Microsoft 79G-03775 manual Setup command-line options for Office 2013 Preview, Adminfile path

Setup command-line options for Office 2013 Preview

Audience: IT Professionals

The Setup.exe command line is used for very few operations in Office 2013 Preview (just as in Office 2010 and Microsoft Office 2007). Setup recognizes the command-line options that are described in this article.

In this article:

∙/admin

∙/adminfile [path]

∙/config [path]

∙/modify [ProductID]

∙/repair [ProductID]

∙/uninstall [ProductID]

Note:

Although Setup recognizes only a few command-line options in Office 2013 Preview, you can still make all the same changes to the Office installation. Instead of using the command line, you use the Office Customization Tool (OCT) in Office 2013 Preview to set Setup properties and make other customizations. You can also edit the Config.xml file for the product that you are installing.

/admin

Runs the Office Customization Tool to create a Setup customization file (.msp file).

Example

\\server\share\Office15\setup.exe /admin

/adminfile [path]

Applies the specified Setup customization file to the installation. You can specify a path of a specific customization file (.msp file) or to the folder where you store customization files.

Note:

The /adminfile command-line option can be used only during initial installation of the product.

The recommended location for customization files is the Updates folder at the root of the network installation point. When you store a customization file in this folder, you do not have to specify the file on the command line. Setup automatically finds the customization file that matches the product that is

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