Firefox msi for GPO deployment

11 Sep 2011 #windows #msi

This is a custom msi package of Firefox 6.0.2 with some plugins for mass deployment in AD by Group Policy.

Customizations from original version:

Installed plugins:
GPO for Firefox - apply GroupPolicy settings assigned by adm/admx to Firefox
IETab - opens selected sites by IE engine inside Firefox tab
Adblock Plus - block advertisement, banners etc
Tweaked default interface:

Disabled text menu, cleared statusbar, Adblock button moved to top bar
Sets as default browser for all users
No asking about import of IE bookmarks on first run
No any browser information / plug-in notification tabs open on first run. Home page only.
Auto-updates enabled by default. You need to give write rights for users to folder
%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox
for auto-updates works under user. This could be done by GPO settings (Windows configuration > Security > File system)
Modified firefox.adm GPP policy included. Added localfilelinks policy for opening intranet links to local resources, like file:\\\o:\path\file as described here