Re: Office 2007 Silent Repair and Uninstall Scripts

After repeatedly abusing my poor test system I found a way to silently repair
or uninstall Office 2007 without rebooting.
Using this config.xml
<Configuration Product="ProPlus">
<Display Level="None" />
<Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="Never" />
</Configuration>
I can script/SMS advertise
setup.exe /config \\server\share\office12\ProPlus.WW\config.xml /repair
ProPlus
or
setup.exe /config \\server\share\office12\ProPlus.WW\config.xml /uninstall
ProPlus

Thanks for all your help Bob :-)

Chris


"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

Hi Loc750,

In your sample command lines you don't appear to be calling the specific config.xml file.

For a repair you generally shouldn't need to reaccept the EULA.

The Installation .msp file generally would be for initial installation.

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<<"Loc750" <Loc750@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:A2575486-C624-4EAF-A15E-0932AC688D18@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
According to your link, I do not need CompletionNotice, SuppressModal,
NoCancel, or AcceptEULA since Display Level is set to None, so I tried
<Configuration Product="ProPlus">
<Display Level="None" />
<Setting Id="Reboot" Value="Never" />
</Configuration>

Neither the repair (setup.exe /repair ProPlus) or uninstall (setup.exe
/uninstall ProPlus) are silent and both want to reboot. I tried uninstalling
and reinstalling and got the same result. I had already set the Display
Element settings in the Display level section of the Office Customization
Tool (OCT), but there is also the Setting Element. I went back and took a
second look at Modify Setup properties and added SETUP_REBOOT and set it to
Never. The OCT says Modify Setup properties settings only apply to new
installs, so again I uninstalled and reinstalled. The result is the same they
are not silent and both want to reboot.

I'm thinking that Config.xml and the OCT's .msp only apply to installs
because I've never had a problem installing Office 2007 silently and without
reboot in either .bat scripts or SMS advertisements.

Loc750 >>
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*



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