install from cd

[jadi]

I want to make an UI of XP and to test myself I started with Office 2003. And it works...

But only from a partition of my HDD not from a CD I burned.

I get the message that SETUP.exe cannot be found.

The root of the cd is: J:\$oem$\$1\install\applications\office2003

J being the cd drive.

In the same map as $oems$ is a file namend install.cmd

the contents reads:

@echo off

ECHO.

ECHO Installeren van Office XP Professional met Frontpage

ECHO Even geduld aub...

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

("even geduld aub" is dutch for "a moment please")

What am I doing wrong or what do I miss??

Jadi

[benners]

The %systemdrive% variable points to the drive windows is installed on, you will need to add a line that gets the cdrom letter.

FOR %%i IN (D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: L: M: N: O: P: Q: R: S: T: U: V: W: X: Y: Z:) DO IF EXIST %%i:\win51ip.SP2 SET CDROM=%%i:

then use the %cdrom% variable. (I think), swap win51ip.sp2 for a filename that you have on the root of your CD

[nfm]

or as with mine

IF EXIST D:\WIN51 set CDROM=D:
IF EXIST E:\WIN51 set CDROM=E:
IF EXIST F:\WIN51 set CDROM=F:
IF EXIST G:\WIN51 set CDROM=G:
IF EXIST H:\WIN51 set CDROM=H:
IF EXIST I:\WIN51 set CDROM=I:
IF EXIST J:\WIN51 set CDROM=J:
IF EXIST K:\WIN51 set CDROM=K:
IF EXIST L:\WIN51 set CDROM=L:
IF EXIST M:\WIN51 set CDROM=M:
IF EXIST N:\WIN51 set CDROM=N:

my batch looks like this

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Microsoft Office 2003 SP1 Professional
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %cdrom%\Install\Office_2003_SP1\PRO11.MSI /QB
ECHO Installation Successful!

and yes, benners, the variable is %cdrom%

[Tsunami]

The %systemdrive% variable points to the drive windows is installed on, you will need to add a line that gets the cdrom letter.

FOR %%i IN (D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: L: M: N: O: P: Q: R: S: T: U: V: W: X: Y: Z:) DO IF EXIST %%i:\win51ip.SP2 SET CDROM=%%i:

then use the %cdrom% variable. (I think), swap win51ip.sp2 for a filename that you have on the root of your CD

He put the files in $OEM$\$1\Install, so they will be copied to the harddrive during setup. Also, your batch file probably won't work, because %%i already has a : at the end, and you're adding another one to it.

@jadi: Please verify if the files were copied to your harddrive (so if setup.exe really exists in C:\Install\Applications\Office2003). And a little bit offtopic, but your description says it's installing Office XP, but you're pointing to a folder called Office2003...

[benners]

I thought he wanted to change his setup routine and run from CD?.

Also, your batch file probably won't work, because %%i already has a : at the end, and you're adding another one to it.

**** my bad eyes, 18 hrs infront of the 'puter, I deleted some extra text from the code and missed that, Thanks

[Tsunami]

Hmm, well, you're right that the title implies that, but I couldn't see that from his post. If you want to do that jadi, don't put your files in $OEM$\$1