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prathapml
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(updated to reflect final RTM v ersion)

Unattending or silently installing MS Office Sy stem, has now become easier than ev er. There are two way s
to unattend y our setup:
--> Option A (use it only if y ou got Office2007 thru SoftwareA ssurance, which comes with activ ation
stripped out).
--> Option B is for all the others (retail/OEM/academic/trial/etc). Both are colored differently below.

Option A :
1 . Ensure y ou hav e an actual V LK (some call it enterprise/corporate) disc & product-key .
2. Notably , o2k7 uses setup patches (*.MSP) for uA , rather than transforms which prev ious v ersions used
(*.MST). The below instructions will giv e y ou an MSP file, which is not accepted by non-corporate v ersions
of o2k7 . If y ou ignored point1 abov e, then y ou will end up wasting 1 5 minutes of y our life which I'm not
responsible for.
3. Now at the command prompt, ty pe: setup.ex e /adm in

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3. Now at the command prompt, ty pe: setup.ex Unattended
e /adm in Setup & Fine…
4. Choose the product for which y ou want to make a customization-patch.
5. Then go through all steps in the customization wizard (to install the reqd apps & remov e junk & change
default settings).
6. Be sure to hav e "completion notice" turned on & "suppress modals" turned off (this is to get to see errors,
if any ex ist). Once y ou're done with testing, go thru the customization again to modify the MSP to disable
completion notice & enable suppress modals.
7 . Sav e the resulting patch file in the same folder as o2k7 setup files.
8. Now just ex ecute this command (thru any method) for silent install: setup.ex e /adm infile
CUST OM.MSP
Or if y ou hav e the Office 2007 Enterprise VLK, y ou could ev en drop the CUSTOM.MSP file in the "Updates"
folder & setup will pick it up automatically (without any switches being used). For this, ensure y ou hav e
WindowsInstaller 3.1 already installed. Y ou can add in further MSP files (ex tracted from SP1 update EXE) as
well, to hav e updates applied during install.

*** For completely silent install, y ou MUST set the Display Lev el to "none", either by MSP (accessible from
step 6 abov e) or by x ml, otherwise y ou'll get a confirmation dialog similar to the image shown in
attachment below. (do this only A FTER testing, when y ou're sure it works)

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Option B:
1 . Go to the folder-path, "Office2007 \Pro.WW" (or any ??????.WW folder for other editions such as
standard/enterprise/etc)
2. Modify "config.x ml", or copy it to somewhere else & modify it, using my posted code below as a sample.
3. If y ou modified it "in location", then setup will take up the changes automatically .
4. Otherwise, place the modified file in the same folder of setup.ex e, as custom-uA .XML
5. This is the command to run setup with the customizations specified in custom-uA.XML: setup.ex e
/config custom -uA.XML

7 . This method is also a great way to make changes to the defaults itself, so that y ou dont need to keep
changing it upon ev ery new time y ou install it. The sample XML here, makes setup fully silent, cuts down
features rarely used by me, and reduces install footprint of Office 2007 Professional from 7 21 MB, to 303
MB (of course y ou can alway s add/remov e components later); I'v e also remov ed lines that I found useless
from it, y ou might like to keep many of the default lines & customize them. A lso, be aware that the XML
offers a way to chain updates & install them before or after o2k7 setup, but then y ou'll lose control ov er
reboot parameters. By default, o2k7 setup wont cause an auto-reboot, so no need of "/noreboot" or
"Reboot=Really Suppress" properties. I intend this XML to be used for clean installs, with no prev ious
v ersion settings or profiles to be migrated. Use "start /wait" for silent installs. This file is for the main suite,
y ou can modify it accordingly for the other component products, the options are commented with double-
slashes. I obtained the OptionIds from setup.x ml files, in each component folder.

