[wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

[chiddie]

My tries went in a different direction.

Since i like basic commands and not being involved too much with variables,
i simply:

- extracted the .vxi in a folder called "Italian Dictionary".
- copied the folder in the "\\server\wpkg\software\mozilla
firefox\extensions\" folder of my server where WPKG is.
- opened the install.rdf file in the extracted folder in order to see the
GUID number. There are three GUID numbers, but the one that refers directly
to Fireofx should be {ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}.
- added to the package that deploys Firefox the following lines:

- <install cmd='%COMSPEC% /C xcopy /E /Y "\\server\wpkg\software\Mozilla
Firefox\Extensions\Italian Dictionary" "%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Mozilla
Firefox\extensions\{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}\"' />

- <install cmd='%COMSPEC% /C reg add
"HKLM\Software\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions" /v
{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384} /d "%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Mozilla
Firefox\extensions\{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}" /f' />

So, basically, the package silently installs firefox with the command 

- <install cmd='"\\server\wpkg\software\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox [%version%]
Setup.exe" -ms' />

and then adds the folder with the extension and the registry key with the
extension reference.

The commands (of course) succeed, and i can see the folder with that GUID
number in the target PC and in the registry of the target PC but when i open
firefox, no extensions are detected in the extension panel.

What am i doing wrong? I tried the same solution to deploy Lightning 1.0 for
Thunderbird 8 (apart from the registry key command that is not needed) and
it worked flawlessly.
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