Unattended Install Office 2003 from USB Drive

[cbh35711]

I went through the nice guide(http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/50/). I'd like to be able to put the office 2003 install files on a USB drive, and have it install from that. I'm going for as little user effort required. I've also got the autorun targeting the unattended.mst file.

My first question is how do i get the unattended install to work from the USB drive. Here's my batch file:

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Office 2003 Professional
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait //F\SETUPPRO.EXE TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

I used F because i was just trying to get it to work. F happened to be the letter i got for my computer. I know i'll need something that changes for whatever their computer is assigning it to. Also, that didn't install it, and I'm not sure why.

My second question is do you think it's a good idea to have the autorun targeting the unattended.mst file, or might that cause problems for me.

Thanks for the help,

Chris

[jaclaz]

Also, that didn't install it, and I'm not sure why.

Maybe if you change the

F

to

F:

i.e. a proper drive letter id, it will help.

However you don't seem to need the complete path (including the drive letter) if the batch file is in the same directory as the SETUPPRO.EXE, i.e. this should be OK:

@ECHO OFF
ECHO.

ECHO Installing Office 2003 Professional

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait SETUPPRO.EXE TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

jaclaz

Edited February 12, 2007 by jaclaz

[cbh35711]

I'll give that a try and let you know.

Thanks for your help jaclaz,

Chris