Microsoft Windows

Apache OpenOffice Administration Guide

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• Deploy Apache OpenOffice using package managers

• Solaris Sparc/x86
• Linux
• Microsoft Windows
• Mac OS X

• Apache OpenOffice Basic Macros and Libraries
• Apache OpenOffice Extension Manager
• Adding Template Files to an Apache OpenOffice Installation
• Adding AutoText Files to an Apache OpenOffice Network Installation
• Deactivating the Apache OpenOffice Registration Wizard
• Accessing Email Clients
• Customizing the User Interface
• Restricting Functionality in Apache OpenOffice
• Accessing Apache OpenOffice User Profiles on an LDAP Server

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The Apache OpenOffice setup for Microsoft Windows uses MSI packages. MSI is the standard tool for installing software packages under Microsoft Windows.

The Advertise option (/J{m|u}) of the Microsoft Software Installer is not supported by the Apache OpenOffice installation package.

Extract the Apache OpenOffice installation files

All files of the Apache OpenOffice installation set are packed into a single file in the download version of the Apache OpenOffice installation set. This file must be unpacked before the MSI package is accessible.

To expand the download installation set :

1. Double-click on the file from the download install set or start the file from the command line.
2. The Apache OpenOffice Installation Preparation Wizard appears.
3. Click  Next .
4. Select the Destination Folder for the unpacked files.
5. Once all files are unpacked, the regular Apache OpenOffice Installation Wizard dialog appears. Do not follow the installation dialog. Leave the dialog open and copy the expanded files from the installation set into a different directory.
6. Click  Cancel  in the Apache OpenOffice Installation Wizard, click Yes to confirm the cancellation, and click  Finish  to close the Installation Wizard.

Unattended (silent) installation

The parameter /qn is used to suppress the User Interface and all message boxes during the installation.

 msiexec /qn /i openofficeorg<version>.msi

Copy the Apache OpenOffice installation set to a network share

This type of installation does not install Apache OpenOffice on a single machine, instead it copies the installationfiles, ready for a future Apache OpenOffice installation, into a directory. The user could later start the Apache OpenOffice setup from this directory for a local installation.

1. Start the network Installation Wizard

    msiexec /a openofficeorg<version>.msi

2. Click  Next 
3. Specify the network share where the installation files will be copied.
4. Click  Install .
5. Click  Finish  when the installer is finished copying the files to the network share.

Users can install Apache OpenOffice from this shared network location by browsing to the shared directory and double-clicking on openofficeorg<version>.msi.

If you choose to include specific configuration files for a specific environment, you can copy them from a template directory you created into the users' application data directory using the command xcopy /v /y /e /z template-dir "%APPDATA%\OpenOffice.org\4\"

If you want to install addons, then you can use the command: echo yes | "c:\program files\openoffice.org 4\program\unopkg.com" add <specificaddon>.oxt

Uninstall

Uninstalling MSI packages from the command line is not easy. Using the original name of the MSI package does not work. The Windows Installer expects the ProductCode of the application. The product code for an English Apache OpenOffice installation set is different to the product code for a German or Italian installation set. Apache OpenOffice saves this ProductCode into the setup.ini that is located in the program directory of Apache OpenOffice. The parameter for the uninstall is /x and the /qn parameter for a silent uninstall.

1. Open a filemanager and browse to <openoffice-install-dir>/program.
2. Open setup.ini and locate the ProductCode.
3. Uninstall Apache OpenOffice with:

    msiexec /qn /x {4BC1CB2B-FDCE-4DB4-A557-BA8127569B0D}

The ProductCode {4BC1CB2B-FDCE-4DB4-A557-BA8127569B0D} is an example. You must find the correct product code for your specific Apache OpenOffice installation.

Repairing an Apache OpenOffice installation

Existing Apache OpenOffice installations can also be repaired using msiexec.

 msiexec /f [p|o|e|d|c|a|u|m|s|v] /x {ProductCode}

A description of all repair options is available online in the Microsoft Developer Network: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/command-line-options

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