Removing Office 2007 setup cache. Cat <typingcat[ at ]gmail.com> 4/27/2007 5:17:34 PM First of all, why did Microsoft office start caching all the setup files on user's hard disk at the first place? Can't they be accessed from CD/DVD? There was a cache remover utility (from Microsoft!) for Office 2003. (That program also caused problems. When I removed cache with it, trying to add/remove Office features was just troublesome) Is there such a utility for Office 2007? I manually deleted the MSOCache folder, and now the 'Install on first use' always fails because it cannot find the source.

Re: Removing Office 2007 setup cache. "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <pdschmid[ at ]nospam.mvps.org> 4/27/2007 5:42:14 PM You cannot remove the MSOCache folder. Deleting that folder created lots of support problems with Office 2003, so Microsoft decided to change this for 2007. If you run a repair of the Office 2007 setup, Office will restore the MSOCache folder from the CD/DVD. The point of caching the setup files on the hard disk is to avoid having to have the CD/DVD around when you install a patch. It simply makes it easier to have the files around and not needing the CD/DVD all the time. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Outlook 2007 Performance Update: http://pschmid.net/blog/2007/04/13/105 Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Cat" <typingcat[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:1177694254.260395.282880[ at ]t38g2000prd.googlegroups.com: [Quoted Text] > First of all, why did Microsoft office start caching all the setup > files on user's hard disk at the first place? Can't they be accessed > from CD/DVD? > > There was a cache remover utility (from Microsoft!) for Office 2003. > (That program also caused problems. When I removed cache with it, > trying to add/remove Office features was just troublesome) Is there > such a utility for Office 2007? I manually deleted the MSOCache > folder, and now the 'Install on first use' always fails because it > cannot find the source.

Re: Removing Office 2007 setup cache. Gerry Hickman <gerry666uk[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> 4/27/2007 10:41:38 PM Hi, Personally, I think all MSO caching is wrong. It breaks the most fundamental rule of best practice in IT which is never to repeat the same information in multiple places. It's another case of "let's all be clueless home users why are members of the Administrators group" because that's the only kind of user Microsoft can relate to these days. The only proper way to install software is using an AIP, even on a stand alone computer. the AIP is not an office feature, it's fundamental to all software and dates back to the days of Novell Netware together with SBS, "Server Based Installs". Office 2007 is going against best practice if it forces the use of an MSOCache and LIS. Microsoft were pioneers of the AIP technology, making it core to their MSI technology, but now all that work is wasted and we're back to Mickey Mouse land. They also made it not work over DCOM in Vista so it's even more tied to the local machine. Pathetic:( Patrick Schmid [MVP] wrote: [Quoted Text] > You cannot remove the MSOCache folder. Deleting that folder created lots > of support problems with Office 2003, so Microsoft decided to change > this for 2007. If you run a repair of the Office 2007 setup, Office will > restore the MSOCache folder from the CD/DVD. > The point of caching the setup files on the hard disk is to avoid having > to have the CD/DVD around when you install a patch. It simply makes it > easier to have the files around and not needing the CD/DVD all the time. > > Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] > -------------- > http://pschmid.net > *** > Outlook 2007 Performance Update: http://pschmid.net/blog/2007/04/13/105 > Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 > *** > Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize > RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer > OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote > *** > Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed > > "Cat" <typingcat[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1177694254.260395.282880[ at ]t38g2000prd.googlegroups.com: > >> First of all, why did Microsoft office start caching all the setup >> files on user's hard disk at the first place? Can't they be accessed >> from CD/DVD? >> >> There was a cache remover utility (from Microsoft!) for Office 2003. >> (That program also caused problems. When I removed cache with it, >> trying to add/remove Office features was just troublesome) Is there >> such a utility for Office 2007? I manually deleted the MSOCache >> folder, and now the 'Install on first use' always fails because it >> cannot find the source. > -- Gerry Hickman (London UK)