[robbie2]

which version can u get to 75mb??

[Acheron]

For that ODBC error thing you can use this command to bypass the errors:

setup.exe /qb-!

[saitoh183]

Well after numurous tries i finially got it to work...I think the problem was the office tools.

[Acheron]

No, the error occurs when you remove ODBC with nLite

[saitoh183]

I left the ODBC stuff in my nlite config when i made my winXP CD and everthing worked

[amp_man]

How are you guys getting it down that small? I've got Office 2003 pro, I set it up to install only Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. The ORK at that point showed the final size should be 198 megs, but my install source, even after running the auto-it script and removing the MSIs and installers for word, etc, is still around 320mb. Am I missing something? Perhaps buried within this 27-page thread?

[lilweirddude]

amp_man, on Jan 12 2005, 02:10 PM, said:

How are you guys getting it down that small? I've got Office 2003 pro, I set it up to install only Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. The ORK at that point showed the final size should be 198 megs, but my install source, even after running the auto-it script and removing the MSIs and installers for word, etc, is still around 320mb. Am I missing something? Perhaps buried within this 27-page thread?

winrar sfx

[Gagorian]

Office 2003 including Word, Excel and Powerpoint. I stripped most of the useless features and got it down to a 58.9 mb SFX. (Winrar - Best Compression)

Then I added all the office source files and the .mst file to the SFX and typed in the comment field:

TempMode
Setup=SETUP.EXE TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qn
Silent=1
Overwrite=1

This will extract the files into a temporary directory, run the install commands, install it and then remove the temporary files. Which means it's a fully unattended and silent office 2003 installation package that fits easily on my cd. Just set RunOnceEx to run the executable, no commandlines needed.

Thanks for this great utility.

*EDIT* Got the size down by a few more megs.

[amp_man]

edit: wow, I'm a terrible dumba**. I'm trying to use the source files instead of the admin install point that definately could help

[r0sWell]

not working for me

i made the Office XP splitstream with SP3, using the unattended site guide.
i made the Unattended.MST file.

now the Office XP folder takes 977MB


i have an error 25003 with the office xp shrinker
plz help me if u can.


here's my office2_task.txt (office2.log in the next page) :

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•  office2_Task_0001_.txt (60.33K)
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[r0sWell]

...and here's the office2.log :

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•  office2.log (3.41K)
  Number of downloads: 9

[Charmin Deluxe]

i'm not sure if it's already posted here but here are the settings for german:

[Language]
lang=German
dir=1031
retry=&Wiederholen
title=Microsoft Office
error=Fehler

btw you got a pm

[atlas95]

Hello, Can you help me please, I have 2 error when I try to shrink it:

I resume : Error 1308, can't found XLSLICER.DLL and XL5EN32.OLB

But I've this files !

I don't understand

It's on a french version with word,exel and powerpoint

Thx

[Astalavista]

i think there is a problem with the french version.

[Zardoc]

Man I'm a noob at this

Can someone explain Batch files and coding and why French doesn't work!!

Is there a way to slipstream office 2003 pro version without the volume license??

I'm a bit mixed up here.

[amp_man]

Should this work with Frontpage 2003, or are there any similar tools for frontpage? Having trouble, I tried running this script on it, but it quit after a few moments, and the installer reported an error (corrupted files, I think, it ran fine without the script), and my O2k3 SP1 is @135mb, frontpage2k3 SP1 alone is 354mb

note: I do not use frontpage myself, I realize how absolutely terrible it is. this cd is for a lab in a building where a frontpage-based web design class is taught.

[Astalavista]

my Frontpage is only 134 MB bec. i hv all the options installed.

Which is what u need if u are going to use Frontpage 2003 for Corp or Enterprise use.

[amp_man]

Astalavista, on Jan 16 2005, 02:11 AM, said:

my Frontpage is only 134 MB bec. i hv all the options installed.

Which is what u need if u are going to use Frontpage 2003 for Corp or Enterprise use.

yeah, but that's after 7zip, I'm talking about source. Anyways, I did some crazy crap and copied the frontpage 2003 folder into the office 2003 folder, here's the result (for anyone interested):

Office: 135mb (after shrink script)
FrontPage: 354mb
Office+FrontPage: 425mb
then all you need to do is create a simple batch file with the commands, rar sfx it, and set that to extract to a temp folder and execute the batch.
final size (winrar sfx): 192mb (which fits on my cd with 16mb to spare!)

[Xable]

Hi, this office shrink is great, but i have a problem, not with shrink process though, that works fine.

i`m trying to get my shrunk office installed from start.cmd using a rar sfx which is set to run setup.exe after extraction.
Problem is start.cmd does`nt wait for office to install, it caries on installing my other apps after office has extracted. so i end up with office installing at the same time as my other apps which causes some of them not to install properly or at all.

I hope you can understand all that what i need is a way to halt my .cmd file while office installs. a work around is to put "pause" in the .cmd but then its not an unattended install.
this has get me well and truly stuck any sudgestions are welcome.
attatched my start.cmd if it will help

Cheers

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[Zardoc]

Hello!!

Anybody got some experience to share here???

You all was noobs once!!!