Hi,

I wrote about an issue in one of the forums and I was told I should better post it here.

What I wrote there:

Hi,

I cannot seem to find a way to change the update path of my Office 365 after setup.

If I install from one location I have to also update only from there and cannot do it from a different location.

If I install from \\server1\o365 and after installation decides to move the update path I cannot change it.

Do you know a way to change that after installation?

This is the other thread: http://community.office365.com/en-us/forums/156/t/219743.aspx

Can you please help?

Thanks

Hi,

In order to change office path location you have 2 way :

1st Supported:

you have run setup.exe /configure office.xml

Requirements:

a. setup and xml files must be inside same folder

b. office 365 installation must be a valid path and reachable.

Office XML lines (in my case, custom.xml):

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Configuration>
<Add SourcePath="\\servername.fqdn" OfficeClientEdition="32" >
 <Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
  <Language ID="en-us"/>
 </Product>
</Add>
<Updates Enabled="TRUE" "UpdatePath=\\servername.fqdn\office\data" />
<Display AcceptEULA="TRUE" Level="None"/>
<Logging Path="%WINDIR%" Name="OFFICE365ProPlus.log"/>
<Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1"/>
</Configuration>

the shared name "office" is the folder that setup create inside a normal office365 download folder when you run setup /download /yourconf.xml.

Example (according to above settings):

Requirements:

Folder name: Office

Share name: Office

Permission (both required):

on share authenticated user (read,list,execute)

on ntfs authenticated user (read,list,execute)

Changing path:

run setup.exe /custom.xml from dos or batch

wait.. some sec... then monitor registry changes:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\15.0\ClickToRun\propertyBag

Values:

baseurl -> will have to point to: \\servername.fqdn\Office\Data\15.0.4551.1512 (15.0.4551.1512 may change so don't care about this last value the important is that this must be correct \\servername.fqdn\Office\Data )

updatebaseurl-> \\servername.fqdn\office\data

notes:

Client will be notified of new updates availability not from original Microsoft cdn but from your share.

so The only behaviuor is that if you don't upload new version on share, users will not see and receive updates (obviously).

2nd unsupported:

add registry value to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\15.0\ClickToRun\propertyBag

type: string value

Name: updatebaseurl

Value: \\servername.fqdn\office\data

notes:

Client will be notified of new updates availability from original Microsoft cdn not from your share.

so if you don't upload new version on share, users will see updates available but install will fail (obviously).

Thank you but I still did not get any answer to my question because if I create or modify updatebaseurl the change will not be applied.

Do I have to reinstall all Office suite just to change the update path?

Microsoft does not have any documentation about this and it is really important!

Thanks

Hi,

i answer you.

if you need to change path you have to:

Create XML to point to new path (see my post) and run it  (setup /config new.xml) on machine.

in order to change after installation you need both values inside xml, even if you change only updatepath.

if you did right, registry key changes.

i'm in production with above settings on more than 2.000 machines.

Hi,

I already tried that, but this method reinstalls the Office package all over again instead of just changing what I want.

Got any other suggestions?

Thanks

I believe you can create an .xml file that only has

<Updates Enabled="TRUE" "UpdatePath=\\servername.fqdn\office\data" />

Then run setup.exe /configure update.xml

That will change the UpdateURL under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\ClickToRun\Configuration

HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\OFFICE\15.0\ClickToRun\Configuration\UpdateURL