can't install office 2003 unattended

[b|ade]

hi all,

i just startet to run my unattended windows xp installation. i added the following commands to a batch-file which i called from cmdlines.txt:

@echo off

title "Windows wird konfiguriert"

echo "Microsoft Office 2003 Installation"

echo "Bitte warten..."

echo.

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

echo "Registrierung wird aktualisiert..."

regedit.exe /s %systemdrive%\install\alluser.reg

echo.

echo "Schriftarten werden kopiert..."

move /y %systemdrive%\install\Fonts\* %windir%\Fonts\ > nul

the problem is, that first the office installation seems to start, the windows appears, but if its nearly finished, the statusbar rolls back and the installation breaks. there is no alert.

anyone this error?

thanks for help

[Doc Symbiosis]

Does the installation works, if you try to run it in normal mode?

Edited April 21, 2006 by Doc Symbiosis

[b|ade]

yes, thats a little strange.

if i run the batch file later it works without any problems.

[Doc Symbiosis]

I've got an idea, what the problem could be.

At the stage when cmdlines.txt is run, the all users profile doesn't exist. Perhaps office needs this profile.

So to solve this problem, I would propose to run the installation through runonceex.cmd.

Hope this helps.

[b|ade]

yes, thats right. i've tried to add the office install command to the [guirunonce] and the install finished sucessfully.

but on the unattended windows website (unattended.msfn.org) is no hint that the install with cmdlines.txt would not work.

the second thing is, that [guirunonce] is not so comfortable, because i have to wait after the first login until the office install has finished.

[LeveL]

This works for me (from a CD) where

SILENT is the folder containing all the

installs...

CLS
@echo off

if exist d:\SILENT set cdrom=d:
if exist e:\SILENT set cdrom=e:
if exist f:\SILENT set cdrom=f:
if exist g:\SILENT set cdrom=g:
if exist h:\SILENT set cdrom=h:
if exist i:\SILENT set cdrom=i:
if exist j:\SILENT set cdrom=j:
if exist k:\SILENT set cdrom=k:
if exist l:\SILENT set cdrom=l:
if exist m:\SILENT set cdrom=m:
if exist n:\SILENT set cdrom=n:
if exist o:\SILENT set cdrom=o:
if exist p:\SILENT set cdrom=p:
if exist q:\SILENT set cdrom=q:
if exist r:\SILENT set cdrom=r:
if exist s:\SILENT set cdrom=s:
if exist t:\SILENT set cdrom=t:
if exist u:\SILENT set cdrom=u:
if exist v:\SILENT set cdrom=v:
if exist w:\SILENT set cdrom=w:
if exist x:\SILENT set cdrom=x:
if exist y:\SILENT set cdrom=y:
if exist z:\SILENT set cdrom=z:

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Office 2003 Professional
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %CDROM%\SILENT\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

That runs at the end of WINNT.SIF along with

all the other installs, the usual MSFN way...

[GuiRunOnce]
	%systemdrive%\install\start.cmd

No need to copy that Office to your hard disk,

just use the above code (but ONLY put that

C to Z drive section in ONCE at the top!)

So if your Office was bunched with a load of

other programs then it would only appear as:

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Office 2003 Professional
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %CDROM%\SILENT\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

Office 2003 is 600Mb or something... this can be done

with most silent installs, not Daemon Tools but apart from

that, pretty much all software can install from the CD or DVD

this way, with no copying to your hard drive required saves

a good 20 minutes sometimes.

Edited April 23, 2006 by LeveL

[b|ade]

thank you.

i know, that the unattended installation of office works when you add the command to guirunonce (like i explained above...)

but i want to install office with the cmdlines.txt - option.

Doc Symbiosis wrote a possibility why this mode won't work.

has anyone tried the cmdlines.txt-installation?

[oioldman]

if you search for a post by Nanaki he describes a way to install office via cmdlines.txt

I haven't used it, but seems to have worked for all those using it

[b|ade]

thank you. i looked for the post, but thats not the way i want to install office.

but a hint in the thread made me try the office install without the "-" option and this brought the follwing error message:

if i choose the "ignorieren" option, the setup will finish without any problems and the applications work fine.

[hardwaregeek]

officeexec.exe

thank you. i looked for the post, but thats not the way i want to install office.

but a hint in the thread made me try the office install without the "-" option and this brought the follwing error message:

if i choose the "ignorieren" option, the setup will finish without any problems and the applications work fine.

I use autoit script to press Ignore button. I had the same problem. Please try attached script. But it was for english version.

[oioldman]

that error reporting part is the issue.

I remeber ryanvm or psooibly roguespear saying that the issue is because that the error reporting part is either disabled or not available yet and so stripped that requirement out of the install msi and all went well.

again i haven't done this myself but all seemed ok according to posts

[b|ade]

@hardwaregeek:

thank you for the download, but can you tell me how to use it too plz? =)

[b|ade]

officeexec.exe

thank you. i looked for the post, but thats not the way i want to install office.

but a hint in the thread made me try the office install without the "-" option and this brought the follwing error message:

if i choose the "ignorieren" option, the setup will finish without any problems and the applications work fine.

I use autoit script to press Ignore button. I had the same problem. Please try attached script. But it was for english version.

sorry, but i found no way to use the attached script. if i start the .exe windows tells me to use the systemconfig to install new programms.