Microsoft KB Archive/217609

= OFF2000: Some Switches and Properties Are Ignored When Using the /j Switch =

Article ID: 217609

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q217609



SYMPTOMS
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

 \setup.exe /jm data1.msi companyname="My Company" /le c:\Officelog.txt where 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.



CAUSE
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.



MORE INFORMATION
For a complete description of the command-line switches and properties for Office, see the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit (ORK) at:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork

You can also download the file Offinfo.exe from the ORK tools site at:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2000/appndx/toolbox.htm

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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