Add app to a existing installation of Office 2021

[Koldov]

I have a remote wfh user who has requested Outlook, however this isn't included in our standard Office deployment as there are only 2 or 3 users with multiple mailboxes and 99% of the staff use webmail.

 

In previous versions of Office I seem to remember being able to go into 'control panel > uninstall program > change' and this used to bring up an Office dialogue, where you could add or remove individual Office apps/programs.

 

I've tested doing this in the hope I could guide the user, but I get 2 options 'quick repair' or 'online repair' which I don't want to try unless there are further dialogues...

 

I've also tried uninstall which can sometimes have other options, but it appears it is just the uninstaller.

[Julian]

You are going to have to rerun the office setup tool, which only works with .XML config file, (no gui).

 

Use the online Office configuration tool https://config.office.com/deploymentsettings) to create a .xml file of your desired configuration.

 

The run "setup.exe /configure yourconfig.xml" where setupe.exe is the office setup file to get Office into its desired state.

 

 

The online office configuration tool is fairly flexible, you can tell it which version of Office to use, which apps to deploy, setup the licence key. state from where to get the Office files, and import and export existing .xml files, so tweaking a working setup is not hard.

[Koldov]

Wait, what?! So, just like installing it...

 

I'm sure I remember it being easier opening control panel > add/remove > change > select or deselect, which my remote user could have pretty much done themselves.

 

Well, thanks M$... another mighty leap forwa..... oh no... I mean backwards...

 

The moment when I created a new config file and only put Outlook... It uninstalled all the other programs. I didn't realise I only had to add a line to the original config (which luckily I found from the original install)!