OFFXP: Some Switches and Properties Are Ignored When Using the /j Switch
Published July 19, 2012 | 
pathSetup.exe /jm PackageName.msi companyname=”My Company” /le c:Officelog.txt
where path is the location of the installation point and PackageName.mst is the name of the Windows Installer .msi package
(for example, Proplus.msi).
When you first start an Office program a dialog box appears showing you user information. The Organization name box will not contain the company name you specified on the command line (for example, My Company). However, the Officelog.txt file will be created on the root of the C: drive.
NOTE: You will not see any notification that the switches or properties are being ignored.
Switch Function
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/wait Setup.exe waits for Msiexec.exe to complete before
terminating.
/settings Used to specify an alternative file to the default
Setup.ini file.
/l Used to specify logging options. Must also include a
path to the log file.
/q Used to run Setup in Quiet mode.
/autorun Used to indicate that Windows runs Setup automatically
when you insert the Office CD into the CD-ROM or
DVD-ROM drive.
You can also download supplemental information (Orkdocs.exe) from the following Microsoft Web site:
After you download the Orkdocs.exe file, double-click it to extract the files. The Setupref.doc file comtains a complete list of the Setup command-line switches and properties.
Article ID: 297898 – Last Review: July 19, 2012 – Revision: 2.0
Applies to
- Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition
- Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition
- Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition
- Microsoft Office XP Developer Edition
- Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
- Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 2002
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OFFXP: Some Switches and Properties Are Ignored When Using the /j Switch
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