Morning everybody,

When installing Office 365 on my Windows 7 endpoints using the ODT setup.exe /configure command, I'm not seeing any icons land on the desktop following the installation. My config.xml looks like the below, but I'm fairly sure there are no settings which control this?

<Configuration>

  <Add SourcePath="\\server\path" OfficeClientEdition="32" >
    <Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
      <Language ID="en-us" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Project" />
<ExcludeApp ID="InfoPath" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Visio" />
<ExcludeApp ID="SharePointDesigner" />
    </Product>
   </Add> 

  <Updates Enabled="TRUE" UpdatePath="\\server\path" />
  <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
  <Logging Level="Standard" Path="%temp%" />
  <Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="0" />
  <Property Name="FORCEAPPSHUTDOWN" Value="TRUE" />

</Configuration>

I've re-downloaded the content to ensure the files are correct, but this changes nothing.

Any thoughts?

Hi,

Based on my research and test, the Office 365 applications' shortcut won't show on the Windows interface by default.

I have check the list of config.xml reference , there is no shortcut element yet.

We may add the shortcuts manually after installation completed: Go the following location to access all the Office programs:
32 bit : C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15

64 bit: C:\Program Files \Microsoft Office\Office15

Right-click the file, click Send To, and click Desktop.

Hope it's helpful.

Regards,

George Zhao
TechNet Community Support

Thanks for this. What I've been doing is creating shortcuts for these apps using a VBScript which I deploy alongside the application.

It seems to me, though, that icon placement should be a built in option. It always has been previously.

• Edited by Arterion86 14 hours 17 minutes ago