Always make sure to use the full setup instead of the online installer (stub).

Before deploying Firefox, unpack the "Firefox Setup 24.0.exe". You will get a setup.exe to install Firefox, and a "core"-Folder, which contains everything that will be in the Installation Directory after installing Firefox.

You can make Settings in the many files inside the core-Folder

Command Line Parameters for Firefox:

-ms   Silent Installation

/INI=<full path to configuration ini file>   Make settings in setup.ini-File

INSTALLDIR\uninstall\helper.exe /S   Silent Uninstallation

Command Line Parameters for Mozilla Firefox Certutil.exe (found in NSS-Tools). This is used to manage Certificates in Firefox via Commandline, because Firefox doesn't use Windows Certutil.exe

-A              Add a certificate to the database        (create if needed)
   All options under -E apply
-B              Run a series of certutil commands from a batch file
   -i batch-file     Specify the batch file
-E              Add an Email certificate to the database (create if needed)
   -n cert-name      Specify the nickname of the certificate to add
   -t trustargs      Set the certificate trust attributes:
                          trustargs is of the form x,y,z where x is for SSL, y is for S/MIME,
                          and z is for code signing. Use ,, for no explicit trust.
                          p      prohibited (explicitly distrusted)
                          P      trusted peer
                          c      valid CA
                          T      trusted CA to issue client certs (implies c)
                          C      trusted CA to issue server certs (implies c)
                          u      user cert
                          w      send warning
                          g      make step-up cert
   -f pwfile         Specify the password file
   -d certdir        Cert database directory (default is ~/.netscape)
   -P dbprefix       Cert & Key database prefix
   -a                The input certificate is encoded in ASCII (RFC1113)
   -i input          Specify the certificate file (default is stdin)

-C              Create a new binary certificate from a BINARY cert request
   -c issuer-name    The nickname of the issuer cert
   -i cert-request   The BINARY certificate request file
   -o output-cert    Output binary cert to this file (default is stdout)
   -x                Self sign
   -m serial-number  Cert serial number
   -w warp-months    Time Warp
   -v months-valid   Months valid (default is 3)
   -f pwfile         Specify the password file
   -d certdir        Cert database directory (default is ~/.netscape)
   -P dbprefix       Cert & Key database prefix
   -1 | --keyUsage keyword,keyword,...
                     Create key usage extension. Possible keywords:
                     "digitalSignature", "nonRepudiation", "keyEncipherment",
                     "dataEncipherment", "keyAgreement", "certSigning",
                     "crlSigning", "critical"
   -2                Create basic constraint extension
   -3                Create authority key ID extension
   -4                Create crl distribution point extension
   -5 | --nsCertType keyword,keyword,...
                     Create netscape cert type extension. Possible keywords:
                     "sslClient", "sslServer", "smime", "objectSigning",
                     "sslCA", "smimeCA", "objectSigningCA", "critical".
   -6 | --extKeyUsage keyword,keyword,...
                     Create extended key usage extension. Possible keywords:
                     "serverAuth", "clientAuth","codeSigning",
                     "emailProtection", "timeStamp","ocspResponder",
                     "stepUp", "msTrustListSign", "critical"
   -7 emailAddrs     Create an email subject alt name extension
   -8 dnsNames       Create an dns subject alt name extension
   -a                The input certificate request is encoded in ASCII (RFC1113)


-G              Generate a new key pair
   -h token-name     Name of token in which to generate key (default is internal)
   -k key-type       Type of key pair to generate ("dsa", "rsa" (default))
   -g key-size       Key size in bits, (min 512, max 8192, default 1024)
   -y exp            Set the public exponent value (3, 17, 65537) (rsa only)
   -f password-file  Specify the password file
   -z noisefile      Specify the noise file to be used
   -q pqgfile        read PQG value from pqgfile (dsa only)
   -d keydir         Key database directory (default is ~/.netscape)
   -P dbprefix       Cert & Key database prefix

-D              Delete a certificate from the database
   -n cert-name      The nickname of the cert to delete
   -d certdir        Cert database directory (default is ~/.netscape)
   -P dbprefix       Cert & Key database prefix

