The Setup INI Customization Wizard adds quotation marks to properties in Office (324643)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office XP Professional
  • Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrontPage
  • Microsoft Office XP Small Business
  • Microsoft Office XP Standard
This article was previously published under Q324643

SYMPTOMS

When you open a Setup.ini file that you edited, you may notice the following problem. When you save the file (with the same name or a new name), the advanced properties that you added to the .ini file are changed to a value that is not recognized by the Windows Installer. The Property value appears with quotation marks around it and an extra space. For example:

[Options]
ENTERPRISE_IMAGE="TRUE "

If you try to install Microsoft Office XP with the Setup.ini file that was generated, and if you do not remove the extra spaces, you receive the following error message:
Error opening installation log file. Verify that the specified log file location exists and is writable.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, do one of the following.
  • Edit the customized Setup.ini in a text editor to remove the quotation marks and the extra space.

    -or-

  • Pass the Properties on the command line if applicable. The command line will be similar to the following: 
    \\server\share\admin_install_point\setup.exe NOUSERNAME=True ENTERPRISE_IMAGE=True
    For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    309120 HOW TO: Customize Office XP for a Hard Disk Image to Configure a Complete User System

    -or-

  • Add the Properties to your Transform if applicable. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    312594 OFFXP: Users Are Prompted to Activate Office XP After You Install from an Image That Is Properly Licensed



    For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

    http://www.microsoft.com/Office/ORK/xp/ONE/depb09.htm#depb09_6

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Office XP listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

  1. Download and install the Office XP Resource Kit Tools. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

    http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/appndx/appa16.htm

  2. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Office Tools, point to Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit Tools, and then click Setup INI Customization Wizard. Point the Setup INI Customization Wizard to the administrative installation point of Office XP, and then click Next.
  3. Continue to click Next, and keep the default settings, until you reach the Specify options for each package in your INI file page. Under the Installation sequence section, click Microsoft Office XP (either Professional, Standard, or Professional with FrontPage). Click Advanced Properties.
  4. In the Edit Advanced Properties dialog box, click Add. Under Property Name, type Enterprise_Image. Under Property Value, type True. Click OK two times, and then click Next.
  5. On the View the summary of your INI file page, click Save As, and then save the file as Test.ini. Click Finish.

    NOTE: In the summary, the property under the [Options] section is Enterprise_Image=True.
  6. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Office Tools, point to Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit Tools, and then click Setup INI Customization Wizard. Point the Setup INI Customization Wizard to the administrative installation point of Office XP, and then click Next. On the Specify an .ini file to customize page, click Select an .ini file to customize, and then click Test.ini. Click Next.
  7. On the Specify logging and display settings to use during setup page, change the default display settings in the Display section to None. Click Next three times. Click Finish to save the .ini file with the same name, Test.ini.
  8. Open the Test.ini file in Notepad, WordPad, or another text editor.

    In the [Options] section, you can see that the property has now changed to Enterprise_Image="True " (enclosed by quotation marks with an extra space).
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/6/2006
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