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Piumi Wandana
Piumi Wandana

Reputation: 228

Install Firefox addon programmatically?

I want to install a Firefox addon to the browser from desktop application. I'm using C#. I copied the .xpi file to extension folder of default profile. But Firefox does not recognize that addon when I restart Firefox.

I read a tutorial on the Mozilla website. But it's very unclear. Even there is no registry like HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions. I think it's outdated .

Question: if extension id=12345678 and name is myaddon how can I add my extension to windows registry so firefox will recognize new addon when restart .my default profile folder is C:\Users\piumi.baby\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\d32m6v0j.default

Upvotes: 5

Views: 4329

Answers (1)

Mark Troll
Mark Troll

Reputation: 121

Have you tried using the mozilla firefox command line statements?

Let me know if that helped. I've successfully launched an .XPI file install using the following command line options:

firefox.exe -install -extension path_to_extension. Of course, the used had to agree with the installation (this was according to my scenario)

Upvotes: 2

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