See: https://mike.kaply.com/2012/02/21/understanding-add-on-scopes/
which Marco already mentioned. If you do not set those prefs, the add-on will be automatically disabled. I'm confused by your last statement though: > Ideally, we would like a solution where our agent can install our add-on and enable it automatically without user input on any existing Firefox installation. Primarily on the Windows platform. By agent, do you mean install program or a person? Mike Kaply On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 6:45 AM, Joel Sanderi <[email protected] > wrote: > Thank you Marco and Mossroy for your responses, > > > > Unfortunately the proposed solutions are not enough for our scenario. > > > > The autoconfig- and copy-methods can automatically *install* the addon, > but all the users still need to manually *enable* them (unless we did > something wrong when testing this). > > > > The cck2-option would be fine if we were doing this at our own > organization, but we cannot ask all our customers to re-configure their > Firefox packaging in order to install our software. Secondly, with our > solution we also want to cover existing firefox installations that have > been performed outside the control of the IT-department (shadow IT). > > > > Ideally, we would like a solution where our agent can install our add-on > and enable it automatically without user input on any existing Firefox > installation. Primarily on the Windows platform. > > > > > > *Från:* Enterprise [mailto:[email protected]] *För *Mossroy > *Skickat:* den 11 januari 2018 13:13 > *Till:* [email protected] > *Ämne:* Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Installing and enabling an add-on > silently > > > > Le 11-01-2018 09:36, Marco Gaiarin a écrit : > > Mandi! Joel Sanderi > In chel di` si favelave... > > > I need help on how to silently install and enable a Firefox Add-on within > an organization. > > > Probably there's complex answers, but briefly: > > a) enable 'autoconfig': > http://mike.kaply.com/2012/08/29/setting-the-default- > firefox-homepage-with-autoconfig/ > <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmike.kaply.com%2F2012%2F08%2F29%2Fsetting-the-default-firefox-homepage-with-autoconfig%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cjoel.sanderi%40snowsoftware.com%7C5bcaddbdc7884cc7756a08d558ecc61a%7Cd76c28a10b62484998fd8cf2516370ce%7C0%7C0%7C636512696317170783&sdata=3WpgRVmoz%2FQx%2Ft6KKTu769wihtvD6925r0fmG8kBAvI%3D&reserved=0> > and set scopes of extensions so the 'system' ones get activated by > default: > pref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 8); > pref("extensions.enabledScopes", 7); > > b) copy extensions (unpacked or not, do some tests) on: > > "%ProgramFiles32%\Mozilla Firefox\browser\extensions\" > > > > I found it easier to use CCK2 instead (which handles that nicely, and does > many other things) : https://mike.kaply.com/cck2/ > <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmike.kaply.com%2Fcck2%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cjoel.sanderi%40snowsoftware.com%7C5bcaddbdc7884cc7756a08d558ecc61a%7Cd76c28a10b62484998fd8cf2516370ce%7C0%7C0%7C636512696317170783&sdata=HUvDF%2B7NUjpg9wSI2di%2FoaClu4JpTROJg2pF56z%2B3tw%3D&reserved=0> > . Install this extension on a Firefox 45 ESR, configure what you want, it > will generate some files that you need to deploy in the installation > directory of the Firefox you want to customize (it's compatible with any > version of Firefox) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Enterprise mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise > > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit https://mail.mozilla.org/ > listinfo/enterprise or send an email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe" >
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