Office not running setup.exe with config.xml

[theak]

Trying to run a silent install of Office 2013 and Lync 2013 with a config.xml.

I can run the commands in CMD and it seems to work great. However, it's not working in AutoIT

 

RunAs("\\servername\apps$\Office2013\setup.exe /config \\servername\cofs\Organization\its\_Support\AutoIT\MS Office 2013\config.xml")

Any ideas?

As a side note, any way to disable the UAC prompt for an install?

[water]

Try

RunAs('\\servername\apps$\Office2013\setup.exe /config "\\servername\cofs\Organization\its\_Support\AutoIT\MS Office 2013\config.xml"')

as there is a space in the path.

[theak]

RunWait('\\servername\apps$\Office2013\setup.exe /config "\\servername\cofs\Organization\its\_Support\AutoIT\MS Office 2013\config.xml"')

Tried this, still no dice.

If I input that command without the single quotes into CMD, works like a charm.

 

[jguinch]

Did you try ShellExecute/ShellExecuteWait ?

[water]

Shouldn't it be

"\\servername\cofs$\Organization\its\_Support\AutoIT\MS Office 2013\config.xml"

Note the "$" I added.

[theak]

Did you try ShellExecute/ShellExecuteWait ?

Ok, that actually caused a different error. 

So, now when I run this:

ShellExecuteWait('\\servername\apps$\Office2013\setup.exe /config "\\servername\cofs\Organization\its\_Support\AutoIT\MS Office 2013\config.xml"')

I get this...(attached)

However, when I access the paths individually I can access them. It seems like it maybe thinks it's one big path?

 

 

[water]

Did you read what I wrote in post #5?

[theak]

Did you read what I wrote in post #5?

Yes, however the cofs folder is not a hidden share. Tried it with the same result.

Edited July 30, 2015 by theak

[BrewManNH]

Try this:

ShellExecuteWait('\\servername\apps$\Office2013\setup.exe', '/config "\\servername\cofs\Organization\its\_Support\AutoIT\MS Office 2013\config.xml"')

 

[theak]

Try this:

ShellExecuteWait('\\servername\apps$\Office2013\setup.exe', '/config "\\servername\cofs\Organization\its\_Support\AutoIT\MS Office 2013\config.xml"')

 

Awesome, this totally worked.

As a side request, is there a better workflow for answering UAC prompts other than disabling them? I install most programs for users on newly setup PCs on my admin account.