Adding additional programs on Office 2003 via GPO

[Harrison Midkiff]

Hello:

I am finalizing my deployment of Office 2003. I have a 3rd party
application that needs to be installed along with Office 2003. It is called
Redemption. Basically the install is just to registering a DLL. I created
a simple batch file that copies the file to the computer and then registeres
the DLL. I tested it by just running the batch file and it work perfectly.
In the Office 2003 Custom Installation Wizard I added the batch file to the
"Add Installations and Run Programs" section, but it never seems to run? I
have checked Microsoft's website on this but can not seem to find anything.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Harrison Midkiff

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You may want to check with the author of Redemption since it is a third
party program. http://www.dimastr.com

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Harrison Midkiff <[email protected]> asked:

| Hello:
|
| I am finalizing my deployment of Office 2003. I have a 3rd party
| application that needs to be installed along with Office 2003. It is
| called Redemption. Basically the install is just to registering a
| DLL. I created a simple batch file that copies the file to the
| computer and then registeres the DLL. I tested it by just running
| the batch file and it work perfectly. In the Office 2003 Custom
| Installation Wizard I added the batch file to the "Add Installations
| and Run Programs" section, but it never seems to run? I have checked
| Microsoft's website on this but can not seem to find anything.
|
| Does anyone have any ideas?
|
| Harrison Midkiff

 

[Joe Stern]

Some ideas:

- Don't chain it to your Office 2003 installation, but instead take before
and after snapshots with WinInstall LE and create a separate MSI.
- Run the batch file from a logon script - they can be stored in Group
Policy, too.

Joe Stern
Director of IT
National Analysts, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
jstern@nationalanalystsdottkomm