Config.xml file reference for Office 2013

 

Applies to: Office 2013

Summary: Provides information about how to use the Config.xml file to customize Windows Installer-based Office 2013 installations.

Audience: IT Professionals

Administrators use the Config.xml file to perform installation and maintenance tasks for Office 2013.

The primary tool that administrators use to customize the installation of Windows Installer-based products in Office 2013 is the Office Customization Tool (OCT). The customization tools and methods in Office 2013 are the same as for Office 2010 and Office 2007. For more information about how to use the OCT to create a Setup customization file and to learn about updates to the OCT in Office 2013, see Office Customization Tool (OCT) reference for Office 2013.

Use the Config.xml file to configure installation tasks and use it only when you run Setup. Config.xml is not installed or cached on users' computers. Administrators can edit the Config.xml file to customize the installation. By default, the Config.xml file that is stored in the core product folder, core_product_folder_name.WW, directs Setup to install that product. For example, the Config.xml file in the ProPlus.WW folder installs Office Professional Plus 2013.

You use the Config.xml file to perform the following installation tasks:

• Specify the path of the network installation point.

• Select which product to install.

• Customize Setup options, such as logging and the location of the Setup customization file and software updates.

• Set installation options, such as user and company name.

• Copy the Local Install Source (LIS) to the user's computer without installing Office.

• Add or remove languages from the installation.

You can also use the Config.xml file for maintenance operations such as adding or removing features, repairs, and removing installations. To do this, administrators must run Setup.exe again from the original source.

In this article:

• Config.xml element quick reference

• How Setup uses Config.xml

• Config.xml file format

• Config.xml element reference

• Sample Config.xml file

Config.xml element quick reference

The following table lists the Config.xml elements. These elements can appear in any order, except for Configuration, which must be first, and elements such as Command, whose order in Config.xml affects how they are processed during installation.

Config.xml quick reference

Element	Description
Configuration	Top-level element
AddLanguage	Add a language to the installation
ARP	Values that control the text and behavior of the Programs and Features option, in Control Panel, to add or remove features for the product
Command	Run a command during installation
COMPANYNAME	The name of the organization or company of the user on whose computer the product is being installed
Display	The level of UI that Setup displays to the user
DistributionPoint	The fully qualified path of the network installation point from which the installation is to run
INSTALLLOCATION	The fully qualified path of the folder on the user's computer in which the product is installed
LIS	Options for how the Local Install Source (LIS) is cached on the user's computer
Logging	Options for the kind of logging that Setup performs
OptionState	Options to specify how individual product features are to be handled during installation
PIDKEY	The 25-character volume license key
RemoveLanguage	Remove a language from the installation
Setting	Values for Windows Installer properties
SetupUpdates	The search path for Setup to use to find Setup customization files
USERINITIALS	The initials of the user on whose computer the product is being installed
USERNAME	The name of the user on whose computer the product is being installed

How Setup uses Config.xml

Setup looks for a copy of Config.xml in the same folder as Setup.exe. If a copy is not found there, Setup uses the Config.xml file that is located in the core product folder for the product that you are installing. (If multiple products are in the network installation point, Setup waits until you specify which product to install before it looks for the copy of Config.xml.) The copy of Config.xml that is located in the product folder identifies the product through the Product attribute of the Configuration.

You can also use the /config Setup command-line option to specify the location of the Config.xml file. For example:

\\ server \ share \setup.exe /config \\ server \ share \ProPlus.WW\config.xml

Config.xml file format

XML elements in Config.xml begin with < and end with />.

The basic element format is as follows:

< element [attribute="value"] [attribute="value"] … />

For example:

<Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />

The following statements apply to format:

• Elements and attributes are case-sensitive.

• Attribute values must be enclosed in quotation marks (") and are not case-sensitive.

• An element definition can span multiple lines. Spaces, carriage returns, line feeds, and tab characters are ignored in an element definition.

  The following is an example of an element definition that spans multiple lines.

  <Display
     Level="none"
     CompletionNotice="no"
     SuppressModal="yes"
     AcceptEula="yes"
  />
  

The Configuration is a special case and is required. All other elements are contained in the Configuration, and the element is closed with </Configuration>, as shown in the following example.