Here's a tested/working config.x ml file, to get y ou started with Option B:

(y ou need to put in y our own key , and configuration-Product can be obtained from y our current x ml)

<Configuration Product="Pro">

<Display Lev el="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="y es" A cceptEula="y es" />

<PIDKEY V alue="BCDFGHJKMPQRTV WXY 23467 89B" />

<USERNAME V alue="0wner" />
<COMPA NY NA ME V alue="0wn Inc." />

<OptionState Id="A CCESSFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //access

<OptionState Id="OUTLOOKFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //outlook
<OptionState Id="PubPrimary " State="absent" Children="force" /> //publisher
<OptionState Id="A ceRepl" State="absent" Children="force" /> //access db Engine replication
<OptionState Id="CA GFiles" State="Local" Children="force" /> //Clip Organizer
<OptionState Id="MSSOA P3" State="absent" Children="force" /> //SOAP toolkit
<OptionState Id="OsaNonBoot" State="Local" Children="force" /> //new,open office docu lnks
<OptionState Id="ProofingTools_1 036" State="absent" Children="force" /> //french
<OptionState Id="ProofingTools_3082" State="absent" Children="force" /> //spanish
<OptionState Id="WISPFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //handwriting
<OptionState Id="DocServ icesFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //docu update util
<OptionState Id="HTMLSourceEditing" State="absent" Children="force" /> //script editor
<OptionState Id="DocumentImagingUtils" State="absent" Children="force" /> //scanning,ocr,index ing
<OptionState Id="OISFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //picture manager
<OptionState Id="OSESupp" State="absent" Children="force" /> //sharepoint support
<OptionState Id="Query Files" State="absent" Children="force" /> //msQuery
<OptionState Id="V isioPrev iewerFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //v isio v iewer
<OptionState Id="XDOCSFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //infopath

<!-- These are additionals from Enterprise RTM

<OptionState Id="Groov eFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //groov e
<OptionState Id="OneNoteFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //onenote
<OptionState Id="RefIEBarFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //research ex plorer bar
<OptionState Id="WebDriv eFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //hosted webs
<OptionState Id="V BA Files" State="absent" Children="force" /> //VB for applications
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applications
<OptionState Id="OfficeDigitalSFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //v ba certificates
-->

</Configuration>

The procedure is same for all other editions of Office 2007 . The abov e is just a working sample, y ou'd need
to put in an appropriate key & modify as per y our needs.

If y ou downloaded a single SETUP.EXE (500-MB?) from MSDN, then y ou might need to ex tract it to some
folder, to get the installation source.
setup.ex e /ex tract:D:\o2k7

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prathapml
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My only beef with this v ersion (atleast in the current beta), is that there doesn't seem to be any way to
disable creation of the LIS.
(LIS = local installation source, its the s*** that y ou see in the name of an "MSOcache" folder littering any of
y our HDD partitions at random).

If the LIS was disabled by default, the installation time could be reduced by 3 minutes approx , besides
sav ing HDD space (because the last 3 minutes consists of copy ing files from CD to the LIS).

Here's what I'v e already tried in the config.x ml, but both failed:

<LIS CA CHEACTION="REMOV ECA CHEONLY " />

<CDCA CHE V alue="0" />

In both cases, setup refuses to use the XML.

Y es, I know that we could write a batch file to search all driv es for the "MSOcache" folder & delete it if found,
but it would be ev en better to disable LIS, in the first place. Does any body know how to do this in o2k7 ?

RobertLouwen

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Hello prathapml,

Do y ou may be know a way to tell setup that I want a customized setup and keep my prev ious office 2003
installation ?

Y our ex planation on editing config.x ml really worked for me !

Thank y ou v ery much !

Robert Louwen

clavicle
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@prathapml
Good one! This thread was really required (though I may be miles away from the new 2007 office v ersions).
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Good one! This thread was really required 2007, IUnattended
(though Setup
may be miles & Fine…
away from the new 2007 office v ersions).

Keep it up!

prathapml
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RobertLouwen, on Apr 1 9 2006, 07 :01 PM, said:

Do y ou may be know a way to tell setup that I want a customized setup and keep my prev ious office 2003
installation ?
Hi Robert,
I believ e what y ou want to do, is to hav e access to all dialogs, y ou basically want to just customize the setup
defaults & go ahead normally from there on.

Here's how:
Go to the 2nd line in my ex ample abov e. Y ou see "Display Lev el="none"". Change it back to "full" instead of
"none". That is all.

@clav icle
Thanks indeed. I just wish someone finds out how to disable the "MSOcache" facility in o2k7 .....

fizban2
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V ery ex cellant post prathapml,

glad to see an unattended way to do this finally was lookinf for a way and y ou beat me to it, i'll hav e to
try this tommorow at work

rssfed23
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Is there a way to install Office 2007 Beta 2 without it checking for prev ious v ersions - it wont let me install
it because it say s I hav e prev ous v ersions installed which I dont

cjacob
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Hi there,

after I found out, that I just hav e to ex ecute my OPPLUS-DE.EXE and grab the contents after unpacking
from my temp dir befor cancelling the installation, I was able to alter the config.x ml file the way y ou
suggested. ;-)

Howev er, I still get a dialog window asking whether to install or to alter settings. Ev en with Display Lev el =
"none". When I click install, the whole process takes place unattended as ex pected. When choosing to alter
settings I see, that my changes in the config.x ml are working.

