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Adding Onenote and Publisher to an existing office 2010 installation

Thauer

August 20, 2012 23:14

I have about 400 computers with Office 2010 installed - specifically Word, Excel and Powerpoint. I would like to add OneNote and Publisher to them. I tried using OCT to create an install for them, but when I run setup.exe with the adminfile argument, it tells me this can only be used on an initial install.

Is there a way to push out just these two apps, or do I have to remove the existing installation and push out the whole suite at once? If I need to remove the old install first, is there an easy way to do it using PDQ Deploy?

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Shane Corellian
August 20, 2012 23:31
OK. I am attaching an Installer that you can use. This installer does require Pro Mode. If you aren't using Pro Mode I would recommend starting a trial.

http://www2.adminarsenal.com/TryPDQDeploy

Copy the attached Config.xml file to a file share that is ACCESSIBLE by the credentials used for the deployment. From PDQ Deploy (pro mode) import the XML file called "Microsoft Publisher - Add to 2010 Pro Plus.xml".

If you can't do a trial then you can use a .bat file as your Installer File. The .bat file can be only one line if you want.

Here are the contents of the config.xml file.
```
<Configuration Product="ProPlus">
 <Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" Reboot="ReallySuppress" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />
 <Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="Never" />
 <OptionState Id="OneNoteFiles" State="Local" Children="force" />
 <OptionState Id="PubPrimary" State="Local" Children="force" />
</Configuration>
```
The command below assumes you have a server called Homer that has a shared directory called Installs which contains a directory called AddPublisher. Obviously you should change this to fit your environment.
```
"%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE14\Office Setup Controller\setup.exe" /modify ProPlus /config \\Homer\Installs\AddPublisher\Config.xml
```
If you are using a .bat file then you would use the command above in the file.

This command also assumes that your targets have Microsoft Office 2010 Pro Plus.

Also, here is a great article that I found which describes adding components to Office 2010.

http://www.fastracktechnology.com.au/blog/adding-components-to-existing-microsoft-office-2010-installations

Here is a post in our support forum which describes uninstalling Office components (in this case, Visio Pro 2007)

http://support.adminarsenal.com/entries/21452506-uninstall-visio-2007-pro

I have also attached a screenshot from my Installer (referencing a different file share) to show you what the installer looks like in Pro Mode.

-Shane
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