Microsoft KB Archive/202946

= Description of the Setup command-line switches for Office 2000 =

Article ID: 202946

Article Last Modified on 3/22/2007

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 * 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
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 * 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 Q202946





For a Microsoft Office XP version of this article, see 283686.



SUMMARY
The Office Setup program accepts a number of optional command-line switches that you can use to control how the Setup program operates. This article lists the switches and describes the functionality of each switch.



MORE INFORMATION
Important Notes  Switches are not case sensitive; for example, /A is the same as /a. Except where specifically noted, you may only use these switches when performing an initial installation of Microsoft Office 2000.  When using multiple switches, separate them with a blank space. For example, use the following command line to use a specific installer file and write the results to a log file:   Setup /i data1.msi /l* c:\logfile.txt 

The following table lists the Setup switches.  Switch             Description -- /?                 Displays a dialog box of valid Setup switch options. -- /a       Setup performs an administrative installation using the specified Microsoft Installer (.msi) file to                     create an administrative install point. The .msi file must be in the same folder as Setup.exe.

NOTE: This option cannot be used along with the /i switch (discussed later).

Example: /a data1.msi -- /autorun           This switch is only used in the autorun.inf file. Its purpose is to indicate that Setup is being run by                    Windows automatically after you insert the Office disc in the CD-ROM drive.

Caution: Do not modify the Autorun.inf file. The information it contains is necessary for the proper operation of Setup. -- /chained           Used to chain the Setups of more than one Office 2000 CD. --  -- /g        Language ID. English is ID 1033. See the Office Resource Kit for a complete list of language IDs.

Example: /g 1033 -- /help              Displays a dialog box of valid Setup switch options. -- /i       Specifies the name of the .msi file. This option cannot be used along with the /a option. The .msi file must be in the same folder as Setup.exe.

Example: /i mso9.msi -- /j         Creates an icon representing an Office program or      feature that is configured during Setup to install the first time you use it ("Installed on first use"). Valid options are:

u: Current user logged on to Windows. m: All users using the computer.

g: Language ID.

t: Applies transform to advertised package. Note: When using the /j switch with a TRANSFORMS file the /t switch should be used to point to a particular transforms list. Otherwise with other switches the TRANSFORMS property should be used.

Example: /ju c:\data1.msi Example: /ju c:\data1.msi /t install.mst Example: /ju c:\data1.msi /g 1033 --- /f        Setup repairs the Office installation. The .msi file specified must be .msi file used to install Office originally. The .msi file must be in the same folder as Setup.exe.

The Detect and Repair command (Help menu) in Office programs performs the same function as using the following options, /focums.

If you run Setup and click Reinstall. Setup performs the same function as using the following options, /fecum. Valid options are:

a -Force all files to be reinstalled regardless of                        checksum or version.

c -Reinstall a file if it is missing or corrupted (the                        stored checksum doesn't match the computed                         checksum value).

d -Reinstall a file if it is missing or a different version is present.

e -Reinstall a file if it is missing or an equal or                        older version is present.

m -Rewrite all required local machine registry values.

o -Reinstall a file if it is missing, or an older version is present.

p -Reinstall a file only if it is missing.

s -Reinstall all shortcuts overwriting any existing shortcut.

u -Rewrite all required user registry values.

v -Run from the source package and re-cache the local package.

Example: /focums data1.msi -- /l         Logs switches for Msiexec.exe (the Windows installer) and specifies the path to the log file. The flags indicate which information to log. Valid options are:

a -Startup of actions.

c -Initial UI parameters.

e -All error messages.

i -Status messages.

m -Out of memory. o -Disk space errors. <pre class="fixed_text">                    r -Action-specific records.

p -Terminal properties.

u -User requests.

v -Verbose output.

w -Nonfatal warnings.

+ -Append to existing file.

* -Log all information except verbose output. You can use the v switch along with the asterisk, /l*v.

! -Writes each line to the log file. The default behavior is to cache 20 lines of log file text into memory and then write 20 lines to the log file at once. This is done to improve performance. Example: /l* c:\logfile.txt -- /m <.mif file>     Specifies an SMS .mif file.

The /m switch is available with the enhanced version of Setup.exe. It will only appear when you run the command, "Setup /?" (without the quotation marks). For information about the enhanced version of Setup.exe, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q232501 TITLE    : OFF2000: Description of the Special Copy of Setup.exe from ORK <pre class="fixed_text"> --

/nd               Used with the Office Server Extensions Setupse.exe only. This does not install the Microsoft Database Engine.

/noinstmsi        Does not install the Windows Installer. -- <pre class="fixed_text"> <PROPERTY>= Specifies a value for any of the Installer properties (see the Office Resource Kit for a complete listing                     of valid properties). If the property value contains spaces, enclose the string in quotation marks (" "). You can specify more than one property and value pair on the command line separated by                     spaces.

Example: TRANSFORMS="c:\acct dept" INSTALLLANGUAGE="German" -- /q         Selects the user interface level. Valid options are:

n: None - No user interface is displayed.

b: Basic - Only simple progress indicators and error are displayed.

r: Reduced - No user information is collected and no progress indicators are displayed. f: Full - All indicators with a modal dialog box at                        the end of setup.

n+: No user interface except for a modal dialog box displayed at the end.

Note: The modal dialog box is not displayed if the system restarts.

b+: Basic user interface with a modal dialog box displayed at the end.

Note: The modal dialog box is not displayed if the user cancels the installation.

Example: /qn -- /settings          Specifies a settings file and path that customizes <INI file>         setup actions.

/settings c:\office9.ini -- /t     Specifies the name of the transform (.mst) file. The /i switch is required with the /t switch. When using the /j switch with a transforms file, the /t switch must be used otherwise the TRANSFORMS property should be used.

Example: /t acct.mst /i off9.msi -- /wait              Wait for the installation to complete before exiting the Setup program. -- /x       Setup uninstalls Office. The .msi file specified must be the same .msi file used to install Office originally. The .msi file must be in the same folder as Setup.exe.

Example: /x data1.msi -- If you are using a long file name with embedded spaces in the path, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

139427 Using long filenames with the Run command

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