OFF2000: Some Switches and Properties Are Ignored When Using the /j Switch (217609)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office 2000 Premium
Microsoft Office 2000 Professoinal
Microsoft Office 2000 Standard
Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business
Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
Microsoft Access 2000
Microsoft Excel 2000
Microsoft FrontPage 2000
Microsoft Outlook 2000
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
Microsoft Word 2000

This article was previously published under Q217609

SYMPTOMS

When you run Office Setup using a command-line that includes the /j switch (/jm or /ju), some command-line properties or switches are ignored. For example, if you use the following command-line to start setup

<path>\setup.exe /jm data1.msi companyname="My Company" /le c:\Officelog.txt

where <path> is the location of the installation pont.

You will not see the Organization name populated with My Company in the dialog box that appears when you start the first Office program. However, the log file Officelog.txt will be created on the root of the C drive.

NOTE: You will not be alerted to the fact the switches or properties are being ignored.

CAUSE

When you run setup using the /j switch, there are only a few command-line switches that are applied during setup. The following is a list of the switches that are not ignored when you use the /j switch:

Switch           Function
-------------------------
/t         Used to apply a transform (.mst).
/wait      Setup.exe waits for Msiexec.exe to complete before terminating.
/settings  Used to specify an alternative file to the default Setup.ini.
/l         Used to specify logging options. Must also include a path to
           the log file.
/q         Used to run setup in Quiet mode.
/autorun   Used to indicate that Windows runs Setup automatically 
           when you insert the Office CD into the CD-ROM drive.

MORE INFORMATION

For a complete description of the command-line switches and properties for Office, see the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit (ORK) at:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork

You can also download the file Offinfo.exe from the ORK tools site at:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2000/appndx/toolbox.htm

When you expand Offinfo.exe on your computer, one of the files extracted is Setupref.xls. This is a Microsoft Excel workbook with a complete listing of setup command-line switches and properties.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	10/13/2006
Keywords:	kbprb KB217609