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TX, same way as a full install setup /admin, then choose "New customization file" and go through all your customizations ,taking care to not install anything but Excel. Then save the customization file, and use the command line syntax to run only the Excel customization (msp) for that Excel installation, i.e.
setup.exe /adminfile <path to msp file>

One thing to watch out for when you are creating the MSP for Excel 2007 is the uninstallation of previous versions of Office. If you create the MSP from your Office admin point, the default will be for your installation to remove all previous versions of Office (not just Excel) on the target machine. This may not be what you want to happen :-)

So when creating the MSP using setup.exe /admin, make sure you explicitly mark only those older products you actually want to be removed during your Excel 2007 installation.

Regards,

Spartacus

ORIGINAL: aogilmor

TX, same way as a full install setup /admin, then choose "New customization file" and go through all your customizations ,taking care to not install anything but Excel. Then save the customization file, and use the command line syntax to run only the Excel customization (msp) for that Excel installation, i.e.
setup.exe /adminfile <path to msp file>



Thank you, aogilmor. What about the other things in the "Updates" folder that I would like to have applied/installed after the Excel 2007 install, such as SP1 and the Save as PDF/XPS Document add-in? Will I have to specify them in the command-line too, or will they automatically get applied?

Thanks,

TX Techie

ORIGINAL: spartacus

One thing to watch out for when you are creating the MSP for Excel 2007 is the uninstallation of previous versions of Office. If you create the MSP from your Office admin point, the default will be for your installation to remove all previous versions of Office (not just Excel) on the target machine. This may not be what you want to happen :-)

So when creating the MSP using setup.exe /admin, make sure you explicitly mark only those older products you actually want to be removed during your Excel 2007 installation.

Regards,

Spartacus

Thanks for the reminder, spartacus.

If I use setup.exe /adminfile <path to msp file>, what about the other things in the "Updates" folder that I would like to have applied/installed after the Excel 2007 install - such as SP1 and the Save as PDF/XPS Document add-in?

Will I have to specify them in the command-line too, or is there some way that I can have them automatically get applied (without having to copy them to another folder)?

Thanks,

TX Techie

ORIGINAL: TXTechie
Will I have to specify them in the command-line too

No. if the Sp1 MSP's are in the updates folder, SP1 will get applied.


The PDF/XPS Document add-in is an MSI, so can be installed seperately.