MSOCache in Office 2007

[Peter]

Hello all,

In the Knowledge Base article relating to the MSOCache folder and the Office
2007 installation it says:

"The Local Install Source (MSOCache folder, my comment) feature is installed
so that you do not have to insert the CD during the following Setup
operations:
• The Detect and repair operation
• The Demand install operation
• The Maintenance mode setup operation
• The installation of service packs and updates
Also, you cannot remove the Local Install Source feature after the
installation has been completed. The Windows Cleanup Wizard does not include
an option to remove this feature."

I can see why MS wants the folder to be there (it will certainly minimize
support calls) but to me who install the functions I need one time and one
time only and neither have the tendency to break the program so that it needs
repairing, I prefer to delete this folder and then insert the CD if I at some
stage update the software.

Can I not do this? (Typically the KB article does not address this but only
specifies the way MS would like users to behave)

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

I would strongly suggest to keep the MSOCache folder. MS changed this
from 2003, because removing the folder created lots of issues for users
with 2003.

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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Peter,

The way Office 2007 works is that the actual setup (and repair) are done from the MSOCache folder. If you delete the \MSOCache
folder nothing will happen immediately, but when you go to update, repair, reinstall, etc, when you put in the product CD it will
first recreate the \MSOCache folder, if it can, or you'll need to do a manual fix and reinstall.

The main issues being resolved by this is, no longer need to be able to find the CD (a surprising # of people seem to misplace it
<g>) and for deployments, the MSOCache folders can be setup ahead of time and then setup run basically locally.

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Hello all,

In the Knowledge Base article relating to the MSOCache folder and the Office
2007 installation it says:

"The Local Install Source (MSOCache folder, my comment) feature is installed
so that you do not have to insert the CD during the following Setup
operations:
.. The Detect and repair operation
.. The Demand install operation
.. The Maintenance mode setup operation
.. The installation of service packs and updates
Also, you cannot remove the Local Install Source feature after the
installation has been completed. The Windows Cleanup Wizard does not include
an option to remove this feature."

I can see why MS wants the folder to be there (it will certainly minimize
support calls) but to me who install the functions I need one time and one
time only and neither have the tendency to break the program so that it needs
repairing, I prefer to delete this folder and then insert the CD if I at some
stage update the software.

Can I not do this? (Typically the KB article does not address this but only
specifies the way MS would like users to behave) >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*