Hi,

I'm struggling finding the right answer on how to modify existing Office 2010 ProPlus and 2013 ProPlus installations across our enterprise.  Through trial and error with MSP's with OCT etc I have deduced that my goal of removing certain features (InfoPath, Access) from the suite might be done with a setup .exe /modify config.xml file.  Can someone please tell me if this is the correct and most efficient method of uninstalling these products?  We have a mutt mix of 32/64 bit Win7 OS and same with there being a few instances of 64bit Office installed.  I'm looking for the proper method and perhaps some literature or example of how to do this that I can mirror.

Thanks,

Hi Ryan,

To remove specific components from existing Office installation, you can create a config.xml with the specific feature set to "absent" state. Then invoke:

setup.exe /modify ProPlus /config <path to xml file> (Reference: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc178956.aspx#BKMK_modify)

On a client machine, the default path of the setup.exe file should be:

• C:\Program Files or Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE14\Office Setup Controller\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files or Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE15\Office Setup Controller\setup.exe

The Config.xml file might look like:

<Configuration Product="ProPlus">
 <Display Level="basic" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />
  <OptionState Id="OptionID" State="local" Children="force" />
</Configuration>

You can include a script in SCCM to determine which version of Office is installed on the machine, then invoke the corresponding command line.

Regards,

Ethan Hua
TechNet Community Support