-U              List all modules
   -d moddir         Module database directory (default is '~/.netscape')
   -P dbprefix       Cert & Key database prefix
   -X                force the database to open R/W

-K              List all private keys
   -h token-name     Name of token to search ("all" for all tokens)
   -k key-type       Key type ("all" (default), "dsa", "rsa")
   -n name           The nickname of the key or associated certificate
   -f password-file  Specify the password file
   -d keydir         Key database directory (default is ~/.netscape)
   -P dbprefix       Cert & Key database prefix
   -X                force the database to open R/W

-L              List all certs, or print out a single named cert
   -n cert-name      Pretty print named cert (list all if unspecified)
   --email email-address
                     Pretty print cert with email address (list all if unspecified)
   -d certdir        Cert database directory (default is ~/.netscape)
   -P dbprefix       Cert & Key database prefix
   -X                force the database to open R/W
   -r                For single cert, print binary DER encoding
   -a                For single cert, print ASCII encoding (RFC1113)

-M              Modify trust attributes of certificate
   -n cert-name      The nickname of the cert to modify
   -t trustargs      Set the certificate trust attributes (see -A above)
   -d certdir        Cert database directory (default is ~/.netscape)
   -P dbprefix       Cert & Key database prefix

-N              Create a new certificate database
   -d certdir        Cert database directory (default is ~/.netscape)
   -P dbprefix       Cert & Key database prefix

-T              Reset the Key database or token
   -d certdir        Cert database directory (default is ~/.netscape)
   -P dbprefix       Cert & Key database prefix
   -h token-name     Token to reset (default is internal)
   -0 SSO-password   Set token's Site Security Officer password

-O              Print the chain of a certificate
   -n cert-name      The nickname of the cert to modify
   -d certdir        Cert database directory (default is ~/.netscape)
   -a                Input the certificate in ASCII (RFC1113); default is binary

   -P dbprefix       Cert & Key database prefix
   -X                force the database to open R/W

-R              Generate a certificate request (stdout)
   -s subject        Specify the subject name (using RFC1485)
   -o output-req     Output the cert request to this file
   -k key-type-or-id Type of key pair to generate ("dsa", "rsa" (default))
                     or nickname of the cert key to use
   -h token-name     Name of token in which to generate key (default is internal)
   -g key-size       Key size in bits, RSA keys only (min 512, max 8192, default 1024)
   -q pqgfile        Name of file containing PQG parameters (dsa only)
   -f pwfile         Specify the password file
   -d keydir         Key database directory (default is ~/.netscape)
   -P dbprefix       Cert & Key database prefix
   -p phone          Specify the contact phone number ("123-456-7890")
   -a                Output the cert request in ASCII (RFC1113); default is binary
   See -S for available extension options

-V              Validate a certificate
   -n cert-name      The nickname of the cert to Validate
   -b time           validity time ("YYMMDDHHMMSS[+HHMM|-HHMM|Z]")
   -e                Check certificate signature
   -u certusage      Specify certificate usage:
                          C      SSL Client
                          V      SSL Server
                          S      Email signer
                          R      Email Recipient
                          O      OCSP status responder
                          J      Object signer
   -d certdir        Cert database directory (default is ~/.netscape)
   -a                Input the certificate in ASCII (RFC1113); default is binary

   -P dbprefix       Cert & Key database prefix
   -X                force the database to open R/W

-W              Change the key database password
   -d certdir        cert and key database directory
   -f pwfile         Specify a file with the current password
   -@ newpwfile      Specify a file with the new password in two lines

--upgrade-merge Upgrade an old database and merge it into a new one
   -d certdir        Cert database directory to merge into (default is ~/.netscape)
   -P dbprefix       Cert & Key database prefix of the target database
   -f pwfile         Specify the password file for the target database
   --source-dir certdir
                     Cert database directory to upgrade from
   --soruce-prefix dbprefix
                     Cert & Key database prefix of the upgrade database
   --upgrade-id uniqueID
                     Unique identifier for the upgrade database
   --upgrade-token-name name
                     Name of the token while it is in upgrade state
   -@ pwfile         Specify the password file for the upgrade database