A ny ideas why I still get this dialog?

Regards,
Chris.

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vilasshewale

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[font=Tahoma][size=2]
Can we change LIS location using Config.x ml?

midiboy
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Quote

Howev er, I still get a dialog window asking whether to install or to alter settings. Ev en with Display Lev el =
"none". When I click install, the whole process takes place unattended as ex pected. When choosing to alter
settings I see, that my changes in the config.x ml are working.

Hi!

I hav e the same problem. The config.x ml is obv iously being used but I get the same dialog window.

By the way ... is there a way to tell Office in the config.x ml to install A LL components, not just the default
ones ?

Thanks,
A lex

cjacob
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I didn't find an option that automatically selects all av ailable features.

Regarding the Dialog Window:

I managed to create a script that can be integrated into an unattended setup to automatically click the
button. The only problem is, that if y ou deploy Office 2007 with SMS 2003 for instance, the script won't
work, since the gui will not be v isible to the user. A nd this is basically my problem,... I can't get it to work
with SMS 2003.

Howev er, here is the script:

Dim objWSHShell, objEx ec

Set objWSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

On Error Resume Nex t

' Wait for Uninstall

' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Set objEx ec = objWSHShell.Ex ec("setup.ex e")
WScript.Sleep 500

' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
waitForWindow "Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 (Beta)"
objWSHShell.SendKey s "{ENTER}" ' <install>
WScript.Sleep 500

' Wait for the setup to finish

Do While objEx ec.Status = 0
WScript.Sleep 500
Loop

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' Quit this script
WScript.Quit

' Waits until the window appears or quits after 30 seconds

SUB waitForWindow( Title )
i=0
DO
bA ctiv e = objWSHShell.A ppA ctiv ate( Title )
WScript.Sleep 1 000
i=i+1
LOOP UNTIL bA ctiv e = TRUE OR i > 30
WScript.Sleep 1 00
END SUB

midiboy
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Hi !

thanks for the script. Will try it soon !

Here´s an adapted config.x ml that will install EV ERY THING ex cept Japanese font and New/open document
links.

<Configuration Product="Pro">

<Display Lev el="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="y es" A cceptEula="y es" />

<PIDKEY Value="ENTER CODE" />

<USERNA ME V alue="0wner" />
<COMPA NY NA ME Value="0wn Inc." />

<OptionState Id="A CCESSFiles" State="local" Children="force" /> //access

<OptionState Id="OUTLOOKFiles" State="local" Children="force" /> //outlook
<OptionState Id="EXCELFiles" State="local" Children="force" /> //ex cel
<OptionState Id="PubPrimary " State="local" Children="force" /> //publisher
<OptionState Id="PPTFiles" State="local" Children="force" /> //Powerpoint
<OptionState Id="A ceRepl" State="local" Children="force" /> //access db Engine replication
<OptionState Id="CAGFiles" State="Local" Children="force" /> //Clip Organizer
<OptionState Id="MSSOAP3" State="local" Children="force" /> //SOA P toolkit
<OptionState Id="WISPFiles" State="local" Children="force" /> //handwriting
<OptionState Id="DocServ icesFiles" State="local" Children="force" /> //docu update util
<OptionState Id="HTMLSourceEditing" State="local" Children="force" /> //script editor
<OptionState Id="DocumentImagingUtils" State="local" Children="force" /> //scanning,ocr,index ing
<OptionState Id="OISFiles" State="local" Children="force" /> //picture manager
<OptionState Id="OSESupp" State="local" Children="force" /> //sharepoint support
<OptionState Id="Query Files" State="local" Children="force" /> //msQuery
<OptionState Id="V isioPrev iewerFiles" State="local" Children="force" /> //v isio v iewer
<OptionState Id="XDOCSFiles" State="local" Children="force" /> //infopath

<OptionState Id="OsaNonBoot" State="absent" Children="force" /> //new,open office docu lnks

</Configuration>

By e,
A lex

Hi again,

mhh, if I start y our script with this line

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wscript "path.to\script.v bs"

I get a Windows XP Setup message !! May be the path to the setup.ex e is wrong. I hav e found these lines

Set FileSy sObj = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSy stemObject")

ScriptPath = FileSy sObj.GetFile(WScript.ScriptFullName).ParentFolder

in some other script but they do not work in y our script (and I am not good at v bs scripting at all)
MA y be something else is wrong too because the same thing happens if I double click on the v bs ...

