Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant

Installing Windows software is usually a simple job, but there are some technologies that can make this activity even more facile and ClickOnce is one of them. Deploying these special applications is not possible from just about any web browser you may be using and most of these apps will have to be downloaded and then installed from the PC.
Nonetheless, since most of the big names in this category, like Firefox for example, can be extended through the use of add-ons, it is highly likely that there are some to make handling these files more easily. Such an extension is Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant and its only focus are exactly ClickOnce programs.
The installation goes on smoothly and as soon as you restart the browser, the add-on functionality will come into play. More precisely, with this extension up and running you will be able to have any ClickOnce application run directly from Firefox, so you won't have to download and start them from the location where they were saved.
By default, Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant will open and begin setting up any supported app the instant the link to that program is pressed. However, if you want to be prompted before this procedure is began, you have the possibility to activate this function using the options area of the extension.
There is one more setting that you can enable from the configuration panel and that relates to the NET Framework version you have installed onto your PC. If this options is checked, Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant can report to the web servers all the editions that can be found active onto your system, instead of reporting only the latest version.
All things considered, the add-on brings a really useful functionality into Firefox browser and all users can benefit from it.