[chiners_68]

Hi Guys,
ive read you can just copy the office updates to the updates folder on your network source & they will automatically get installed when office is installed.
Ive copied several office updates to my updates folder & installed office 2007 on a fresh machine but no updates got applied. Checked in Add/remove programs & office online checker.


his is what the readme.txt file says in the updates folder

"Any patches placed in this folder will be applied during initial install."

here are the file names of some of the updates I have in my folder

office2007-kb936960-fullfile-x86-glb.exe
office2007-kb936514-fullfile-x86-glb.exe
office2007-kb933688-fullfile-x86-glb.exe

why have they not applied.?


I am using an MSP Answer file to automate the installation but cannot se anywhere in the office custom installation wizard to turn on or off the updates.

This post has been edited by chiners_68: 15 November 2007 - 05:15 AM

[chiners_68]

may of found the problem.

The config.xml file didnt have the line to look for update files.

<SetupUpdates
   CheckForSUpdates="Yes"
   SUpdateLocation="\\server1\office\updates;\\server2\corpdata\updates"
/>

refrenced from this page.

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us...3.mspx?mfr=true

This post has been edited by chiners_68: 15 November 2007 - 05:49 AM

[Kelsenellenelvian]

OK The reason they are not applied is you actually need the .msp file from inside the .exe...

To do this you use uniextract found on this forum or browse to %userprofile%\Local Settings\Temp and as you run each one grab the .msp file from the created folder.

[chiners_68]

need i need to extract all the files from within the exe files & storte these in sub folders of "Updates" or do i just need the msp files..?

where Do i need to place the msp files?

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Once you get the .msp files you simply place them in your Updates folder and forget them.

These are all in my updates folder

dw20.msp
excel.msp
mso.msp
msxml5.msp
oartconv.msp
outlfltr.msp
outlook.msp
publisher.msp
wordconv.msp
xlconv.msp

And they all run and install fine.

[chiners_68]

do you need the exe files aswell or just the msp files alone..? Dont worry ive answered this myself. old office updates use to have more than just the msp file so wasnt sure I need to extract all the other bits. Ive seen now there i noyl the msp files in these exe's if you exclude the txt file.


ive run that uniextractor 1.5 but all it does is errors. ive extracted them via batch file for now.

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This post has been edited by chiners_68: 15 November 2007 - 07:40 AM

[Kelsenellenelvian]

HEY A BAT FILE?!?!?!

Care to share?? PLEASE.

Yeas there are many files in the .exe all you need is the .msp that is the core file...

[chiners_68]

you must of used .bat files before, otherwise known as .cmd

this line will extract an update file if you put in corect paths & file names

"C:\office2007-kb936514-fullfile-x86-glb.exe" /extract:"C:\office2007-kb936514-fullfile-x86-glb"

This post has been edited by chiners_68: 15 November 2007 - 08:36 AM

[Kelsenellenelvian]

sweet Thanks.

[chiners_68]

put the lines in a txt file. edit pathes & files names. rename file to .BAT & then run it. it will ask you on each line to confirm the license agreement & will the extract to your specified folder for you.

or you can just paste the line into you "Run" command box. & hit enter. You would have to do each one, one by one then.

[ricktendo64]

Hey thanks

[yadzil]

There are a lot of hotfixes for office 2007 but which one should I put in the Updates file? All of them or only the latest?

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Only the latest (I think there are 11 right now)

[legionaire]

Kelsenellenelvian, I believe you were looking for this batch code:

for %%i in (*.exe) Do (
start /wait %%i /extract:. /quiet
erase %%i)
erase *eula*.txt

Just put the corresponding .cmd file in your updates folder and apply as soon as you have a new .exe file.

Btw, do not confuse .bat with .cmd files. The former runs under MS-DOS, the latter under Windows Shell.
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So what about Project updates? Since Project is not part of the Suite I don't think you should place its updates into the same update folder?
Edit: Been able to answer that one myself...the updates folder is for any .msp file that applies to any office component of the containing folder. Pretty sweet when compared to Office 2k3 where you had different updates for every CD and every language.

This post has been edited by legionaire: 11 December 2007 - 05:23 AM