Thanks for y our help,

A lex

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midiboy
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Hi again,

I adapted some other script I found on the net. This one works for me:

dim WshShell, iLoopTimeWait

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
iLoopTimeWait = 800
Set FileSy sObj = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSy stemObject")
ScriptPath = FileSy sObj.GetFile(WScript.ScriptFullName).ParentFolder
Cmd = Chr(34) & "setup.ex e"
WshShell.Run Cmd

Call Main()

Set WshShell = Nothing

WScript.quit()

Sub Main()
Connect2Window iLoopTimeWait, "Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 (Beta)"
WshShell.SendKey s ("{ENTER}")
End Sub

Function Connect2Window(iTime, sWindowName)

Do until WshShell.AppA ctiv ate (sWindowName)
WScript.Sleep iTime
loop
End function

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vilasshewale
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V ery ex cellant post prathapml,

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I recently installed Office 2007 on my machine and noticed that MSOCache folder is being created under
my %HOMEDRIV E%. I went through ORK 2007 documentation and it suggestes that that location should be
%PFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office 1 2\MSOCache.

prathapml, can I specify the LIS Location in config.x ml in a such way , whenev er setup will start cache it will
cache only under dir mentioned in config.x ml.

The config.x ml file y ou hav e prov ided is v ery useful. Howev er, I tried sev eral way s to prev ent A ccess and
V isio installation using config.x ml. Though I successed the same using .MSP I would like to do the same
using config.x ml. Can y ou please giv e me some tips on this?
Thanks a lot.

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aelfwyne

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prathapml, on Apr 1 4 2006, 1 1 :1 1 A M, said:

Option B:
1 . Go to the folder-path, "Office2007 \Pro.WW"
2. Modify "config.x ml", or copy it to somewhere else & modify it, using my posted code below as a sample.
3. If y ou modified it "in location", then setup will take up the changes automatically .
4. Otherwise, place the modified file in the same folder of setup.ex e, as PRO.XML
5. This is the command to run setup with the customizations specified in PRO.XML: setup.ex e /config
pro.x m l

I guess I'm clueless - all I hav e is the installer ex ecutable from Microsoft - could someone post a more
detailed set of instructions for slipstreaming this? I ex tracted the installer with winrar, found a
ProWW.cab... am I supposed to ex tract that too? A ll the other cabs? What do I do with them afterward?

I'v e made installer CDs before with nlite, etc, but I am not familiar with the process here... there seem to be
quite a few steps left out as "y ou should just know them".... I don't.

jeet
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i'm getting an error message:

Setup could not find any av ailable products to install. Please contact y our sy stem administrator

Please help

Regards,
Jeet

cjacob
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aelfwy ne: Run the setup file with /ex tract:<PA TH> with <PA TH> being the path where y ou want the files to
be copied to. A lso y ou can run the setup file with /? to v ie the possible parameters.

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prathapml
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@midiboy :
No need of V Bscripts, just use this command-line for fully silent install:

setup.ex e /config pro.x ml

Y ou shud ex ecute this from y our SMS scripts or thru unattended batch-files. Note that modify ing the
original config.x ml is sub-optimal, it'd be better to specify path to a *.XML file that y ou'v e created!

A nd to others, well, LIS configuration eludes me as of now.

A nd y es, i did forget to mention that y ou need to run setup & when the first screen shows, grab the
ex tracted files from y our %temp%.

A nd here's a link to some info that MS has now put up, for ev ery one to access -
http://www.microsoft...eta/deploy .mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev iew/beta/deploy .mspx )

midiboy
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Hi guy s,

has any one found a way to integrate the Technical refresh into the Office 2007 installation base ? If the TR
is run, it ex pands a bunch of msp files into the temp folder. Howev er, those msp files do not directly
correspond with the installation msi files ex cept for the ProWW.msp so I don´t know which msp I should be
running against which msi.

edit: Running an msiex ec /p ProWW.msp /a ProWW.msi does not work at all. The process quits right at the
beginning.

Has any one found a solution y et ?

Thanks,
A lex

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