Microsoft KB Archive/121872

How to Automatically Install to a Workstation

PSS ID Number: Q121872 Article last modified on 05-16-1998

windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c == 

= SUMMARY =

Pages 212-214 of the “Microsoft PowerPoint User’s Guide” provide instructions for editing the SETUP.STF file to automatically install PowerPoint to a workstation. You must run Setup with the /Q switch for Quite mode (or a “silent” installation) so that the installation runs without prompting for any input.

When you run Setup, user input is required in several dialog boxes in order to proceed. The default values in each dialog box will be those specified in the modified SETUP.STF.

This procedure is documented on page 212 of the “Microsoft PowerPoint User’s Guide” in the section immediately preceding the instructions on how to modify SETUP.STF.

You cannot perform a silent workstation installation by simply double- clicking SETUP.EXE in the shared PowerPoint directory from File Manager. You must use the /Q switch, so you must run setup from a Run command.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To run a silent workstation installation from File Manager, do the following:

  From File Manager, switch to the network drive that contains the shared PowerPoint directory.   Single-click SETUP.EXE.   From the File menu, choose Run.   SETUP.EXE will be in the command line. Add /Q after SETUP.EXE, so the command looks as follows, and choose OK: SETUP.EXE /q 

= HOW TO DISTRIBUTE SETUP USING E-MAIL =

If you are running Microsoft Mail (or another electronic mail package that supports OLE), you can send a mail message with an attached icon that allows recipients to run PowerPoint Setup by double-clicking the attached icon. To attach an icon to an email message that runs PowerPoint Setup with the /Q switch:

  Compose a new email message in Mail. </li>  From the Edit menu, choose Insert Object. </li>  Choose Package from the list of Object types. </li>  Object Packager will start. From the Edit menu, choose Command Line. </li>  A Command Line dialog box will appear. Type in a command line similar to the following x:.exe /q where x: is the network server. Or type \ .exe /q where is the network server name, and is the share name. NOTE: If you have a modified Setup script file with a name other than SETUP.STF, you can include that also. For example: f:.exe /t newscript.stf /q </li>  Click the Appearance section in Object Packager. Choose an icon that you’d like to use. </li>  From the File menu, choose Update. </li>  From the File menu, choose Exit. </li></ol>

You can now address and send your email message. Recipients of this message can run PowerPoint Setup by double-clicking the icon.

= Additional query words: 4.00 4.00a 4.00c network quiet =

Keywords : kbnetwork kbsetup kbusage kbdocerr Version : windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c Platform : WINDOWS Hardware : x86 Issue type : kbhowto ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.