

- #What is firefox esr update channel install
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Changing a Mozilla Firefox specific key is too, well, specific really!
#What is firefox esr update channel software
The data under the Uninstall tree is where Symantec's Altiris system looks for installed software inventory and I'm sure it's not the only one. I would argue this key should have the value "24.3.0 ESR" for the ESR version. "Mozilla Firefox 24.3.0 (x86 en-GB)" and in that key are several values including "DisplayVersion" which in this case contains 24.3.0. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstallįirefox creates a version specific key under there called e.g.
#What is firefox esr update channel windows
The primary area in the Windows registry for information about what software is installed and what version is the with the data that drives Add/Remove programs - under

I disagree that that is where the change should only appear. > ESR" as that will be perfect for use with the SCUP tool from Microsoft. > becomes "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox > is where "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox" > great places in the registry to add it.
#What is firefox esr update channel install
> I appreciate the work on the install script all those locations look like (In reply to Rodney Foley from comment #13) I think you guys have been over complicating this issue and trying to resolve it for all platforms, but this is not an issue on all platforms, this is only an issue on the Windows platform. This can be isolated to only the Windows Installer and the Windows Registry. If they change from one to the other the INSTALLER of that new version can change the registry key. Therefore as a first pass release you ONLY have to add the IsESR (or something like) to your common registry key during the installation. This issue is explicitly to solve a problem for MICROSOFT Windows Administrators who use System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Updates Publisher.
#What is firefox esr update channel mac
Linux and Mac in Enterprises have ways where using a text file to determine ESR or not is not an issue. Who said anything about Mac? This is a Feature Request/Bug WINDOWS. What we Windows Administrators are asking you is nothing different but to add a way to detect ESR via the Registry as well, just like we can currently detect your VERSION and LANGUAGE via the registry. Mac and Linux don't have registries however you are providing version, and language and installation path in the Windows Registry. Which makes the ability for Enterprises to meet their compliance requirements more difficult.Īlso this is for all platforms, not just Windows 7, that should be updated. ESR was supposed to be for Enterprises what need extended support of a specific version, however you are limiting the ability of Enterprises that use a very popular product provided my Microsoft to detect, and update your ESR product. I am not sure why this is not addressed after two years. Right now reading a text file is not useful. If the application changes subscription channels for updates then the registry entry can be flipped from true to false or false to true by the application itself. It seems like a simple thing to have an IsESR in the registry placed by the installer. Or for consistency having it always exist going forward wouldn't hurt anything. This could be set to one only when an ESR is installed and not even exist if on standard releases. To be safer you could add a new DWORD value like "IsESR" with a 0 being false and 1 being true.

If you changed this value's data to be "27.0esr (en-US)" then that would be great however for some people this could be a breaking change. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox\CurrentVersion If you add the term ESR someplace under the Mozilla Firefox registry key this would be extremely useful going forward.Ĭurrently the following Key's Value data is in the format of example would be "27.0 (en-US)" Why can't it be a registry addition that the installer adds for ESR installs.
