Re: How to find which Office Product Group an installation belongs
- From: v-emilyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Emily Lin [MSFT])
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:38:41 GMT
Hi,
Nice to hear that the information is useful. :) If you have any other
questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. It is always
my pleasure to be of assistance.
Have a nice day!
Best regards,
Emily Lin
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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| Thanks, that was exactly what I was looking for.
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| "Emily Lin [MSFT]" wrote:
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| > Hi,
| >
| > I think that you can go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs to view
| > which version of Office was installed on the computer.
| >
| > By the way, the following registry keys also list what products were
| > installed on the computer.
| >
| > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Installer\Products.
| > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
| >
| > If anything is unclear or if you have any other concerns, please don't
| > hesitate to contact me.
| >
| > Regards,
| >
| > Emily Lin
| >
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| > | Thank you for the helpful response.
| > |
| > | Basically we have a licensing exercise running and with the tools we
have
| > it
| > | is very difficult to differeniate what version of Office is installed
on
| > | machines. For instance consider the following scenario on three
different
| > | machines:
| > |
| > | Office Professional 2003
| > | Office Standard 2003 + Access 2003
| > | Word 2003, Excel 2003, Powerpoint 2003, Outlook 2003, Access 2003 all
| > | installed individually.
| > |
| > | The end result is that the same applications are on each macine, but
from
| > a
| > | licesning point of view they are different. We need to be able to
tell
| > which
| > | group of Office applications are installed to match against what
licenses
| > we
| > | have - at the moment with the tools at our disposal we can only tell
| > which
| > | individual applications are installed.
| > |
| > | Any further clues would be most helpful.
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > | "Beth Melton" wrote:
| > |
| > | > It's not stored in one specific location. That would be too easy.
;-)
| > Each
| > | > Office version has their own Registration data in the Registry that
| > includes
| > | > product names that can be used in the Help About. For example:
| > | > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\<version>\Registration
| > | >
| > | > Note that just because an application is listed that doesn't mean
it is
| > | > installed or that the application is part of that version. There's
a
| > GUID
| > | > that is also associated with the application that is installed and
is
| > used
| > | > elsewhere in the Registry, such as in the Windows Installer
content,
| > such as
| > | > what is found under:
| > | >
| >
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserD
| > ata
| > | >
| > | > This tracks the installed products, the install source and each
uses
| > the
| > | > GUID as a cross-reference. I can't tell you what Microsoft looks
for
| > | > specifically, or how it connects everything (such as which keys are
| > used
| > | > specifically) when presenting the About information -- I just know
| > where the
| > | > bits and pieces are.
| > | >
| > | > What are you trying to do exactly? Perhaps if we know more about
what
| > you
| > | > want we can provide some ideas. For example all you are trying to
do is
| > | > determine which application was installed as part of which suite
then I
| > | > believe there's at least one utility available that can provide
this
| > type of
| > | > information.
| > | >
| > | > Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
| > | > assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.
| > | >
| > | > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| > | > Beth Melton
| > | > Microsoft Office MVP
| > | >
| > | > Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
| > | > http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook
| > | >
| > | > Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
| > | > TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
| > | > MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
| > | >
| > | > "jmedd" <jmedd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > | > news:AB87FB18-0229-46CA-A711-FC7461859A68@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | > > Thank you. Could you please point me to the location within the
| > registry
| > | > > where it is stored?
| > | > >
| > | > > "Beth Melton" wrote:
| > | > >
| > | > >> From the Registry, which is where Help About obtains its
information.
| > | > >>
| > | > >> Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests
for
| > | > >> assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.
| > | > >>
| > | > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| > | > >> Beth Melton
| > | > >> Microsoft Office MVP
| > | > >>
| > | > >> Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
| > | > >> http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook
| > | > >>
| > | > >> Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
| > | > >> TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
| > | > >> MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
| > | > >>
| > | > >> "jmedd" <jmedd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > | > >> news:DA297A8A-33E8-4995-8921-15EDB40CCD7C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | > >> > Office Professional
| > | > >> > Office Standard + Access
| > | > >> > Individual Office Applications
| > | > >> >
| > | > >> > There are obviously different flavours of Office you can
install.
| > If
| > | > >> > you
| > | > >> > view Help, About Microsoft Office Word for instance it gives
you
| > the
| > | > >> > version
| > | > >> > and on the second line down is either blank or tells you
something
| > | > >> > similar
| > | > >> > to
| > | > >> > the below:
| > | > >> >
| > | > >> > "Part of Microsoft Office Professional Edition"
| > | > >> >
| > | > >> > My question is how can you get this information without using
| > Help,
| > | > >> > About?
| > | > >> > For instance if you view the properties of Word.exe it does
not
| > tell
| > | > >> > you
| > | > >> > whether it is part of Office Professional.
| > | > >> >
| > | > >> >
| > | > >>
| > | > >>
| > | > >>
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| >
| >
|
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