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Article ID: 217609 - Last Review: January 24, 2007 - Revision: 2.3
OFF2000: Some Switches and Properties Are Ignored When Using the /j Switch
This article was previously published under Q217609
When you run Office Setup using a command-line that includes the
/j switch (
/jm or
/ju), some command-line properties or switches are ignored. For example, if you use the following command-line to start setup
<path>\setup.exe /jm data1.msi companyname="My Company" /le c:\Officelog.txt
where <path> is the location of the installation pont.
You will not see the Organization name populated with
My Company in the dialog box that appears when you start the first Office program. However, the log file Officelog.txt will be created on the root of the C drive.
NOTE: You will not be alerted to the fact the switches or properties are being ignored.
When you run setup using the
/j switch, there are only a few command-line switches that are applied during setup. The following is a list of the switches that are not ignored when you use the
/j switch:
Switch Function
-------------------------
/t Used to apply a transform (.mst).
/wait Setup.exe waits for Msiexec.exe to complete before terminating.
/settings Used to specify an alternative file to the default Setup.ini.
/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 drive.
For a complete description of the command-line switches and properties for Office, see the
Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit (ORK) at:
You can also download the file Offinfo.exe from the ORK tools site at:
When you expand Offinfo.exe on your computer, one of the files extracted is Setupref.xls. This is a Microsoft Excel workbook with a complete listing of setup command-line switches and properties.
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