[master_mtz]

Hi all , i have read the unattented guide and office shrinker guide but i didn't understand them well , and kept struggling with my office to shrink it , and i succeded so i decieded to give u the method in more details:
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1- install the Microsoft office resource kit on a your machine to create administrative setup point from Here

2- Create administrative setup point, method is here :

http://unattended.msfn.org/intermediate/ap...ipstreaming.htm


3- then yu should slipstreame sp1 to it as mentioned in the guide at the same link above ( only sp1 , no need for the updates , that what i tried, )
4- use microsoft office resource kit to make an MST file which contains the answer
method and program link is here :
http://unattended.msfn.org/intermediate/ap...03_advanced.htm

5- don't care alot about the custom installation wizard , just care about the feature select menu , cuz it will effect the size

6- now , we have an administrative setup point and an MST file , letus go on...

7- install microsoft virtual PC
and run it
8- make a new machine , and start a new windows XP installation on it

9- Install the virtual machine additions , DON'T do anything else

10- in the virtual machine settings go to shared folders and share the administrative point folder u created at step 2 between the host machine and the virtual one


11- get office shrinker by buckeye form here :

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=At...pe=post&id=1296

12- share the folder which contains the shrinker between the virtual and host machine

13- then run the shrinker on the virtual machine,

14- specify the folder which yu shared from the real machine(the admin point) as the source,

15 - specify the target to a folder in the real machine(u should have shared another empty folder for this )
16- define the setup.exe and the mst

17- then the shrinking process starts, yu should see the error boxes which are automatically ignored, the process would complete with the message "shrinkage is already complete"

18- now we have the target folder with a shrinked office ,

19 - Now u have 2 options :
a- using WinRAR to create an SFX archive with this line executed after extraction
setup.exe TRANSFORMS=(thefilenameuchoosed).MST /qb-

b- use the @astalavista’s method of adding it to 7z

Now all is done
IMPORTANT
the shrinked office works on a completely on a clean installation so yu should place ur 7z SFX or RARSFX as the first program to run in RunonceEX.cmd , as it MUST be the first program to run , ur shrinked office won't success if its setup was started on ur windows after installing other apps.
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[Astalavista]

good summary... nice one!

[master_mtz]

117 views, 1 reply , a bit disappointing

[DonDamm]

Don't be disappointed. It means folks were interested. I created my own single 11- in-1 CD for Office 2003, but could use that for the UAI. for that I made an admin install point. I don't want to run it as the first thing in my RunOnceEx. I defrag first, then put in TweakUI ans then a few other things before I tackle Office. However, I may learn a few things by going through the process.

thanks for the post! )

[suicidal_orange]

Thanks, I was wondering why my office had stopped working, it was no longer first in my RunonceEX.cmd. Ill try again with it at the top

Thanks again for the guide, Im sure many people will find it useful

[maniaq]

this topic should be posted to the important topics in my oppinion

[maniaq]

i have a little question, should i run the shrink script more than one time on the same clean windows?tnx

This post has been edited by maniaq: 04 July 2005 - 11:55 AM

[master_mtz]

no only once as i tried ,

This post has been edited by master_mtz: 04 July 2005 - 03:46 PM

[inteeer]

PLEASE I NEED MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS :

12- share the folder which contains the shrinker between the virtual and host machine


THANKS

[Aaron_]

well done, master_mtz!

Really usefull summary of the process.

[mzar720]

very nice guide i will try the method soon
thanks

[master_mtz]

@inteer
Do this as mentioned in step 10
i meaned , to be able to run the shrinker @ the virtual machine

[master_mtz]

Up

[inteeer]

hi master_mtz
i am sorry for asking again ..

i will try to explaine my problem and need your help
now i get a shrink copy of officexp about 200M << this is befor using 7z>> ok

i want to add this copy to CD of XP
now i need something like :
1- what can i write inside the config.txt
2- what is the command or switch can i used it to make silent install for officexp
3- startX.exe i am not understand the function of this small prog.

when i make Officexp.7z it is become 70M BUT without startx and sfx and config.

i hope u understand what i mean and help me as soon as possible

[scuzzy47]

Hi guys, love this topic, the only two problems I get, is that I can't use my batch file on the virtual machine (see included picture) it's saying I have to go to config screen to configure the systemparts.

And when the shrink is done, I only get 7.20 MB, and I think this isn't right, since there are not enough files in it...

Maybe both of my problems are related to not having the VMware additions, where can I download these? Would love this if it worked, maybe you guys can help me out, thx anyway, grtz...

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[sawwa7]

hi all
thanks master_mtz for that guide
i've got my office xp shirinked to 200Mb including frontpage and excluding outlook .. now i'll make an sfx rar archive .. i've made my .mst file with the name Unattend.MST and now i have to questions .. should i include this file with my shirinked office before compression?
i think it's necessary to excute the command :

setup.exe TRANSFORMS="Unattend.MST" /qb-

am i right here?

second question is : does the command line to be excuted is written in right way here ?

thanks in advance
best regards

[inteeer]

sawwa7

if you will make an sfx rar archive and your office now about 200m
use this

Path=%systemdrive%\Offtmp
SavePath
Setup=%systemdrive%\Offtmp\setup.exe /i proplus.MSI /t %systemdrive%\Offtmp\Unattend.MST /qb- ALLUSERS=2 CDCACHE=auto 
Silent=2
Overwrite=1
Title=Microsoft Office Installation

and look at tom this My Webpage My Webpage

your copy will be 85M

that's all

[ZileXa]

Ok so I have my shrinked Office2003 now for a while... it was a hell making it work... after that a hell making it install at T12... But it works great now!

BUT When I start MS Excel... I get the following message: "MS Excel requires VBA-macrolanguage support to complete this action, do you want to install it now?"

Also when I open some excel files... it wants to install this but ofcourse can't find the installation files..


Now I thought about figuring out what files are needed... and adding them to a sfx archive...
Perhaps it is also possible to edit the .MST file??

[sawwa7]

inteeer, on Sep 26 2005, 04:01 AM, said:

sawwa7

if you will make an sfx rar archive and your office now about 200m
use this

Path=%systemdrive%\Offtmp
SavePath
Setup=%systemdrive%\Offtmp\setup.exe /i proplus.MSI /t %systemdrive%\Offtmp\Unattend.MST /qb- ALLUSERS=2 CDCACHE=auto 
Silent=2
Overwrite=1
Title=Microsoft Office Installation

and look at tom this  My Webpage  My Webpage

your copy will be  85M

that's all
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hello inteeer
thanks for replying me , but it was late
i've already made my shrinked office xp professional including Word,Excel,Access,PowerPoint and FrontPage while excluding the MS outlook which i don't really care about using it
i got a problem wasting much of the time using version of shrinker that has bugs , when i got the good version it worked great for me and i got shrinked office in rar archived with normal compression to save some time as the space was very reasonable and finally i got it 82MB .. i've already tested it working fine .
thanks alot for trying help me and i'll try ur comments next time
all the best of luck
regards

[ZileXa]

@sawwa7 you don't need Authenticity report and Recovery report for your RAR sfx! This could save 1-10%

ZileXa, on Sep 27 2005, 11:54 AM, said:

Ok so I have my shrinked Office2003 now for a while... it was a hell making it work... after that a hell making it install at T12... But it works great now!

BUT When I start MS Excel... I get the following message: "MS Excel requires VBA-macrolanguage support to complete this action, do you want to install it now?"

Also when I open some excel files... it wants to install this but ofcourse can't find the installation files..


Now I thought about figuring out what files are needed... and adding them to a sfx archive...
Perhaps it is also possible to edit the .MST file??
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