Updated: 2009-01-15

In previous versions of Office, you used Windows Installer properties to customize and control Office installation. In the 2007 Microsoft Office system, the Setup process is redesigned and most of these functions are replaced by options in the Office Customization Tool (OCT) or elements in the Config.xml file.

Property quick reference

The following table summarizes the recognized Windows Installer properties that you might have used in previous versions of Office. The table shows if the functionality of that property is blocked and replaced by options in the OCT or Config.xml, or if the property is available for use. More detail is provided in the sections below.

Property Use in the 2007 Office system

ADDDEFAULT

Replaced

ADDLOCAL

Replaced

ADDSOURCE

Replaced

ADVERTISE

Replaced

ALLUSERS

Blocked

ARPAUTHORIZEDCDFPREFIX

Replaced

ARPCOMMENTS

Replaced

ARPCONTACTS

Replaced

ARPHELPLINK

Replaced

ARPHELPTELEPHONE

Replaced

ARPINSTALLLOCATION

Replaced

ARPNOMODIFY

Replaced

ARPNOREMOVE

Replaced

ARPNOREPAIR

Replaced

ARPPRODUCTICON

Replaced

ARPREADME

Replaced

ARPSIZE

Replaced

ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT

Replaced

ARPURLINFOABOUT

Replaced

ARPURLUPDATEINFO

Replaced

CCP_DRIVE

Replaced

COMPADDLOCAL

Replaced

COMPADDSOURCE

Replaced

COMPANYNAME

Replaced

DISABLEROLLBACK

Blocked

EXECUTEACTION

Blocked

EXECUTEMODE

Blocked

FILEADDDEFAULT

Replaced

FILEADDLOCAL

Replaced

FILEADDSOURCE

Replaced

HIDEUPDATEUI

Available

INSTALLLEVEL

Blocked

INSTALLLOCATION

Replaced

LIMITUI

Replaced

LOGACTION

Blocked

MEDIAPACKAGEPATH

Blocked

NOCOMPANYNAME

Replaced

NOUSERNAME

Replaced

PIDKEY

Replaced

PRIMARYFOLDER

Available

PROMPTROLLBACKCOST

Blocked

REBOOTPROMPT

Blocked

REINSTALL

Blocked

REMOVE

Replaced

ROOTDRIVE

Available

SEQUENCE

Blocked

SETUP_REBOOT

Available

SOURCELIST

Replaced

TARGETDIR

Replaced

UNINSTALL

Blocked

USERNAME

Replaced

Available properties

The following properties can be used when you install the 2007 Office system:

  • HIDEUPDATEUI--If set to True, hides the Check for Updates button on the completion dialog. This property is ignored if the completion dialog is not displayed. The default value is False.

  • PRIMARYFOLDER--Designates a primary folder for the installation.

  • ROOTDRIVE--Specifies the default drive for the destination folder of the installation. The value for this property must end with '\'.

  • SETUP_REBOOT--Determines how Setup restarts the computer after installation. You must use all uppercase letters, SETUP_REBOOT.

    • AutoAlways--Always initiate a reboot. Do not prompt the user.

    • Always--Always prompt for a reboot at the end of setup.

    • IfNeeded--Prompt for a reboot at the end of setup if setup requires a reboot. (Default)

    • AutoIfNeeded--Initiate a reboot if setup requires a reboot. Do not prompt the user.

    • Never--Never initiate or prompt for a reboot.

You set these properties in the Modify Setup properties page of the OCT, or the Setting element in the Config.xml file.

Replaced properties

A number of Windows Installer properties are replaced by options in the OCT or in the Config.xml file. Some properties are not applicable in the 2007 Office system because of Setup design changes in the 2007 version. All of these properties are blocked by Setup. That is, if you specify any of these properties in the OCT Modify Setup properties page, or with the Config.xml Setting element, Setup will end the installation.

The following table lists blocked properties whose functions are replaced by options in the OCT or by elements in the Config.xml file.

Property Replacement OCT option Replacement Config.xml element

SOURCELIST (in LIS element)

Additional network sources

SOURCELIST attribute in LIS element

COMPANYNAME

Installation location and organization name

COMPANYNAME

INSTALLLOCATION

Installation location and organization name

INSTALLLOCATION

TARGETDIR

Installation location and organization name

INSTALLLOCATION

LIMITUI

Licensing and user interface

Display

PIDKEY

Licensing and user interface

PIDKEY

ARPAUTHORIZEDCDFPREFIX

None

ARP

ARPCOMMENTS

None

ARP

ARPCONTACTS

None

ARP

ARPHELPLINK

None

ARP

ARPHELPTELEPHONE

None

ARP

ARPINSTALLLOCATION

None

ARP

ARPNOMODIFY

None

ARP

ARPNOREMOVE

None

ARP

ARPNOREPAIR

None

ARP

ARPPRODUCTICON

None

ARP

ARPREADME

None

ARP

ARPSIZE

None

ARP

ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT

None

ARP

ARPURLINFOABOUT

None

ARP

ARPURLUPDATEINFO

None

ARP

CCP_DRIVE

None

CCP_DRIVE

NOCOMPANYNAME

None

None

NOUSERNAME

None

None

USERNAME

None

USERNAME

ADDDEFAULT

Set feature installation states

OPTIONSTATE

ADDLOCAL

Set feature installation states

OPTIONSTATE

ADDSOURCE

Set feature installation states

OPTIONSTATE

ADVERTISE

Set feature installation states

OPTIONSTATE

COMPADDLOCAL

Set feature installation states

OPTIONSTATE

COMPADDSOURCE

Set feature installation states

OPTIONSTATE

FILEADDDEFAULT

Set feature installation states

OPTIONSTATE

FILEADDLOCAL

Set feature installation states

OPTIONSTATE

FILEADDSOURCE

Set feature installation states

OPTIONSTATE

REMOVE

Set feature installation states

OPTIONSTATE

The following properties are replaced by Setup command-line options for the 2007 Office system:

  • REINSTALL--Use the Setup /repair command-line option

  • UNINSTALL--Use the Setup /uninstall command-line option

Blocked Properties

The following properties are no longer applicable in the 2007 Office system and are blocked. That is, if you specify these properties in the OCT Modify Setup properties page, or with the Config.xml Setting element, Setup will end the installation.

  • ALLUSERS (all installations of the 2007 Office system are per-machine)

  • DISABLEROLLBACK

  • EXECUTEACTION

  • EXECUTEMODE

  • INSTALLLEVEL

  • LOGACTION

  • MEDIAPACKAGEPATH

  • PROMPTROLLBACKCOST

  • REBOOTPROMPT

  • SEQUENCE

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