Hi Joe, Joe wrote: > At least I would have seen... > > msiexec \\R4p17\VOL1\apps\WPKG\Programs\\OpenOffice\openofficeorg24.msi > > instead of... > > msiexec \\R4p17\VOL1\apps\WPKG\Programs\OpenOffice\openofficeorg24.msi So msiexec might have problems with double backslashes in path? I would consider this to be a bug since c:\\\\\\Windows is equal to C:\Windows - as well as C:\.\.\.\.\Windows ;-) But I ought to remember that I had a similar problem once... strange msiexec behavior. br, Rainer |