[Chris Lee]

Well, I tried office shrink on a VMWare XP Pro, it still gave me 7 mb, the prompt said.. However, after closing the prompt, I get a error 25003 or something that say setup files are corrupted and when I press ok, it exits. How can this be?

[devilrunner]

I can't seem to get my Dutch Of2k3Pro administrative install point shronk.

Here is my .ini, .log and error message file attached in zip format.
Hope Anybody can help me.

Attached File(s)

•  of2k3pro_admininstall_schrink_dutch.zip (17.79K)
  Number of downloads: 148

[buckeyeXP]

@chris lee: send me the log office_task(000?).txt maybe ill be able to decipher it.


ok found the problem. thanks devilrunner. when i get home ill fix it.

give me a couple of hours.

[buckeyeXP]

Here it is ladies and gentlemen.

I added another option for the language support. I overlooked the fact that the word for "Error" changes in different languages and fixed that.

It should work fine for the Dutch language now. Devilrunner... im looking at you for conformation on that.

I also think i came up with a simple solution for those of you that shrink does not close for.

The file is in the first post.

[buckeyeXP]

ok found a little bug and fixed it.


Sorry to the two of you that already downloaded it.

[devilrunner]

Thx for the work buckeyeXP.
I am however still not able to do a schrink of my office install.
I got a new error box!

attached are the usual files.

Attached File(s)

•  of2k3pro_admininstall_schrinklangfinal_dutch.zip (24.67K)
  Number of downloads: 118

[alhaddar]

Hi

can any one te me how use Office 2k3 Shrink by step by step

pls help

[buckeyeXP]

1.) Slipstream and make the MST file according to MSFN's instructions. XP O2k3
2.)Run Office Shrink(It is pretty self explanitory)



@devilrunner: I dont know why it would do that. try running it again. The thing that dosent make sense to me is that the file on the error and the file on the log are different. If there was a problem copying they would be the same. Try copying G:\OFFICE2\FILES\PFILES\MSOFFICE\OFFICE11\MSAEXP30.DLL manually and rerunning office shirnk.

[wghout]

buckeyeXP,

I've read through previous postings and run into the same error as devilrunner.

When I put some extra info in the shrink.ini file where it says "Office setup EXE=SETUP.EXE" into "Office setup EXE=c:\office\original\SETUP.EXE" I get an error telling me "Execution not succesful. Command Run: C:\office\final\c:\office\original\SETUP.EXE TRANSFORMS=unattended.MST /qb FAILED"

Is this this perhaps a hard coded problem that is pointing to the "Final" instead of the "Original" directory. Although when I run the utility originally, I get the error on every file it would place in the "Final" place. So you have to start "Shrink_lang" over and over again. Every time the error occured, the file is actualy placed in its destination directory.

Regards,

wghout

[buckeyeXP]

@wghout: This is not the same error as devilrunner is getting. And no it is not supposed to be pointed to the origional directory. It has worked for many before you i dont see how the code could be wrong now.

Delete you shrink.ini file and run the program with out it.

If you are trying to get another language to work. delete it and run without, then change only the language settings and rerun.

[wghout]

buckeyeXP,

I actually get the same error as devilrunner. What I was trying to say in the first post is that, as you can see in the attached office.log, that there is a command run (Command Run: C:\office\final\SETUP.EXE...) from my "final" destination. If that is so, how should it find the files that gives the error? My source is located in the dir "Original".

wghout

Attached File(s)

•  Office.log.zip (9.65K)
  Number of downloads: 69

[buckeyeXP]

that is exactly how the program works. It takes the missing file error and copies the file from the source to the target and moves to the next file.

[buckeyeXP]

Ok i think i figured out what is going on, but i dont have any way of testing it.
So let me know

@wghout: sorry if i came off as curt, u just caught me having a rough day at work. Let me know if this works for you.


If not........back to the drawing board.

[alhaddar]

When I try the utilization of an Office program 2k3 Shrink ascends a twist of this enclosed letter

Attached File(s)

•  untitled.JPG (39.01K)
  Number of downloads: 265

[devilrunner]

maybe this can help you in making your program work for dutch users.

I am using a english OS and a dutch OF2k3.
In my last post I got a strange error box telling me that a file doesn't exist.
I checked my ini file and because I had an english OS I thought I change the error value to 'error' instead of the dutch 'Fout'.

This resulted in the disapearance of the strange error box and gave me a normal error.

Attached File(s)

•  OF2k3_schrink_admininstall_dutch.rar (24.66K)
  Number of downloads: 91

[alhaddar]

I am using a english OS and a english OF2k3

[buckeyeXP]

@alhaddar: i dont know what version you have, but i think it was one of the first. Download the new one and try that. There shouldnt be any problems what so ever with the english version.


as far as the dutch version goes... still searching.

[SiMoNsAyS]

@buckeyeXP i'm currently building a website and i would like to host your versions of office shrink. would u like to have a mirror?? if so please post me the links to the final/multilingual versions of your tool.

[Daniel304]

office shrink v2 gives an error it can't find files.. it seems to swap target and source dir. So I have to copy manually... I don't thin that is what has to happen ?!? (BTW Dutch Office 2k3)

Sorry forgot how the program works... well it isn't copying anything....

It gives error

Make sure File exists
1
.....

Even better is works only once then exits. It does copy one file and then stops and leaves the setup running

[KirbyDX]

it worked flawless with Office XP
thanks a bunch
i trimmed 650MB to about 135MB
thats hell of a lot

i also reinstalled office after i removed it, no errors
im about to try publisher right now