MSI, App-V, SCCM, Appsense, Citrix. This blog contains hints and tips on these technologies. Primarily it is an online notebook of items that I may need to refer to in the future, or things I constantly forget!
Thursday, September 12, 2013
MS Office 2010 apps
Run Setup /admin use the Office Customisation Tool (OCT) and save the msp output to the updates subfolder in the installation media. It is the admin subfolder in volume licensed installation media which enables the OCT functionality.
Edit the default config.xml file to control display and logging and copy to the root adjacent to the setup.exe.
See here for config.xml options
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179195(v=office.14).aspx#ElementSetting
Create an uninstall.xml file similar to the config.xml
Uninstall command is
setup /uninstall <Product ID> /config .\xxx.ww\uninstall.xml
Product ID (NOT THE PRODUCT GUID) is the text at the top of the config.xml file - Configuration Product="xxxx"
When working with feature states while creating installation customisations, the following letters may appear next to the features to indicated their states
F = Forced to this state
H = Hidden - once set cannot be unset
L = Locked
More details regarding the Microsoft Office Customization Tool here
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8faae8a0-a12c-4f7b-839c-24a66a531bb5(v=office.14)#Set_feature_installation_states
Office 2013 OCT
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8faae8a0-a12c-4f7b-839c-24a66a531bb5(v=office.15)
Office 2016 OCT
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt461764(v=office.16).aspx
Useful Modify User settings
Microsoft Office 2010_Miscellaneous - Suppress recommended settings dialog Enabled
Microsoft Office 2010_Privacy_Trust Center - Disable Opt-in Wizard on first run Enabled
Microsoft Office 2010_Privacy_Trust Center - Enable Customer Experience Improv Prog Disabled
Microsoft Office 2010_Privacy_Trust Center - Auto receive small updates Disabled
App-V 5 Microsoft Office 2010 / 2013 Virtualising Office
video.ch9.ms/sessions/teched/na/2014/WIN-B330.pptx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2772509
Versions and releases
Version number of the original RTM release of Office 2010: 14.0.4763.1000
Version number of Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1): 14.0.6029.1000 or later
Version number of Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2): 14.0.7015.1000 or laterhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/2121559
Major Version History
97 8.0
2000 9.0
XP 2002 10.0
2003 11.0
2007 12.0
2010 14.0 (13.0 skipped)
2013 15.0
2016 16.0
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