Command Line Switches Used for OSE Setup

ID: Q228515

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office 2000 Server Extensions

SUMMARY

This article describes how to install the Microsoft Office 2000 Server Extensions using a command line, and details some of the command line parameters that can be used during installation.

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The following command-line parameters can be used when you install the Office 2000 Server Extensions.

Quiet Mode Command-line Parameters

/q	Runs the install in quiet mode. (defaults to /qn)
/qn	Runs the install in quiet mode, no UI.
/nd	No Database. This tells setup not to install the MSDE database as part of the install. This parameter is required if you are using a Cfgquiet.ini file that points to a remote SQL Server database.

Darwin Properties

BINROOT=<dirpath>	Specify a directory to install the Office bits to (if not used, install defaults to <currentdrive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Office
LOGFILE=<dirpath>	Specifies an INI file for Configuration Wizard to use for configuration of the server.
REBOOT=Supress	If used, it will prevent the install from restarting the computer when completed.

Note: Capitalization of the property name does matter, as does the capitalization of Supress. Also, make sure there is no space in between the equal sign (=) and the data.

Configuration INI File (Cfgquiet.ini)

The Cfgquiet.ini template comes with the OSE install. This is located in the Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office directory on the Office 2000 Premium compact disc #3. Cfgquiet.ini is used by the Configuration Wizard to configure your OSE server in the event that the Administrator performs a quiet mode installation without specifying a log file.

The log file has comments that will help you determine what each parameter in the file does. Essentially, all the settings are identical to the default settings in full UI mode, except that Subscription/Notifications are turned off. These are turned off because you need to specify a valid SMTP server, and there is no such default value you can use.

You can modify the Cfgquiet.ini log file to extend a Web server with as many virtual servers as you want.

NOTE: Be very careful when using command line parameters. Be sure to check the following common errors when using the LOGFILE= parameter:

If you misspell the log file name, then the configuration will not run at all, and therefore, will not put the log the failure in a log file.

If you leave a space after LOGFILE= and the actual path to the directory, then the path is set to CURRENTDIRECTORY=<dirpath> parameter, which is incorrect.

The easiest way to diagnose this is to look at the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\owscmdline

The Configuration Wizard is set to run when you on restart the computer, until you finish the Configuration Wizard successfully (at which point the above registry key is removed).

If you misspell the log file or accidentally put a space in the filename, the above registry key will still exist and will let you know the command line that called the Configuration Wizard.

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