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You can circumvent the selection process and determine which Office product is installed by pointing
Setup.exe to the Config.xml file in a core product folder. For example, if you want to install Office
Professional Plus 2013 Preview, you can use the following command line:
\\server\share\Office15ProPlus\setup.exe /config \\server\share
\Office15ProPlus\Pro.WW\Config.xml
where Office15ProPlus is the root of the network installation point.
In versions of Office earlier than Office 2007, Setup.exe called Windows Installer (Msiexec.exe) to
install Office. Although Setup still uses Windows Installer, Setup bypasses the Windows Installer
executable program. The Msiexec.exe command line cannot be used to install the Office 2013 Preview
(or Office 2007 or Office 2010).
Note:
This version of Setup.exe recognizes only a few command-line options.
Check prerequisites
When Setup starts, it checks for several installation prerequisites. This includes minimum operating
system requirements and administrative permissions. A user must be an administrator of the client
computer to install Office, or you must use a tool such as Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration
Manager to run the installation by using elevated permissions.
When you run Setup.exe from the x64 folder, Setup determines whether there are 32-bit Office
applications installed. If Setup detects 32-bit Office applications, it displays an error message that
informs users that they must first uninstall all 32-bit Office applications if they want to continue with the
installation of Office 2013 Preview 64-bit. The error lists the installed 32-bit Office applications. If Setup
does not detect 32-bit Office applications, it installs the 64-bit edition of Office 2013 Preview.
When you run Setup.exe from the x32 folder, Setup determines whether there are 64-bit Office 2013
Preview applications installed. If Setup detects 64-bit Office 2013 Preview, an error message is
displayed and Setup is blocked. If Setup does not detect 64-bit Office 2013 Preview, it installs the 32-bit
edition of Office 2013 Preview. For more information, see Setup process in 64-bit editions of Office
2013.
Note:
To install Office on computers where users lack administrative permissions, you must run
Setup in a context that provides it with administrative permissions. After Office is installed,
users who do not have administrative permissions can run all installed features. This includes
installing features on demand.
For example, in organizations where users are not the administrators of their computers,
administrators can use the following methods of providing Office Setup with the appropriate
permissions:
Log on to the computer as an administrator and install Office 2013 Preview.
Use a software management tool, such as Microsoft Systems Management Server or System
Center 2012 Configuration Manager.
Deploy Office 2013 Preview to computers by using Group Policy computer startup scripts.