[ms office - 2010] Ribbon Hero 2 - Clippys Second Chance

[jc1875]

Ribbon Hero 2

 

Its back . The thought of Clippy is putting me right off, though.

[AngryTechnician]

Yes, but Clippy makes an idiot of himself in the first act, so never let it be said that MS employees don't have a sense of humour.

[jc1875]

this is true

 

SMS/SCCM installs - run once for every user who logs on - otherwise it complains and doesn't work.

msiexec.exe /i RHSetup.msi /quiet

[SYNACK]

So does this one work under limited user accounts??

[AngryTechnician]

In theory, yes, but only because it can't be installed for all users, as jc1875 has found:

 

SMS/SCCM installs - run once for every user who logs on - otherwise it complains and doesn't work.

msiexec.exe /i RHSetup.msi /quiet

 

The issue here is that although the shortcut is correctly created in the All Users start menu when ALLUSERS=1 is specified, the actual program files are always installed to AppData. So you have to install it separately for every user. Apparently whoever wrote the installer didn't really think their design through.

 

Le sigh.

 

I've tried modifying the install location with a transform, but it breaks the program. I've posted on their forums requesting a version that doesn't install to AppData; if you'd like to see this, please add a note so they know it's not just me whinging.

[john]

if you'd like to see this, please add a note so they know it's not just me whinging.

 

MSFT know that you love them really after they actually let you in the building for the conference hehe

[jamesb]

Careful with this - I can see it putting some ICT teachers out of a job.

[AngryTechnician]

MSFT know that you love them really after they actually let you in the building for the conference hehe

I don't know, not sure if I'll be asked back after asking such blunt questions last time!

[CAM]

But they wouldn't let you out the building without a keycard! I think they want to keep you...

[paul_1989]

Well I've had a productive day....

 

http://pbonddesign.com/clippy.jpg

[SYNACK]

Epic, as per the forum posted above they do a version that installs for all users http://officelabs.vo.msecnd.net/ribbonhero/2.00/5/RHSetup.msi

[john]

Well I've had a productive day....

 

http://pbonddesign.com/clippy.jpg

 

I recognise that desk, its a desk next to @Ric_ 's im sure Nice Clippy

[AngryTechnician]

Yes, basically I'm an idiot for not reading the FAQ, where this is clearly labelled complete with a big sodding download button.

[sarahf]

Hi!

 

I'm the Program Manager for Ribbon Hero -- thanks for playing! I was going to valiantly save the day by answering your multi-account question, but you guys figured it out on your own:) Just wanted to say that we are definitely a team that reads each and every piece of user feedback, so please let us know what you think, or if there are problems that you need to be solved! Our forums are open 24/7 through the RibbonHero.com homepage.

 

-Sarah Faulkner (Office Labs PM)

[dave.81]

I'm going to think about install on our IT suites, in an odd sick twisted way i miss clippy....

[jc1875]

so we can treat as a normal install now without jumping through hoops I'm off to try a lab

[AngryTechnician]

Yep, got it working nicely here and the ICT teacher reports the pupils are really enjoying it.

[jc1875]

fell into the trap of forgetting to uninstall the previous version. doh. I should read my own posts first!!

[dave.81]

We had one kid complete it in a 45 minute lesson yesterday... needs to be longer lol!

[sonofsanta]

Sorry for the slight necro... but we've just rolled out Office 2010 here (and personally, I'm loving it) and we want to run with Ribbon Hero for KS3. Problem is, we want to use Ribbon Hero 1, rather than 2, as it lets you just open (say) Word and see what challenges there are, rather than opening the game and skipping about between applications.

 

For the life of me, I can't track down a multi user MSI for RH1, only 2, so if anyone out there has found the magic sauce to make it work, please let me know - I'd rather not have to run a logon script for every user to keep installing it!

 

(Alternatively, any way of working with RH2 that's decided by the application you're using rather than what the game is telling you to use, that'd work too)