How to deploy additional packages with the installation of Office XP (281933)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office XP Professional
- Microsoft Office XP Small Business
- Microsoft Office XP Standard
- Microsoft Office XP Students and Teachers
- Microsoft Office XP Developer
- Microsoft Access 2002
- Microsoft Excel 2002
- Microsoft FrontPage 2002
- Microsoft Outlook 2002
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
- Microsoft Word 2002
This article was previously published under Q281933
For a Microsoft Office 2003 version of this article, see 828947.
For a Microsoft Office 2000 version of this article,
see
235598. IN THIS TASKSUMMARY This article discusses how to deploy (or chain) additional .msi packages or .exe files onto the installation of
Office XP. By default, you cannot deploy the installation of one Office CD-ROM
with another Office CD-ROM without running separate installations. However, the
Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit contains a tool that you can use to create a
modified Setup.ini file that you can use to chain several Windows Installer
products into a single installation.
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Chaining Windows Installer Products To chain-deploy installations of products that use the Windows
Installer, follow these steps. If you want to add a non-Windows Installer
product, such as Notepad.exe, you can also follow these steps, or you can
follow the steps provided in the "Chaining Non-Windows Installer Products"
section of this article.
- Install the tools from the Office XP Resource
Kit.
- Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Office Tools, point to Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit
Tools, and then click Setup INI Customization
Wizard.
- In the Specify an administrative installation
point dialog box, type the path to your Office XP administrative
installation. Click Next.
- In the Specify an INI file to customize
dialog box, select Files\Setup\Setup.ini, and then click Next.
Note This is the Setup.ini file that the wizard will
customize. - In the Specify logging and display settings to use
during Setup dialog box, select any options that you want, and then
click Next.
- In the Select MSI and EXE files to include in your
INI file dialog box, type the path to the .msi file for the Windows
Installer package that you want to install with Office.
Note You can also click Browse to locate and select the .msi file. - Repeat step 6 with any other .msi packages that you want to
chain onto the Office installation.
- Click Next.
- In the Specify options for each package in your INI
file dialog box, select any one of the packages listed, and then
specify any options for the package. Repeat this for any of the other packages
listed. Click Next.
- In the View the summary of your INI file
dialog box, view the proposed changes to the Setup.ini file, and then click Save As.
- In the Save As dialog box, specify a name other than Setup.ini for your
customized Setup.ini file. Click Save.
- Click Finish in the last dialog box of the wizard.
- Install Office XP with the customized Setup.ini file by
using a command line similar to the following
\\Server\Share\OfficeXP\Setup.exe /Settings \\Server\Share\OfficeXP\Files\Setup\custom.ini where custom is the name of your
customized Setup.ini file.
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Chaining Non-Windows Installer Products If you want to add an executable (.exe) or batch file onto the
installation of Office XP, you can also use a transform created by the Custom
Installation Wizard (CIW). Note You cannot chain the installation of any executable that uses a
Windows Installer .msi package.
- Install the tools from the Office XP Resource
Kit.
- Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Office Tools, point to Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit
Tools, and then click Custom Installation Wizard.
- In the Open the MSI File dialog box,
select the .msi file from the root of your Office administrative installation.
Click Next.
- When you get to the Add Installations and Run
Programs dialog box, click Add.
- In the Target box in the Add Program Entry dialog box, type the path to the .exe file that you want to run
at the end of the Office installation.
Note You can also click Browse to locate and select the .exe file. - Click Help to determine which settings to use for the four options listed at
the bottom of the Add Program Entry dialog box.
- After you specify your settings in the Add Program Entry dialog box, click OK.
- Complete the remaining dialog boxes in the CIW, and then
click Finish.
- Note the sample command line in the last dialog box of the
CIW, and then click Exit.
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Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 2/16/2006 |
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