Thanks again (I think? :)
And I certainly wasn't looking to argue (unless you were an developer of MS
Office :), I was just stating how silly I thought that they're permanently
installed, especially when I have a perfectly good disc handy should the
need arise in the future. I thought it was odd considering how rare it is
to actually need the install media again. I have Office 2000 and 2003
installed (on 2 different computers) which have been installed for *years*
now and I've never once needed the install discs.
Oh well. Thanks for your assistance.
garfield-n-odie [MVP] wrote:
[Quoted Text] > I'm not here to argue with you. See > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924616 "Description of the Local > Install Source feature in 2007 Office programs". > > GO wrote: > >> Thanks for the reply. Is there anyway to (safely) remove it after >> the installation? Why does MS deem it necessary that the install >> files be cached anyways? I can understand it in a >> corporate/networking environment but for a home computer? What if >> every application started doing that? You'd be out of hard drive >> space in no time. >> >> >> >> garfield-n-odie [MVP] wrote: >> >>> No. >>> >>> GO wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Is it possible to prevent the LIS (Local Installation Source) cache >>>> being created during an install of Office 2007? It was quite easy >>>> to do in Office 2003 (simply modifying the setup.ini file) but I >>>> haven't been able to locate a way to do this for the latest Office >>>> suite. In my research I've found there are ways to specify where >>>> you want the LIS to go (in the config.xml file) but no way to >>>> disable it. >>>> >>>> >>>> TIA, >>>> >>>> Greg
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