Office(R)Tool Project

Discussion in 'Microsoft Office' started by Dark Dinosaur, Nov 6, 2021.

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Change brand name or not ?

Poll closed Dec 26, 2021.
  1. No, keep it like that

    148 vote(s)
    75.1%
  2. Yes, officeRTool need fresh name

    49 vote(s)
    24.9%
  1. geneticplasma

    geneticplasma MDL Senior Member

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    Custom Install/Uninstall Individual Office 2016/2019/365 Apps
    Custom installation or uninstallation of Office 2016/2019/365 product is possible using the Office Deployment Tool and a setup configuration file (XML). The Office Deployment Tool (ODT) is a command-line tool that you can use to download and deploy Click-to-Run versions of Office, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, to your client computers. This tool can also be used to download, install, and configure Office on a single standalone computer.

    Step 1: Download Office Deployment Toolkit (ODT)
    1. Download Office Deployment Tool from Microsoft Download Center.
    2. Create a folder on the hard drive where you want to store the Office Setup files — e.g., E:\Office Setup
    3. Run the ODT setup file, read and accept the license agreement.
    4. In the browse dialog, point to the source folder E:\Office Setup.
    Step 2: Create/edit the configuration file (XML)
    Using Notepad, create a file named configuration.xml (or any name you prefer) in the “Office Setup” folder, with the following contents:

    <Configuration>
    <Add OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="Current">
    <Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">
    <Language ID="en-us" />
    <ExcludeApp ID="Access" />
    <ExcludeApp ID="Excel" />
    <ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
    <ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
    <ExcludeApp ID="OneDrive" />
    <ExcludeApp ID="OneNote" />
    <ExcludeApp ID="PowerPoint" />
    <ExcludeApp ID="Publisher" />
    <ExcludeApp ID="Teams" />
    </Product>
    </Add>
    <Updates Enabled="TRUE" />
    <Display Level="Full" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
    </Configuration>


    Bitness
    In the above sample XML file, OfficeClientEdition=”64″ denotes that you want to install the 64-bit version of Office. If you want the x86 version, use OfficeClientEdition=”32″ instead.

    Edition
    The Product ID used in the above example is O365BusinessRetail. Use the appropriate ID as per your requirement. Here are some commonly used Product IDs for Office 365 installations.

    • O365HomePremRetail
    • O365ProPlusRetail
    • O365BusinessRetail
    • VisioProRetail
    • ProjectProRetail
    • AccessRuntimeRetail
     
  2. Dark Dinosaur

    Dark Dinosaur X Æ A-12

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    I use this exclude method,
    but I'm not sure it will help after you install everything.
    do complete scrub / refresh installation --> take less time
     
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  3. geneticplasma

    geneticplasma MDL Senior Member

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    So if you read carefully, you will note, that you can also uninstall apps with this method.

    Scrubbing is impossible to me, because after that I have to cutomize each app again. This will took serval hours.
     
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    Dark Dinosaur X Æ A-12

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    #685 Dark Dinosaur, Jun 26, 2022
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    (OP)
    you can re-install and exclude this apps.
    I will test how it work, worth a try.

    geneticplasma Confirm to work.
    just re-Install the same package, and exclude un-needed apps

    Anyway add this the the other guides

    ## Modify existing package
    Repeat the same installation as before, excluding any Un-Wanted apps.
    after the installation end, those apps will go.
     
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  5. Dark Dinosaur

    Dark Dinosaur X Æ A-12

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    Some s**ti stuff about Office(R)Tool, that you didn't know
    1- Script size is about 372 KB.
    2- it contains 6874 Lines of Code.
    3- I don't remember where every specific code is found.
    4- don't know how I manage to modify something in this mass.
     
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  6. geneticplasma

    geneticplasma MDL Senior Member

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    Thanks, but thre is no difference between this method and uninstall/scrub complete office suite and reinstall custom office suite.

    At the end, all apps are in default mode and you have to customize all settings, menus, rules...
     
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    Dark Dinosaur X Æ A-12

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    #688 Dark Dinosaur, Jun 27, 2022
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    (OP)
    it's not exactly true, new installation takes about 4-5 minutes,
    and repeating the same installation takes about 1-2 minutes.
    my thought is - it works as repair / modify Mode, not as a new installation.
     
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  8. geneticplasma

    geneticplasma MDL Senior Member

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    New installation never take more than 2 minutes at my setting. But don't discuss about less minutes... ;)

    Only "thoughts" are to risky to me, because I have customize office step by step, the way I need and I like. Losing this customization would bother me very much.
    It is not in a healthy relationship the risk to lose my complete customization and removing just one App (Lync) on the other side.
     
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    New installation never take more than 2 minutes at my setting. But don't discuss about less minutes... ;)

    Only "thoughts" are to risky to me, because I have customize office step by step, the way I need and I like. Losing this customization would bother me very much.
    It is not in a healthy relationship the risk to lose my complete customization and removing just one App (Lync) on the other side.
     
  10. Zucht

    Zucht MDL Novice

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    Hi,

    Is it true that there is no option in the 2019 offline Single Apps Install to install or skip OneNote 2019? When going through to the app list what or what not to install all Office apps are mentioned except OneNote. This is only the case for Office 2019, for Office 2021it's there.
     
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    #693 Windows 10 User, Jun 30, 2022
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    Does anyone know how to prevent the annoying blue tips from appearing in the Office programs?
     
  13. Dark Dinosaur

    Dark Dinosaur X Æ A-12

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    can you share a screenshot, please?
     
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  14. Dark Dinosaur

    Dark Dinosaur X Æ A-12

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    Add Proofing Tools selection via online installation ONLY,
    will release it soon after a couple of checks.
     
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  15. Dark Dinosaur

    Dark Dinosaur X Æ A-12

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    everything seems to working fine, bump release
    will do the same for offline release one day ...
     
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  16. geneticplasma

    geneticplasma MDL Senior Member

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    They are only pop up, if new features are available.
     
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    #699 Windows 10 User, Jul 2, 2022
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    But how can I prevent them from appearing?
     
  18. neapo

    neapo MDL Novice

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    How can i automate the reactivating of office every 90 days using Task Scheduler?