[wpkg-users] MS Office 2003 Install

Tomasz Chmielewski mangoo at wpkg.org
Wed Jul 9 15:57:52 CEST 2008


Jennette, Steven J. schrieb:
> I am trying to install MS Office 2003 and I used the resource kit to 
> create the MST file.  The error that I am getting is:
> 
> Could not process (install) package 'Microsoft Office 2003' (office2003):
> 
> Exit code returned non-successful value (1639) on command 'msiexec /i 
> "\\S012\Wpkg\Apps\Office2003\PRO11.MSI" 
> TRANSFORMS=\\S012\Wpkg\Apps\Office2003\New Custom Setup File.MST /qb-'.
> 
>  
> 
> If I manually put “msiexec /i \\S012\Wpkg\Apps\Office2003\PRO11.MSI 
> <file:///\\S012\Wpkg\Apps\Office2003\PRO11.MSI> into the command line it 
> runs, but if I add TRANSFORMS=\\S012\Wpkg\Apps\Office2003\New Custom 
> Setup File.MST /qb to the end  of that line I get the pop up Windows 
> Installer Information window that usually occurs when there is incorrect 
> syntax.

According to http://wpkg.org/MSI:_Windows_Installer - error 1639 stands 
for "Invalid command line argument. Consult the Windows Installer SDK 
for detailed command line help."

Did you try adding quotes (") to the whole transforms file path?

It contains spaces, it may confuse msiexec.


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Tomasz Chmielewski
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