Description of the Setup logging options in Office 2003 (Tutorial Contest)

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The Microsoft Office 2003 Setup program automatically creates log files in your Temporary folder. The log files have names that are similar to the following:

Log file for Log file name
Setup.exe Microsoft Office 2003 Setup(nnnn).txt
Microsoft Windows Installer (Office Installation) Office 2003 Setup(nnnn)_Task(0001).txt

The nnnn characters in the log file names are numbers that start with 0001. They increment by 1 if you have to run the Setup program multiple times. Therefore, the log file that has the highest number is the log file for the last time that you ran the Setup program.

The following table lists the logging options that are available that you can use with the /L switch of the Windows Installer.

Log Switch Description
a Start of action notification
c Initial UI parameters
e Error messages
i Information-only messages
m Out-of-memory messages
o Out-of-disk-space messages
p Property table list in form property=value
r Action data record; contains action-specific information
u User request messages
v Verbose includes debug messages
w Warning messages
* Turn on all logging options except v
+ Append to existing log file
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