Overview
DocuShare Client release 6.5 provides an installer that allows an administrator to create a customized
installation image of the Client and save it to a shared network location. Users can then run the installer
from the network location to install the Client with its customized settings.
Note: A user must be an administrator on the computer on which the Client is to be installed.
Note: The information provided in this solution is also available in the DocuShare Client Administrative Installation Guide.
Administrative customization includes:
• Pre-selecting a set of installable Client features
• Specifying an alternative common folder where each user's work folder appears
• Specifying a DocuShare server to automatically map to each user's My DocuShare Places
Administrators can use either of the following methods to create the customized installation image:
• An administrative installation UI. See Using the administrative installation UI on page 3.
• Administrative properties (AdminProperties). See Using administrative properties section in this solution.
Note: Refer to the Microsoft Platform SDK for the complete listing of command line options of an
Administrative Installation at: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367541.aspx.
The administrative installation UI provides a wizard that you use to specify the Client installation options.
Prerequisite:
· Must have a copy of the DSClient.msi downloaded and extracted.
To use the administrative installation UI:
Note: You must be a Windows Administrator to perform this solution.
1. Click Start | Run and enter msiexec /a and click OK.
Note: The command may not work if the path contains a space in the directory name.
2. In the DocuShare Client Setup Wizard window, click Next.
3. In the Administrative Customization window, specify the location of the DocuShare work folder in the Enter the path of an alternate base folder to hold ‘DocuShare’ work folder. (leave the field blank to use the default ‘my Documents’ folder)
Note: When entering an alternative base folder, ensure that the folder exists on the drive before a user runs the customized Client installer. Also ensure that a personal folder is created in this base folder for each user of the system. The name of a personal folder must be identical to the
username of each Windows user on the system.
If the personal folder does not exist, the Client will try to create it in the alternate base folder for the user the next time the user logs into Windows. The Client will not change the file system permission settings of the personal folder. An administrator must make sure that the personal folder has permission settings appropriate for making the folder available only to the user for whom the folder is made personal.
4. Select options to install in the Pre-select installable features field.
Note: When specifying options to install separate by plus signs. Example WIN+IE+MSO1
Available features include:
• Windows Client (WIN)
• Outlook Client (OLMAPI)
• PaperPort Link (PPL)
• IE Integration (IE)
• MS Office 2003 Addins (MSO1)
• MS Office 2007 Addins (MSO2)
• MS Office 2010 Addins (MSO3)
5. Click Next.
6. In the DocuShare Server Information window, specify the server information and then click Next.
a. Server address—the fully qualified URL of the DocuShare server that will be mapped for each user
Note: If an administrative server map is to be created, the address field cannot be empty; the domain field can be empty.
b. Domain—The Client uses the default domain name DocuShare.
c. Prompt each Windows user for DocuShare user name–Do one of the following:
· Uncheck the box if the Windows logon username is identical to the DocuShare username for all users. The Client use the user's Windows logon username as the DocuShare username.