--merge         Merge source database into the target database
   -d certdir        Cert database directory of target (default is ~/.netscape)
   -P dbprefix       Cert & Key database prefix of the target database
   -f pwfile         Specify the password file for the target database
   --source-dir certdir
                     Cert database directory of the source database
   --source-prefix dbprefix
                     Cert & Key database prefix of the source database
   -@ pwfile         Specify the password file for the source database

-S              Make a certificate and add to database
   -n key-name       Specify the nickname of the cert
   -s subject        Specify the subject name (using RFC1485)
   -c issuer-name    The nickname of the issuer cert
   -t trustargs      Set the certificate trust attributes (see -A above)
   -k key-type-or-id Type of key pair to generate ("dsa", "rsa" (default))
   -h token-name     Name of token in which to generate key (default is internal)
   -g key-size       Key size in bits, RSA keys only (min 512, max 8192, default
 1024)
   -q pqgfile        Name of file containing PQG parameters (dsa only)
   -x                Self sign
   -m serial-number  Cert serial number
   -w warp-months    Time Warp
   -v months-valid   Months valid (default is 3)
   -f pwfile         Specify the password file
   -d certdir        Cert database directory (default is ~/.netscape)
   -P dbprefix       Cert & Key database prefix
   -p phone          Specify the contact phone number ("123-456-7890")
   -1                Create key usage extension
   -2                Create basic constraint extension
   -3                Create authority key ID extension
   -4                Create crl distribution point extension
   -5                Create netscape cert type extension
   -6                Create extended key usage extension
   -7 emailAddrs     Create an email subject alt name extension
   -8 DNS-names      Create a DNS subject alt name extension
   --extAIA          Create an Authority Information Access extension
   --extSIA          Create a Subject Information Access extension
   --extCP           Create a Certificate Policies extension
   --extPM           Create a Policy Mappings extension
   --extPC           Create a Policy Constraints extension
   --extIA           Create an Inhibit Any Policy extension
   --extSKID         Create a subject key ID extension

Using a MSI file I use this:

msiexec -msi /i "FirefoxESR-24.2.0-en-US.msi" /qn

I downloaded mine from http://www.frontmotion.com/Firefox/download_firefox.htm

I use it on my MDT 2012 server

Installing addins or extensions

.\firefox.exe" -ProfileManager -install-global-extension "<path-to-extension>\extname.xpi"

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Command_line_arguments

Install addon as above, then copy the extracted add on from the current user Mozilla profile
Then put the extracted files somewhere you can run the cmd from

Use MSI by FrontMotion ? http://www.frontmotion.com/Firefox/download_firefox.htm

Msiexec /i Firefox.MSI TRANSFORMS=Firefox.mst /qn /norestart

In my company, i use a personnal script .bat with SCCM 2012 :

@ECHO On & @SET programfiles32=%ProgramFiles%& @IF NOT "%ProgramFiles(x86)%"=="" @SET programfiles32=%ProgramFiles(x86)%& @SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS & @CD /D "%~dp0"

REM Fermer Firefox

:killfirefox

taskkill /f /t /im firefox.exe

tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq firefox.exe" 2>NUL | find /I /N "firefox.exe">NUL

if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" GOTO killfirefox

REM Desinstaller l'ancienne version (21.0) - MSI

msiexec /x {D3947DE2-A23C-457B-85FC-512390244993} /q /norestart

REM Desinstaller l'ancienne version (3.6 -> 21.0) - EXE

if exist "%programfiles32%\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall" (

"%programfiles32%\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" /S

ping 127.0.0.1 -n 10 > NUL

)

REM Installer la nouvelle version (25.0) - MSI

msiexec /i "%~dp0Firefox-24.0-fr.msi" TRANSFORMS="%~dp0Firefox_24.0_GHdC.mst" /qn /norestart

copy /Y "%~dp0override.ini" "%programfiles32%\Mozilla Firefox\"

copy /Y "%~dp0firefox.cfg" "%programfiles32%\Mozilla Firefox\"

copy /Y "%~dp0local-settings.js" "%programfiles32%\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref"

exit