Knowledge Base

OFF97: Setup Switches for Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Patch

Article ID: 172399

Article Last Modified on 11/24/2000

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Office 97 Service Pack 1

This article was previously published under Q172399

SUMMARY

The Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Patch accepts a number of optional 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

Setup Switches

The following table lists the Setup switches you can use with SR-1.

Switch	Function
/q	Specifies that Setup be run in quiet installation mode. The user will still receive a prompt to restart the computer at the end of the patch setup.
/t:path	Changes the temporary folder to path. This switch specifies that a location other than the system Temp folder be used to extract the files during installation.
/c	Extracts files to the folder you specified with the /t switch but does not run the patch program. NOTE: After you extract the files to a path, you must run the Off97sr1.exe file to begin the installing the patch. Do not run the Setup.exe file that is in the same folder.

NOTE: Switches are not case sensitive. For example, typing "/Q" (without the quotation marks) is the same as typing "/q" (without the quotation marks).

Using the Setup Switches

To use command-line switches with the patch, follow these steps:

If you downloaded the patch from the Microsoft Web site, download the Sr1off97.exe file to your hard disk without running it.

If you are using the patch from a CD or a floppy disk, run the program on the original media or copy it to your hard disk first.
Under Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT Workstation 4.0, click Run on the Start menu, and then type the path and file name for Sr1off97.exe followed by the command-line switches you want to use. For example, use the following syntax:

<path>\sr1off97.exe /<switch>

Under Windows NT Workstation 3.51, click Run in the Program Manager or on the File menu in File Manager, and then type the path and file name for Sr1off97.exe followed by the command-line switches you want to use. For example, use the following syntax:

<path>\sr1off97.exe /<switch>

For example, if you downloaded the patch to the Temp folder on drive C, type the following

c:\temp\sr1off97.exe /q /c:"sr1off97.exe /q"

to run the installer with a minimum number of prompts. By using this option you will receive progress and restart messages.

Additional query words: OFF97 sr1

Keywords: kbinfo kbsetup KB172399

Microsoft KB Archive/172399

Contents