<Configuration Product="ProPlus">
  <!--  <Display Level="full" CompletionNotice="yes" SuppressModal="no" AcceptEula="no" />  --> 
  <!--  <Logging Type="standard" Path="%temp%" Template="Microsoft Office Professional Plus Setup(*).txt" />  --> 
  <!--  <USERNAME Value="Customer" />   --> 
  <!--  <COMPANYNAME Value="MyCompany" />   --> 
  <!--  <INSTALLLOCATION Value="%programfiles%\Microsoft Office" />   --> 
  <!--  <LIS CACHEACTION="CacheOnly" />   --> 
  <!--  <LIS SOURCELIST="\\server1\share\Office;\\server2\share\Office" /> -->
  <!--  <DistributionPoint Location="\\server\share\Office" />   --> 
  <!--  <OptionState Id="OptionID" State="absent" Children="force" />   --> 
  <!--  <Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="IfNeeded" />   --> 
  <!--  <Command Path="%windir%\system32\msiexec.exe" Args="/i \\server\share\my.msi" QuietArg="/q" ChainPosition="after" Execute="install" />   --> 
  </Configuration>

Comments can be added anywhere and are delimited by "<!--" and "-->".

For example:

<!-- Configure install options for Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 -->
<Configuration Product="ProPlus" >
   <Display
      <!-- Turn off all Setup UI and prevent prompting users-->
      Level="none"
      CompletionNotice="no"
      SuppressModal="yes"
      <!-- Accept the EULA for the user -->
      AcceptEula="Yes"
   />
</Configuration>

Each Office product folder contains a default Config.xml file, which consists of a Configuration that has the Product attribute set to the appropriate value for the product. Configuration includes several examples of elements that are enclosed in comments. To activate these elements, remove the beginning and closing comment marks and enter the appropriate attribute values.

As shown in the following example, you can activate the Display element by changing this line:

<!-- <Display Level="full" CompletionNotice="yes" SuppressModal="no" AcceptEula="no" /> -->

to this:

<Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />

The Display options in the previous example direct Setup to run a silent installation, to prevent users from being prompted to enter information, and to prevent the installation from waiting for any user interaction.

Config.xml element reference

The following conventions are used in the descriptions in this reference.

Formatting conventions

bold	Element or attribute name
normal	Text to be entered exactly as shown
italic	Placeholder for a value to be added
x|y	Choose among multiple values
[x]	Optional value

Configuration element

Top-level element. This element is required, and all other elements must appear in this element.

Syntax

<Configuration [Product="productID"] >

   ...

</Configuration>

Attributes

The following table describes Configuration element attributes and values.

Configuration element attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
Product	productID	The value of the ID attribute in the Setup element in the Setup.xml file for the product that is being installed.

Remarks

The Product attribute identifies the product affected by this Config.xml file. The productID is defined in the Setup.xml file that is located in the core folder for the product, in the ID attribute of the Setup element.

The Product attribute is optional, unless you set the Display Level attribute to “basic” or “none”. In this case, the Product attribute is required. If the product specified by the Product attribute does not exist in the network installation point, Setup ends the installation.

Example

The productID for Office Professional Plus 2013 is located in ProPlus.WW\Setup.xml in the following line:

<Setup Id="ProPlus" Type="Product"  ... >

You use this productID in Config.xml to specify Office Professional Plus 2013 by entering the following line:

<Configuration Product="ProPlus">
   ...
</Configuration>

AddLanguage element

Adds the specified language to the installation.

Syntax

<AddLanguage

   Id="ll-cc" | "match"

   [ShellTransform="Yes"]

/>

Attributes

The following table describes AddLanguage element attributes and values.

AddLanguage attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
Id	ll - cc	The language identifier.
	match	Matches the language Id of the user's Windows user locale.
ShellTransform	Yes	Specifies the language for the shell user interface. If more than one AddLanguage element is specified, one (and only one) language must specify the ShellTransform element.

Remarks

The language must be available on the network installation point.

You can have multiple elements for AddLanguage and RemoveLanguage. If both the RemoveLanguage and the AddLanguage element specify the same language, the AddLanguage element takes precedence and the language is installed.

There are three language concepts that you should know about when you install the Office 2013:

• Setup user interface (UI): the language of the installation.

• Shell UI: the language of shortcuts, right-click context menus, and tooltips.

• Office UI: the language of the Office user interface and menus.

