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how can I disallow desktop shortcut during a silent installation of Firefox 3.6.10?

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I am preparing a silent deployment of the latest version of FF to a estate of XP Sp3 desktops via Altiris. I need to ensure that the installation does not create desktop shortcuts.

I use a vbscript instalation wrapper to call the installation and log events, so I need a command line argument to prevent the desktop shortcut installation. Can you help please?

I am preparing a silent deployment of the latest version of FF to a estate of XP Sp3 desktops via Altiris. I need to ensure that the installation does not create desktop shortcuts. I use a vbscript instalation wrapper to call the installation and log events, so I need a command line argument to prevent the desktop shortcut installation. Can you help please?

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TAP3AH
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Unpack the installer with an archiver (like WinRAR). Create file anyname.ini with the content:

[Install]

DesktopShortcut=false

The command you need to run is

setup.exe /INI=anyname.ini

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