Office 2010 -.Net programmability Installation

Question

The auto install of office 2010 via custom msp claims to install the .net programmability support and the visual studio tools for applications as the option 'Run All from my computer' was selected, However it does not do so - when checking the installation of office 2010 via add\remove programs, it shows as 'not available' - this can then manually be installed, however needs to be automated.

Answer 1

Hello Frank,

While I have not technically resolved this issue, I have discovered a work-around. When creating the .msp file in OCT, check off InfoPath as "Not Available." InfoPath can be installed separately afterward using an .xml file. I made a new file called Infopath.xml containing the following:

<Configuration Product="ProPlus">    <Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" /> -->    <OptionState Id="XDOCSFiles" State="Local" Children="force" />    <Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="NEVER" /></Configuration>

Note: you'll need to change "Configuration Product" to reflect your edition of Office. Put this file in your root setup folder and create a batch file to install Office 2010 suite and InfoPath 2010 in sequence. Here's what I did:

@Echo off

Echo Installing Microsoft Office 2010 Pro Plus

Echo.

Echo Please wait ...

Setup.exe /adminfile <filename.msp>

Setup.exe /config Infopath.xml

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

I am encountering the same problem. I created an .msp file with OCT for unattended installation of Office 2010, in preparation for our upgrade from 2007. Unfortunately, while doing an upgrade the .NET Programmability Support and VSTA components do not install, despite being marked as "Run from My Computer." It must be manually installed. This problem does not occur during a fresh install, however.