How to keep user settings when upgrading Firefox using WISE

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How to keep user settings when upgrading Firefox using WISE

Post by jcazeils » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:22 am

First I wanted to thank you for providing a great French .MSI for firefox 1.5.04.
My problem is: using Wise i've created a .WSI project from your .MSI to add special settings according to my compagny wishes.
Everything i wanted is included in your package: bookmarks kept, as well as homepage and proxy settings, but how on earth did you do that in your MSI ? :shock:
Did you use Firefox.adm or Mozilla.adm to modify Upgrade options, and how to put in in a MSI file or MST ?
Maybe you have links for some tutorials ?
Sorry for such a lot of questions and maybe my english grammary :?
I'm quite beginner using Wise Package Studio or Orca too but I'm learning :lol:
Thanks by advance for any help

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Post by DraconPern » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:53 am

I am guessing you mean 'how do you keep the user's bookmarks when upgrading?'

Answer: User's bookmarks are stored in their profile i.e. c:\documents and settings, so they don't require any special setting to keep. The bookmark files that comes with firefox is used only for new users.
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Post by jcazeils » Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:36 am

Thanks for your answer but i've tried to repackage Firefox 1.5.0.x with Snapshot Only Method ( per machine ) and each time a new profile is created, overwriting old settings, and this time , with YOUR package I see the old profile is kept.
Maybe something in my process is wrong but i can't find what.
Is is an internal function of Firefox ( so maybe i have to modify something in a .js file ) ?
Which repackaging tools are you using ?
I MUST find how to do because I will not be able to wait your new MSI each time a new version is available from firefox ... :(
Again thanks Anyone for providing me some hints....

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Post by jcazeils » Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:38 am

OK, I've understood: to not modify this settings, i just have to not capture the files stored in c:\documents in settings\....
Am I right ?

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Post by DraconPern » Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:39 am

Yes, exactly.
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Post by jcazeils » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:58 am

Thank you very much for you reactivity I really appreciate it 8)

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