]

Ok,

I'm in the process of creating an Unattended Installation image disc for what is essentially a corporate rollout. Within the winnt.sif file i'm pointing to a batch file that installs the various programs required, one of which is Firefox. Included in the batch file is the java 'jre' exe file, and although it seems to install it properly (it appears in 'add/remove programs' ok), when you access a webpage that contains a Java applet or requires the jre, nothing happens. The message to install a plugin doesn't appear, and 'Done' appears in the bottom left of the browser, but the applet doesn't run properly.

the command line in the batch file is along the lines of what's written below:

Start "java" /wait ****\****programs\java\jre-1_5_0_01-windows-i586-p.exe /s /v"/qn IEXPLORER=1 NETSCAPE6=1 MOZILLA=1 REBOOT=Suppress JAVAUPDATE=0 EULA=1"

and is in the same format as all the other command lines, which work ok.

Does it matter which order java comes in the batch file? I placed it after firefox in the batch file, so that it installs it after it but that doesn't make a difference. If I install firefox manually, then run a batch file of just the java command, that doesn't work either. If i run the install and then uninstall java, and then install it when prompted for the plugin, it works ok, but that's obviously not ideal to do that everytime.....any ideas?