Office Pro Plus: Setup Error - Files necessary to run the Office Customization Tool were not found. Run Setup from the installation point of a qualifying product.

That was the error we had when we ran setup /admin from our Office 2013 Pro Plus distribution point.

It turns out that we do need to download some additional files from Microsoft's download site.

• Office 2013 Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool

We downloaded the 32-bit version of the tools and extracted them to a folder.

Once the extraction is complete copy the Admin folder to the root of the Office distribution point.

We could then run the setup /admin command from the distribution point and voila:

We can now go on and create our MST file to allow for automatic installation, activation, and base configuration of the products.

Philip Elder
MPECS Inc.
Microsoft Small Business Specialists
Co-Author: SBS 2008 Blueprint Book

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