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. Windows 10 User

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    #741 Windows 10 User, Jul 9, 2022
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    It looks like it's the "ó" character that causes this issue. How can a single character cause it? Weird. Anyway, I need OfficeRTool inside this folder.

    Also, I still don't get why you use the release date as the OfficeRTool version and after opening the latter it has a real version (which should be the one used in both cases).
     
  2. Dark Dinosaur

    Dark Dinosaur X Æ A-12

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    I like the date thing. ignore version number info -
    just to enable version history/updates via GitHub ;)
    Talking about special chars, in P/S it even worse -
    [ ] --> can break P/S command
     
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  3. FanboyKilla

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    I came across an issue when trying to install "Office Professional Plus 2019 Volume" while using the "Current" channel. I'm getting the error...

    Code:
    This product can't be installed on the selected update channel. Please contact your system administrator and try again.
    I was able to workaround the issue by manually changing "ProPlus2019Volume" to "ProPlus2019Retail" in the "configure32.xml" file. Then Office 2019 installed fine and I was able to convert to volume and activate. This only happens with Office 2019, I'm not having this issue with Office 2021 (Current) channel "ProPlus2021Volume".

    I took a look at the script code and I see on line "3631" you have "type=Volume" with no other option for "Retail"...

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        if "%installtrigger%" EQU "2" ((set "type=Volume")&&(set "of19install=1")&&(goto:InstallExclusions))
    So as far as I can tell, there is no way to install "Office Professional Plus 2019 Volume" while using the "Current" channel. with this script. I guess the fix would be to add a second option to allow the user to select "Office Professional Plus 2019 Retail" which would then set "ProPlus2019Retail" in the XML configuration file?
     
  4. Dark Dinosaur

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    not recommended
    you you want 2019 Volume [LTSC] -
    choice 2019 [LTSC] channel

    This message is right.
    you trying bypass the system.

    Code:
    This product can't be installed on the selected update channel. Please contact your system administrator and try again.
    
     
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  5. Windows 10 User

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    But it's confusing to have two versions.

    Why do these characters break things?
     
  6. Dark Dinosaur

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    But why ? It have dedicated channel!!??
    I can bypass it, don't want to :(
     
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  7. Windows 10 User

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    Why is "ó" a special character?
     
  8. Dark Dinosaur

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    there are things that are bigger than me.
    maybe abbodi1406 knows.
     
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  9. FanboyKilla

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    #750 FanboyKilla, Jul 9, 2022
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    I'm not saying you should bypass it, all I'm doing is bringing this issue to your attention. Right now Office(R)Tool is generating Volume License configuration files with "Current" channel instead of the correct "PerpetualVL2019" or "PerpetualVL2021".

    Example for Office 2021
    * The user will be able to install using this configuration, however, they will be using the "Current" channel instead of "PerpetualVL2021".
    • Download Package
      • Current (Retail/RTM)
      • v16.0.15330.20230
      • 32-bit
      • English
    • Install Package
      • Install office from offline install package-image
      • Select option "3.) Office Professional Plus 2021 Volume"
    This creates an invalid configuration...
    • Product ID="ProPlus2021Volume"
    • channel="Current"

    Example for Office 2019
    * The user will NOT be able to install using this configuration, because ODT rejects the configuration channel "Current" instead of "PerpetualVL2019".
    • Download Package
      • Current (Retail/RTM)
      • v16.0.15330.20230
      • 32-bit
      • English
    • Install Package
      • Install office from offline install package-image
      • Select option "2.) Office Professional Plus 2019 Volume"
    This creates an invalid configuration...
    • Product ID="ProPlus2019Volume"
    • channel="Current"
     
  10. Dark Dinosaur

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    #751 Dark Dinosaur, Jul 9, 2022
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    RTool do what you told it
    I will not avoid people by force -
    ODT setup file does it better than me
     
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  11. Dark Dinosaur

    Dark Dinosaur X Æ A-12

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    I Renamed this boring title to
    Office(R)Tool: The Next Generation

    like
    (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
     
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  13. maxama123

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    As shown on page 1 - "# 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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    Can I please ask for some guidance.

    I accidentally installed Access, Visio, Project and Skype. I then re-install 365 again but now "without' these packages but they are still installed. What am I doing wrong? :confused:
     
  14. Dark Dinosaur

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    Have to check again
    From my latest check -
    He did work
     
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  16. Dark Dinosaur

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    Done.
    work faster than ever -
    can auto select the higher version,
    or Use API for fail-safe
     
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  17. Dark Dinosaur

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    #759 Dark Dinosaur, Jul 14, 2022
    Last edited: Jul 14, 2022
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    Rebuild it again, my bad.
    now should work without API
    and work with Win 7 / Up
    Upload Again. in 5 minutes.

    interesting result ( differences only )
    Code:
    No API
    
    >9600
    CHANNEL ::  CurrentPreview     ID ::  64256afe-f5d9-4f86-8936-8840a6a4f5be  VERSION ::  16.0.15330.20230
    CHANNEL ::  DogfoodDevMain     ID ::  ea4a4090-de26-49d7-93c1-91bff9e53fc3  VERSION ::  16.0.15512.20000
    
    <9600
    CHANNEL ::  MonthlyEnterprise  ID ::  55336b82-a18d-4dd6-b5f6-9e5095c314a6  VERSION ::  16.0.12527.22162
    
    WITH API
    
    >9600
    CHANNEL ::  CurrentPreview     ID ::  64256afe-f5d9-4f86-8936-8840a6a4f5be  VERSION ::  16.0.15427.20090
    CHANNEL ::  DogfoodDevMain     ID ::  ea4a4090-de26-49d7-93c1-91bff9e53fc3  VERSION ::  16.0.15513.20004
    
    <9600
    CHANNEL ::  MonthlyEnterprise  ID ::  55336b82-a18d-4dd6-b5f6-9e5095c314a6  VERSION ::  16.0.12527.22183
    
     
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  18. Morphaz454

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    Hi, thanks, but why do I always get this error in Windows 7:

    ERROR ### MULTIPLE INSTANCE FOUND
    Closing in 5 sec.

    I find version 2.18 is working fine.