2008 Microsoft AutoUpdate??

[aRKay]

In my Microsoft Office 2004 folder there is an application called
Microsoft AutoUpdate.app but it was not installed in the Microsoft
Office 2008 folder?

Did Microsoft ditch the Microsoft AutoUpdate.app in 2008? Will I
need something like this for the expected 2008 update?

 

[CyberTaz]

No, they didn't "ditch" anything. AutoUpdate v2.0 is installed where it is
supposed to be, which is simply a different location than where v1.2.2 got
dumped. It is safer where it is & better complies with Apple guidelines. If
you want to test it to be sure just go to Help in any Office app & select
Check for Updates & set its prefs to what you like while there.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[aRKay]

Shortly after posting the question, I though I found the answer but now
I am not sure. I went to a help menu and found the Check for Updates
and assumed the AutoUpdate is now integrated into each application and
there is no need for separate application.

After reading your response, I am a little confused. Where is the
AutoUpdate v2.0 application located?

My OSX 10.5.1 spotlight can only find the AutoUpdate v1.1.2 that is in
the Microsoft Office 2004 folder.

 

[CyberTaz]

Did you run the Check for Updates command? Did AutoUpdate run (and tell you
that no updates are available)? If so, all is well & I can't understand why
you are so obsessed with discovering where the little bugger is hidden

However, if you must know;

HD/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[aRKay]

I am not obsessed with finding it. I was concerned that I had a bad or
defectve 2008 install as the 2004 AutoUpdate that I have used in the
manual mode for years was missing and could not be found. I don't
recall reading anything about this change.

Thanks for the tip on where to find the 2008 version. I just changed my
preference from manual to automatic.

I find it interesting that if you type in Microsoft AutoUpdate in the
OSX Spotlight, it opens the utility rather than finding it and
displaying the location. I assume this is the compliance with Apple
guidelines you mentioned earlier.

No big deal as long as it works. I must be the only Office user that
was concerned about why the AutoUpdater was not in he Office 2008 folder

arkay

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi aRKay - see below:

I am not obsessed with finding it.

I was just yankin' yer chain

I was concerned that I had a bad or
defectve 2008 install as the 2004 AutoUpdate that I have used in the
manual mode for years was missing and could not be found.

Understandable, but choosing it from the Help menu is basically the same as
running it manually - pretty much like a button or an alias/shortcut.

I don't recall reading anything about this change.

I doubt that every scintilla that distinguishes 2008 from 2004 is even
documented - let alone easy to locate... at least not for the typical user.
I happened upon it coincidentally myself.

Thanks for the tip on where to find the 2008 version. I just changed my
preference from manual to automatic.

I've always done the same. I set it for Monthly & just decline on
notification if I have any doubts about the update. Once I'm confident I
just hit the menu command. I don't believe I've *ever* launched AU directly.

I find it interesting that if you type in Microsoft AutoUpdate in the
OSX Spotlight, it opens the utility rather than finding it and
displaying the location. I assume this is the compliance with Apple
guidelines you mentioned earlier.

About that I have no idea - had not experienced that. I wonder if 10.5.x is
exhibiting different behavior? My search for autoupdate just turns up the
typical listing in 10.4.11 - it doesn't launch.

No big deal as long as it works. I must be the only Office user that
was concerned about why the AutoUpdater was not in he Office 2008 folder

I suspect that most don't even give it a thought - and those that do
probably just consider it a "feature" within the Office apps.

arkay