Detailed office shrinkage method

[master_mtz]

Hi all , i have read the unattented guide and office shrinker guide but i didn't understand them well , and kept struggling with my office to shrink it , and i succeded so i decieded to give u the method in more details:

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1- install the Microsoft office resource kit on a your machine to create administrative setup point from Here

2- Create administrative setup point, method is here :

http://unattended.msfn.org/intermediate/ap...ipstreaming.htm

3- then yu should slipstreame sp1 to it as mentioned in the guide at the same link above ( only sp1 , no need for the updates , that what i tried, )

4- use microsoft office resource kit to make an MST file which contains the answer

method and program link is here :

http://unattended.msfn.org/intermediate/ap...03_advanced.htm

5- don't care alot about the custom installation wizard , just care about the feature select menu , cuz it will effect the size

6- now , we have an administrative setup point and an MST file , letus go on...

7- install microsoft virtual PC

and run it

8- make a new machine , and start a new windows XP installation on it

9- Install the virtual machine additions , DON'T do anything else

10- in the virtual machine settings go to shared folders and share the administrative point folder u created at step 2 between the host machine and the virtual one

11- get office shrinker by buckeye form here :

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=At...pe=post&id=1296

12- share the folder which contains the shrinker between the virtual and host machine

13- then run the shrinker on the virtual machine,

14- specify the folder which yu shared from the real machine(the admin point) as the source,

15 - specify the target to a folder in the real machine(u should have shared another empty folder for this )

16- define the setup.exe and the mst

17- then the shrinking process starts, yu should see the error boxes which are automatically ignored, the process would complete with the message "shrinkage is already complete"

18- now we have the target folder with a shrinked office ,

19 - Now u have 2 options :

a- using WinRAR to create an SFX archive with this line executed after extraction

setup.exe TRANSFORMS=(thefilenameuchoosed).MST /qb-

b- use the @astalavista’s method of adding it to 7z

Now all is done

IMPORTANT

the shrinked office works on a completely on a clean installation so yu should place ur 7z SFX or RARSFX as the first program to run in RunonceEX.cmd , as it MUST be the first program to run , ur shrinked office won't success if its setup was started on ur windows after installing other apps.

[Astalavista]

good summary... nice one!

[master_mtz]

117 views, 1 reply , a bit disappointing

[DonDamm]

Don't be disappointed. It means folks were interested. I created my own single 11- in-1 CD for Office 2003, but could use that for the UAI. for that I made an admin install point. I don't want to run it as the first thing in my RunOnceEx. I defrag first, then put in TweakUI ans then a few other things before I tackle Office. However, I may learn a few things by going through the process.

thanks for the post! )

[suicidal_orange]

Thanks, I was wondering why my office had stopped working, it was no longer first in my RunonceEX.cmd. Ill try again with it at the top

Thanks again for the guide, Im sure many people will find it useful

[maniaq]

this topic should be posted to the important topics in my oppinion

[maniaq]

i have a little question, should i run the shrink script more than one time on the same clean windows?tnx

Edited July 4, 2005 by maniaq

[master_mtz]

no only once as i tried ,

Edited July 4, 2005 by master_mtz

[inteeer]

PLEASE I NEED MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS :

12- share the folder which contains the shrinker between the virtual and host machine

THANKS

[Aaron_]

well done, master_mtz!

Really usefull summary of the process.

[mzar720]

very nice guide i will try the method soon

thanks

[master_mtz]

@inteer

Do this as mentioned in step 10

i meaned , to be able to run the shrinker @ the virtual machine

[master_mtz]

Up

[inteeer]

hi master_mtz

i am sorry for asking again ..

i will try to explaine my problem and need your help

now i get a shrink copy of officexp about 200M << this is befor using 7z>> ok

i want to add this copy to CD of XP

now i need something like :

1- what can i write inside the config.txt

2- what is the command or switch can i used it to make silent install for officexp

3- startX.exe i am not understand the function of this small prog.

when i make Officexp.7z it is become 70M BUT without startx and sfx and config.

i hope u understand what i mean and help me as soon as possible

[scuzzy47]

Hi guys, love this topic, the only two problems I get, is that I can't use my batch file on the virtual machine (see included picture) it's saying I have to go to config screen to configure the systemparts.

And when the shrink is done, I only get 7.20 MB, and I think this isn't right, since there are not enough files in it...

Maybe both of my problems are related to not having the VMware additions, where can I download these? Would love this if it worked, maybe you guys can help me out, thx anyway, grtz...