Deploy Outlook 2007 but keep Office 2003 other suites in place

[Jimmyjay]

Hey guys, great forum and lots of information on software which can be difficult to configure.

 

I have a problem. I am running SCCM in a test environment trying to learn and deploy software. I have been set a task to deploy outlook 2007 while keeping in place the previous office suite installation (office 2003) excluding outlook 2003. My issue is how do I remove outlook 2003 and install outlook 2007 but keep the previous other office 2003 suites in place?

 

I've managed to create the necessary package and advertisment for installing and removing office 2003 as a test:-

 

INSTALLATION

msiexec.exe /q ALLUSERS=2 /m MSIHINKJ /i "PRO11.MSI" TRANSFORMS=officesilentinstall.MST

 

REMOVAL via vbs script

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Set WshShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

 

strCommandline = "cmd /c MsiExec.exe /x {90110409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9} /qn"

 

intRetVal = WshShell.run(strCommandline,0,True)

Wscript.quit(intRetVal)

 

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I have the contents of office 2007 extracted to sms_source folder on my server. I have created the .msp for office 2007 which only includes outlook 2007. But for some reason the install doesn't run. my command line is as follows:-

 

setup.exe /adminfile /config Outlook.en-us\Install.MSP

 

Should my install.msp file be in the same directory as setup.exe or in the outlook.en-us directory? I've try numerous different stuff no still no job. Any ideas guys.

 

Thank you in advance.

[Peter van der Woude]

Take a look here for a lot of info: http://www.appdeploy.com/packages/detail.asp?id=860

 

In short if you put the MSP in the Updates folder, you don't need to specify a location for it in the commandline.

[Jimmyjay]

Hi Peter thats for the reply. I'll have a look through the link. Many Thanks