When there are multiple Office languages, these three values are determined as follows:

By default, the Setup UI depends on the set of available resources for installation and the ability to match the user locale. By default, the Setup UI matches the user locale. The Shell UI depends on the set of languages that is being installed and, by default, follows the Setup UI. The default Office UI language depends on the user locale and current user settings. The default is to use the Windows user locale set on each user's computer. This means that in the default case, the Setup UI, Shell UI, and Office UI will all be the same.

A locale in the Windows operating system is a set of user preference information related to the user's language, environment, and cultural conventions. This information is represented as a list of values that are used to determine the correct input language, keyboard layout, sorting order, and the formats that are used for numbers, dates, currencies, and time. The user locale is a per-user setting that determines the formats that are used, by default, to display dates, times, currency, and numbers, and the sorting order of text. A user locale is specified for each account that is created on a computer.

If an administrator specifies multiple languages for installation in the Config.xml file, the Shell UI language must be selected from the set of languages that are being installed. To do this, administrators specify the ShellTransform attribute of the AddLanguage element in the Config.xml file. AddLanguage specifies the language that Setup uses for the Shell UI. However, this does not necessarily affect the choice of Setup UI or Office UI when it is installed on the user’s computer.

For example, if you have an Office image with English, French, German, and Spanish, to specify that Setup install full language support for all these languages and have the Shell UI follow the user’s default regional options, you add the following elements in the Config.xml file.

<AddLanguage Id="match" ShellTransform="yes"/> <AddLanguage Id="en-us" /> <AddLanguage Id="fr-fr" /> <AddLanguage Id="de-de" /> <AddLanguage Id="es-es" />

In the previous example, Setup installs all the specified languages and the Shell UI matches the language of the user's locale. If more languages were available in the source image, the match value in the previous example might install an additional language if the match language does not resolve to one of the other four explicitly called-out languages. For instance, if Japanese was also included in the source, this example would install Japanese in addition to the other four languages when it is installed on a computer that has the user locale set to Japanese.

Example

<AddLanguage Id="en-us" ShellTransform="Yes" />

ARP element

Specifies values that control the text and behavior of Programs and Features in Control Panel for the product.

Syntax

<ARP attribute =" value " [attribute="value"] ... />

Attributes

The following table describes ARP element attributes and values.

ARP attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
ARPCOMMENTS	text	Additional text. Can be up to 255 characters, although all characters might not be displayed.
ARPCONTACT	text	List of technical support contacts.
ARPNOMODIFY	Yes	Prevents users from changing the product installation by making the Change button unavailable.
	No (default)	Allows users to modify the product installation.
ARPNOREMOVE	Yes	Prevents users from removing the product by making the Remove button unavailable.
	No (default)	Allows users to remove the product.
ARPURLINFOABOUT	URL	URL for the product's home page.
ARPURLUPDATEINFO	URL	URL for information about product updates.
ARPHELPLINK	URL	URL of a website where users can receive technical support.
ARPHELPTELEPHONE	text	Telephone numbers for technical support.

Command element

Specifies a command line to run. For more information, see Remarks later in this article.

Syntax

<Command

   Path="path"

   [QuietArg="arguments"]

   [Args="args"]

   [ChainPosition="Before" | "After"(default)]

   [Wait="mseconds"]

   [Execute="Install"(default) | "Uninstall"]

   [Platform="x86"(default) | "x64"]

/>

Attributes

The following table describes the Command element attributes.

Command attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
Path	path	Fully qualified path of the executable file. If the path value contains a space, you must use double quotation marks as shown in the following example: "\\server\share\Office 14\copylogs.bat"
QuietArg	string	String of arguments to be appended to the command line if you configure a silent installation. For more information about when to use the QuietArg attribute, see the Remarks section that follows this table.
Args	string	String of arguments to be passed to the executable. For information about when to use the Args attribute for chained installations, see the Remarks section, following this table. If the value of the Args element includes quotation marks, you can enclose the whole value in single (') quotation marks, as shown in the following example: Args='"/param value"'
ChainPosition	Before	This command is executed before the primary product installation.
	After (default)	This command is executed after the primary product installation.
Wait	mseconds	When you install a product with the Display Level attribute set to "full" or “basic,” this is the number of milliseconds to wait after you run the program before you continue the installation. The default is 0 (zero), which indicates no waiting.
Execute	Install (default)	Setup executes this command when the primary product is installed.
	Uninstall	Setup executes this command when the primary product is uninstalled.
Platform	x86 (default)	Specifies that this program requires the Intel x86 platform. This command runs only if the computer on which the installation is run matches this platform requirement.
	x64	Specifies that this program requires a 64-bit processor that supports the x64 extensions to the x86 architecture. This command runs only if the computer on which the installation is run matches this platform requirement.

