Microsoft KB Archive/131397

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Office Setup: How the /n and /o Switches Are Used

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Q131397

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Office for Windows, versions 4.2, 4.3

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SUMMARY
The /n and /o switches can be used on the command line from which you are running a custom installation script. These allow you to enter a user name (/n) and organization name (/o) that may be used during the setup. The purpose of these switches is to write the correct user information to the SETUP.INI file and the executable files of the installed applications, without prompting the user with dialog boxes for this information.

If the user name and organization name entries are found in the [User Info] section of the WIN.INI file, then these command line switches are ignored: the values entered for these switches are only used when there are no entries found in the [User Info] section of the WIN.INI file.

The values entered for these switches are not written to the [User Info] section of the WIN.INI file, even if they are not found there during setup. WIN.INI entries are only updated when a user is prompted on the screen with a dialog box to supply the values.