How to deploy Firefox on thousands of Windows workstations in 7 easy steps with RemoteExec

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Firefox LogoMozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. The latest Firefox features include tabbed browsing, spell checking, incremental find, live bookmarking, a download manager, private browsing and location-aware browsing.
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How to deploy Firefox

  1. Download the latest Firefox version from: http://www.mozilla.com
  2. Open RemoteExec and go to Remote Jobs/New Remote Job/File execution through the Configuration tree.
    RemoteExec configuration tree
  3. In the first section «Settings», browse the File field to the setup file previously downloaded. Firefox settings
  4. By default, Firefox setup is not a silent package. The argument to make it silent is indicated in the Mozilla help resources: «-ms». Fill in the Argument(s) field with «–ms».
  5. Set the Context to Administrative and keep the Auto option checked. RemoteExec will then optimize the remote execution.
  6. Go to Target Computers section and select the computers on which you want to install FireFox.
    RemoteExec computer browser
  7. You can now start your deployment by clicking on Launch. The Progress window will pop in a new tab allowing you to follow the remote execution process.
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