Remarks

The Command element in the Config.xml file and the Add installations and run programs option in the OCT (command-lines entered in the Add Program Entry and Modify Program Entry dialog boxes) are intended to be used only for initial product installations and uninstallations. The Command element commands are processed only during initial installations and uninstallations. If Command element commands are used for customizations after the initial installation, they are ignored.

The command line can be specified to run an arbitrary command or to run a lightweight executable that you want to run when this product is installed.

The Command element in Config.xml and the Add installations and run programs option in the OCT do not provide the software deployment capabilities that an enterprise software deployment and management tool provides, such as the ability to track deployment progress and troubleshoot problems. Therefore, we recommend that you use the Command element in Config.xml and Add installations and run programs in the OCT to run only lightweight executables or arbitrary commands that will not change the computer or that do not require user input. For example, you can run a utility to copy logs or a command to launch a Welcome page at the end of installation.

The use of Args and QuietArg is as follows:

• The Args attribute is always appended to the command. This can include switches such as "/install" or "Company=MyCorporation."

• The QuietArg attribute is also appended if setup is running silently (with Display set as Display="none"). In such cases, you can specify the QuietArg attribute by using the "/quiet" switch, for example, you can use: QuietArg="/quiet".

The following statements apply to the Wait attribute:

• Setting the Wait attribute to 0 milliseconds indicates no waiting after you run the program before you continue the installation. The command will execute and move on immediately.

  Return codes are only respected if the Wait value is nonzero. If you specify 0, Setup will not wait to continue the installation after it runs the specified program. Therefore,, there is no return code to report in that case.

• Setting the Wait attribute to any positive nonzero value will wait exactly the number of milliseconds you specify. If the process ends earlier than the specified time, setup will continue. If the process has not ended when the specified time is up, setup will fail.

• Setting the Wait attribute to -1 indicates to wait indefinitely. This can be problematic because if the command process stops responding (hangs), setup will stop responding and will wait indefinitely for the command to run.

If there are two or more Command elements in the Config.xml file, they run in the order in which they are specified in Config.xml.

Examples

<Command Path="\\server\share\myscript.exe" Args='/id "123 abc"' QuietArg="/q" Wait="30000" />

COMPANYNAME element

The name of the organization or company of the user on whose computer the product is being installed.

Syntax

<COMPANYNAME Value=" companyname " />

Attributes

The following table describes COMPANYNAME element attributes and values.

COMPANYNAME attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
Value	companyname	The company or organization name.

Example

<COMPANYNAME Value="Microsoft Corporation" />

Display element

The level of UI that Setup displays to the user.

Syntax

<Display

   Level="None" | "Basic" | "Full"(default)

   CompletionNotice="Yes" | "No"(default)

   SuppressModal="Yes" | "No"(default)

   NoCancel="Yes" | "No"(default)

   AcceptEula="Yes" | "No"(default)

/>

Attributes

The following table describes Display element attributes and values.

Display attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
Level	None	No Setup UI is displayed. If you set Display Level="none", Setup runs a silent (unattended) installation. See the Remarks section for more information.
	Basic	Setup displays a Welcome screen, the product key (PIDKEY) page (if it is needed), the software license terms page (if you need it), a progress bar, and the completion notice (if it is allowed).
	Full (default)	Setup displays all UI to the user.
CompletionNotice	Yes	Only applies if Level is set to "basic" or “none”: Setup displays the completion notice.
	No (default)	Only applies if Level is set to "basic": Setup does not display the completion notice.
SuppressModal	Yes	Only applies if Level is set to "basic": Setup does not display error messages and other dialog boxes that might interrupt the installation.
	No (default)	Only applies if Level is set to ”basic”: Setup displays errors and other dialog boxes as needed.
NoCancel	Yes	If Level is set to "full" or "basic", disable the cancel button (X in upper-right corner of the progress dialog box).
	No (default)	If Level is set to "full" or "basic", let the user cancel the installation from the progress bar.
AcceptEULA	Yes	Microsoft Software License Terms are accepted on behalf of the user. Setup does not display the software license terms page.
	No (default)	If Level is not set to ”none”, Setup displays the software license terms page.

