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Silently uninstall older version of Firefox

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dongocdung81
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I need to create a wise package to check for older version of Firefox then uninstallt them. For the newer version, I can use the -ms switch to do silent uninstall. But for older version like ver 3.6.17, this switch doesn't work. What is the silent uninstall switch for older Firefox version?

I need to create a wise package to check for older version of Firefox then uninstallt them. For the newer version, I can use the -ms switch to do silent uninstall. But for older version like ver 3.6.17, this switch doesn't work. What is the silent uninstall switch for older Firefox version?

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cor-el
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This says: 

Silent uninstall:
All version of Firefox
<path to setup executable> /S

See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Installer:Command_Line_Arguments