OpenOffice 4.x wants you to use the setup.exe to launch the installation. You can supply the property SETUP_USED=1 on the command line to bypass this, or edit the MSI to enter that property dir… Read More

http://surveys.services.openoffice.org/deinstall/ Finally I found a solution to remove the automatic start of the OpenOffice3.x survey webpage (which still doesn't work anyways!)" http://surve… Read More

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For 3.2 3.2.9502 I used the following... This will install it silently. Full Command Line: "ooo_3.2.1_win_x86_install-wjre_en-us.exe" /S /GUILEVEL=qn Read More

I found a better way to disable the wizard (or add any extensions to administrative point). Here's how I did : First download the DisableFirstStartWzd_ooo32.oxt at : http://wiki.services.ope… Read More

For install OpenOffice 3.x without extract the msi before, you can use this command line : OOo_3.x.x_Win32Intel_install.exe /S /GUILEVEL=qn Read More

--== OpenOffice.org 3.1 ==-- If you do not want the 'Improvement Program' to install, don't install the feature that contains it in the msi, e.g: msiexec /i openofficeorg31.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL R… Read More

REM Install OpenOffice 3.1 REM This will automatically remove previous OpenOffice versions REM The msi was extracted by running the official openoffice exe installed, choosing the directory and… Read More

Note that there are two setup.xcu with two different purposes. Saving documents with Microsoft 200/XP format as default ======================================================== Edit [INSTALLD… Read More

Sollution for unattended install of pdfimport.oxt 1. Unzip the pdfimport.oxt 2. Delete the following rows from description.xml file: <registration> <simple-license accept-by="admin" default-li… Read More

EASIEST DEFAULT CONFIG FOR TERMINAL SERVER AND PC DEPLOYMENT. This will accept the licence agreement, set all of your preferences with regards to updates and file formats etc. I came up w… Read More

Further to 'mfearby' extension plugin that works fine for me! I've used Wise Package Studio to create a transform, added the DisableFirstStartWzd.oxt file into the MST installed it to "C:\Prog… Read More

I've written a WSH-Script to deploy the user-settings for the first run: http://www.d7031.de/text/OOorg3-new-user.vbs.txt Read More

It doesn't need to be as complicated as the notes above. The steps from "joedown" wouldn't work for me and the one above dealing with creating a transform with 50+ modifications (which I counte… Read More

Installing OpenOffice v3 without the "Welcome/License/Registration wizard": 1. Create a transform (in my case I used Tuner from Adminstudio v8.5) 2. Modify the transform by adding "-nofirstst… Read More

I found the best way to be rid of the Welcome/License/Registration wizard is to create an administrative install point and let OO copy the required files to each users profile the first time it… Read More

http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?p=300607 Information is contribute by TechnoMike. YES!!!! it works. Just need to modify your current batch file command line with the ooBatchInsta… Read More

Deploying ok with the following properties in an MST: ISCHECKFORPRODUCTUPDATES=0 CREATEDESKTOPLINK=0 AgreeToLicense=Yes If you want to override the MS Office file associations: REGISTER_ALL_MS… Read More

Download the exe. Click to install & it will extract files. Let it extract, and then click the option to cancel the install. From the location you extracted to: msiexec /qb /norestart /i … Read More