Remarks

If this element is not defined, the default settings are used. If an invalid value is specified, Setup ends the installation.

If the Level attribute is set to "basic" or “none” and you supply a product key by using the PIDKEY, Setup assumes that you also accept the license agreement on behalf of the user.

Example

<Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="Yes" />

DistributionPoint element

Specifies the fully qualified path of the network installation point from which the installation is to run.

Syntax

<DistributionPoint Location=" path " />

Attributes

The following table describes DistributionPoint element attributes and values.

DistributionPoint attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
Location	path	The fully qualified path of the network installation point from which the installation is to run.

Remarks

If this is not specified, Setup assumes that the Setup.exe file is located at the root of the network installation point.

Example

<DistributionPoint Location="\\server1\office" />

INSTALLLOCATION element

Specifies the fully qualified path of the folder on the user's computer where the product is installed.

Syntax

<INSTALLLOCATION Value=" path " />

Attributes

The following table describes INSTALLLOCATION element attributes and values.

INSTALLLOCATION attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
Value	path	The fully qualified path of the folder on the user's computer in which the product is installed.

Remarks

You can use system environment variables in the path. If this element is not specified, Office is installed in %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office.

Example

<INSTALLLOCATION Value="%ProgramFiles%\MyApps" />

LIS element

Controls how the Local Installation Source (LIS) is cached on the user's computer and specifies the location of one or more network installation points that contain the installation files for the product.

Syntax

<LIS

[CACHEACTION="CacheOnly" | "RemoveCacheOnly"]

[SOURCELIST=" semicolon-delimited-path-list "]

/>

Attributes

The following table describes LIS element attributes and values.

LIS attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
CACHEACTION	CacheOnly	Setup copies the LIS to the user's computer, but does not install the product. Note Do not use Command elements in a Config.xml file that specifies the CacheOnly value because the specified commands will not run.
	RemoveCacheOnly	If the cache is copied to the user's computer and Office is not installed, Setup removes the LIS from the user's computer but does not install or uninstall the product.
SOURCELIST	semicolon-delimited-path-list	A list, separated by semicolons, of one or more network installation points that contain the installation files for the product. The equivalent option in the OCT is Additional network sources.

Remarks

By default, the LIS is created in the folder \MsoCache\All Users at the root of the drive on which Office is installed. Setup customization files and software updates in the Updates folder in the network installation point are also copied.

If you specify INSTALLLOCATION, the drive designation in the path is used to determine on what drive the LIS is created. For example, if the INSTALLLOCATION path is E:\office\files, the LIS is created on drive E. The sources listed by the SOURCELIST attribute are kept with the installed product and are used by Setup if the LIS on the user's computer is missing or corrupted.

Example

<LIS CACHEACTION="CacheOnly" />   
<LIS SOURCELIST="\\server1\office;\\server2\corpdata" />

Logging element

Specifies the kind of logging that Setup performs.

Syntax

<Logging

   Type="Off" | "Standard"(default) | "Verbose"

   Path="path"

   Template="filename.txt"

/>

Attributes

The following table describes Logging element attributes and values.

Logging attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
Type	Off	Setup performs no logging.
	Standard (default)	Setup writes installation information to the log file.
	Verbose	Setup writes all installation information to the log file.
Path	path	The fully qualified path of the folder used for the log file. You can use environment variables. Default is %temp%.
Template	filename .txt	The name of the log file. If you insert the string * anywhere in the file name, a unique log file is created for each installation performed by setup.exe (see the explanation later in this article). If the * character is not included and the file name that is specified already exists, log information is appended to the existing file. The .txt file name extension must be included. The default template is SetupExe(*).log.

Remarks

You can specify a * anywhere in the Template value. Setup inserts a string in that location that has the following format.

