Including Office 2003 in XP Unattended

[dukeleto]

I have fully done my xp sp2 unattended, and it works great

I have also do the full sp1 of office 2003, and prepared it for a silent intall.

I would like to know where I put this command:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Office 2003 Professional with Frontpage

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

and where do I put the whole office 2003 folder?

Thanks for any help

[bucketbuster]

The command can be put in the main_batch.cmd file.

I don't know where to put the folder, because I don't have MS Office.

But you could search the Unattended Tutorial.

I believe slipstreaming/adding MS Office to a Unattended-CD is covered in there.

Look at this site:

http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/office2003_advanced.htm

There is also a program to shrink MS Office.

Just search the forum and you will find it.

EDIT:

The answer to where to put the folder is in your command:

start /wait %systemdrive%\Office2003\

%systemdrive% is the $1-folder.

EDIT2:

Here is the link to the office shrinker thread:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...16709&hl=shrink

EDIT3:

A link to the new improved version:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...16529&hl=shrink

[dukeleto]

So this is me RunOnceEx cmd file:

cmdow @ /HID

@echo off

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Preparing Installation..." /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\prepare.cmd" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Installing MSN Messenger 6 Final" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\apps\MsnMsgs.msi /QB"

REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "Office 2003 Professional" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\apps\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-"

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Cleaning Up and Rebooting" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\cleanup.cmd" /f

EXIT

so I am putting my office2003 dir in to $OEM$\$1\apps

Where do I put the Unattended.MST file?

[prathapml]

The MST has to be in the same folder as the MSI to which it applies.

So, your Unattended.MST is to be present in "%systemdrive%\apps\Office2003" directory.

[RichTJ99]

Hi,

I am trying to add an office 2003 unattended install. I went through the steps on the unattended website.

I copied the cab files & other files to:

C:\xpcd\$OEM$\$1\Install\office2003

I also had the Unattended.MST file made & is sitting in the same folder.

My runonceex.cmd file reads (I dumped most of the other stuff out):

cmdow @ /HID
@echo off

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Slipstreamed Applications" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Preparing Installation..." /f
REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\prepare.cmd" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\050 /VE /D "Dreamweaver MX 2004" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\050 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Dreamweaver\setup.exe -s" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\050 /V 2 /D "taskkill.exe /F /IM IEXPLORE.EXE" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\055 /VE /D "Office 2003 Professional" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-"

REG ADD %KEY%\060 /VE /D "Cleaning Up and Rebooting..." /f
REG ADD %KEY%\060 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\cleanup.cmd" /f

EXIT

Office doesnt actually install. Any ideas why?

I had originally tried it with the /f command added:

REG ADD %KEY%\055 /VE /D "Office 2003 Professional" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-" /f

But it doesnt work either way.

Am I doing something wrong? Should I set the runonceex.cmd to run a office.cmd file that has this command:

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Office 2003 Professional with Frontpage
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

Taken from the http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/office2003_advanced.htm page

Thanks,

Rich

[jsmith7364]

I have been playing with this for a while and I have read that it won't work with the unattended.mst file from RunOneEx.cmd it you leave the source on the DVD vice having it copied to the %systemdrive%

Although, I can get it install this way with several commandlines

REG ADD %KEY%\090 /VE /D "Office 2003 Premium w/SP1" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\090 /V 1 /D "%cdrom%\APPS\Office2003SP1\PRO11.msi /t unattended.mst /qb" /f
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or

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REG ADD %KEY%\090 /VE /D "Office 2003 Premium w/SP1" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\090 /V 1 /D "%cdrom%\APPS\Office2003SP1\setup.exe /qb" /f

Both of these seem to work for me.

This might work for you as well. Just modify the path to your install method.

[RichTJ99]

So is your directory on the cdrom as follows:

XPCD (Root)

Apps (Root)

Apps\office2003sp1

?

[RichTJ99]

Mine would be?

REG ADD %KEY%\060 /VE /D "Office 2003 Professional" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\060 /V 1 /D "%cdrom%\$OEM$\$1\Install\office2003\PRO11N.MSI /t unattended.mst /qb" /f