YYYYMMDDHHMMSS xxx

where:

1. YYYY = Year

2. MM = Month

3. DD = Day

4. HH = Hour

5. MM = Minute

6. SS = Seconds

7. xxx = a unique string generated by Setup

Example

<Logging Type="standard" Path="%temp%" 
   Template="MyLog(*).txt" 
/>

In the following example, Setup creates a log file every time that it installs the product. Setup uses unique file names such as the following:

%temp%\MyLog(20060428110717CFC).txt
%temp%\MyLog(20060429113143C70).txt

OptionState element

Specifies how specific product features are handled during installation.

Syntax

<OptionState

   Id="optionID"

   State="Absent" | "Advertise" | "Local"

   [Children="force"]

/>

Attributes

The following table describes OptionState element attributes and values.

OptionState attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
Id	optionID	An item that the user can choose to install.
State	Absent	The feature is not installed.
	Advertise	The feature is installed the first time that it is used.
	Local	The feature is installed on the user's computer.
Children	force	All child features of the feature are set to the specified state.

Remarks

A feature is an item that the user can choose to install. The Id value for a feature is defined in the Option element of the Setup.xml file in the core product folder.

Example

<OptionState Id="ExcelAddinFiles" 
   State="Absent" 
   Children="force" 
/>

PIDKEY element

The 25-character volume license key.

Syntax

<PIDKEY Value=" 25-character-key " />

Attributes

The following table describes PIDKEY element attributes and values.

PIDKEY attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
Value	25-character-key	The 25-character volume license key.

Remarks

When the PIDKEY value is set, users are not required to enter a product key when they install Office.

To enter a MAK key in the Config.xml file, add the following line to the file.

<PIDKEY Value="AAAAABBBBBCCCCCDDDDDEEEEE" />

Where AAAAABBBBBCCCCCDDDDDEEEEE is the 25-character product key. For more information about licensing for Office 2013, see Volume activation of Office 2013.

Example

<PIDKEY Value="1234512345123451234512345" />

RemoveLanguage element

Removes the specified language from the installation.

Syntax

<RemoveLanguage Id=" ll - cc " />

Attributes

The following table describes RemoveLanguage element attributes and values.

RemoveLanguage attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
Id	ll-cc	The language identifier.

Remarks

If the language is not installed on the user's computer, the RemoveLanguage element is ignored.

You can have multiple elements for AddLanguage and RemoveLanguage. If both RemoveLanguage and AddLanguage elements specify the same language, the AddLanguage element takes precedence and the language is installed.

Example

<RemoveLanguage Id="en-us" />

Setting element

Allows you to specify values for Windows Installer properties.

Syntax

<Setting Id=" name " Value=" value " />

Attributes

The following table describes Setting element attributes and values.

Setting attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
Id	name	The name of the Windows Installer property.
Value	value	The value to assign to the property.

Remarks

Not all Windows Installer properties can be specified in the Setting element. If a blocked property is specified, Setup ends the installation process. If a supported property is specified, Setup passes the property directly to Windows Installer.

The Setting element supports the following Key Management System (KMS) properties:

• KMSSERVICENAME — Specifies the KMS host name.

• KMSSERVICEPORT — Specifies the KMS host port.

For example, to use the KMS properties, use the following syntax:

<Setting Id="KMSSERVICENAME" Value="contoso.com" />

<Setting Id="KMSSERVICEPORT" Value="1234" />

where:

contoso.com is the name of the KMS host

1234 is the port number value

The Setting element supports the AUTO_ACTIVATE property for product key activation. This property specifies that product activation occur automatically during Office 2013 deployment and it uses the following syntax.

<Setting Id="AUTO_ACTIVATE" Value="1" />

The Setting element supports the REMOVEPREVIOUS property. This property removes the specified application from the installation and uses the following syntax.

<Setting Id="REMOVEPREVIOUS" Value="Option Id" />

where Option Id is the identifier value for the Office 2013 application. To specify multiple applications, use a comma-separated list to indicate the appropriate Option Id values.

If you specify REMOVEPREVIOUS with an Option Id value, only the specified applications are removed.

If you do not specify REMOVEPREVIOUS, any previously installed Office applications for which a replacement is being installed are removed. This is the default behavior.

If you specify REMOVEPREVIOUS with a blank value (REMOVEPREVIOUS=""), no applications are removed.

The Setting element also supports the SETUP_REBOOT property. SETUP_REBOOT begins a restart after installation. It uses the following syntax. You must use all uppercase letters for the SETUP_REBOOT property.

<Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="value" />

where value can be one of the following:

• AutoAlways — Always begin a restart. Do not prompt the user.

• Always — Always prompt for a restart at the end of setup.

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

• AutoIfNeeded — Begin a restart if setup requires a restart. Do not prompt the user.

• Never — Never begin or prompt for a restart.

Examples

<Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="Never" />
<Setting Id="REMOVEPREVIOUS" Value="WORDFiles" />

SetupUpdates element

Specifies a search path for Setup to use to find Setup customization files.

Syntax

<SetupUpdates

   [CheckForSUpdates="Yes"(default) | "No"]

   [SUpdateLocation="path-list"]

/>

Attributes

The following table describes SetupUpdates element attributes and values.

SetupUpdates attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
CheckForSUpdates	Yes (default)	Setup uses the path list in SUpdateLocation to find Setup customization files.
	No	Setup does not search for Setup customization files by using the path list in SUpdateLocation.
SUpdateLocation	path-list	A list of fully qualified paths to folders, separated by semicolons. Note Environment variables cannot be used in the SUpdateLocation path. If an environment variable is used in the path, Setup ignores update files that are located in the specified path location.

Remarks

Setup looks in all the specified folders for Setup customization files that were created for the product that is being installed, and applies them in alphabetical order by file name. If a Setup customization file was specified in the Setup command line, that file is applied first, followed by any files that are found in the folder that is specified by this element.

Example

<SetupUpdates
   CheckForSUpdates="Yes"
   SUpdateLocation="\\server1\office\updates;\\server2\corpdata\updates"
/>

USERINITIALS element

The initials of the user on whose computer the product is being installed.

Syntax

<USERINITIALS Value=" value " />

Attributes

The following table describes USERINITIALS element attributes and values.

USERINITIALS attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
Value	value	The user's initials

Example

<USERINITIALS Value="JD" />

USERNAME element

The name of the user on whose computer the product is being installed.

Syntax

<USERNAME Value=" value " />

Attributes

The following table describes USERNAME element attributes and values.

USERNAME attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
Value	value	The user's name.

Remarks

The Office 2013  Username element data is populated as follows.

If the user who runs Office is the same user who installed Office, the Username and Initials supplied during setup are used. The user is not prompted when Office first starts. This case is most popular for home users who install Office themselves.

If the user who is running Office is not the same user who installed Office, Office prompts the user to confirm his or her Username and Initials when Office first starts. This case is most popular in a corporate environment, where an administrator installs Office for the user.

The value for the Username element shown to the user at first start time might be pre-populated with a default value from a previously installed version of Office or from the currently logged-on user. Note that the default value is not used unless it is confirmed by the user. If an earlier version of Office is installed on the computer, the registry key that was created by the earlier version of Office is used. For example, if the previous Office installation is Microsoft Office 2003, the registry key is provided at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\UserInfo.

Example

<USERNAME Value="John Doe" />

Sample Config.xml file

The following example shows a Config.xml file for a typical installation. The example uses the Office Professional Plus 2013 version of the product.

<Configuration Product="ProPlus">

<!-- <Display Level="full" CompletionNotice="yes" SuppressModal="no" AcceptEula="no" /> -->

<!-- <Logging Type="standard" Path="%temp%" Template="Microsoft Office Professional Plus Setup(*).txt" /> -->

<!-- <USERNAME Value="Customer" /> -->

<!-- <COMPANYNAME Value="MyCompany" /> -->

<!-- <INSTALLLOCATION Value="%programfiles%\Microsoft Office" /> -->

<!-- <LIS CACHEACTION="CacheOnly" /> -->

<!-- <LIS SOURCELIST="\\server1\share\Office;\\server2\share\Office" /> -->

<!-- <DistributionPoint Location="\\server\share\Office" /> -->

<!-- <OptionState Id="OptionID" State="absent" Children="force" /> -->

<!-- <Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="IfNeeded" /> -->

<!-- <Command Path="%windir%\system32\msiexec.exe" Args="/i \\server\share\my.msi" QuietArg="/q" ChainPosition="after" Execute="install" /> -->

</Configuration>

See also

Office Customization Tool (OCT) reference for Office 2013
64-bit editions of Office 2013