[bw38]

Could you upload the Office 2011 patcher again? I can’t seem to download it now. When I initially saw the post, I made the changes manually because I couldn’t get the Office patcher to work. But it sounds like you’re saying the patcher should have changed not just the postflight, but also the preflight as well and any other files containing direct paths so that it would target $3.

[bw38]

So I keep searching with the limited ability I have for anything odd. I don’t know if this helps but I noticed that the preflight located in Office2011_en_licensing.pkg has a line that looks similar to the postflight line we had to comment out:

[code]#!/bin/sh

launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist

exit 0[/code]

Now, if I’m not mistaken, in the postflight we had to use $3 so that InstaDMG targets the image, correct? And in the original post we also had to comment out that particular line. Would this preflight have anything to do with what I’m experiencing? Is anyone else experiencing this.

I wish I were better at this so I’m hoping one of you guys may be able to help. Unfortunately I can’t test during the weekend. 🙁

[bw38]

So I just tested without applying any updates.
And it looks like the Office installer is the culprit. Communicator is still not opening up.
I applied the changes in the original post manually without using the droplet.

Can you confirm, in Office Installer.mpkg, do I need to all look out for the volumeOs1058OrHigher() and put return true; at the first line of that function?

Or would it have anything to do with the volume_update located in the update packages: /Contents/Resources/volume_update ?
I’m pulling at straws here. I’m not really sure what could be causing this.

[bw38]

I checked and confirmed. Did as you said but Communicator is still broken. I just checked now and noticed that Office applying patch 14.0.1 also breaks Communicator. I think for the time being I might just install Office 2011 without any updates.

I wonder why Communicator is being broken here. Is anyone else having this problem?

[bw38]

[QUOTE][u]Quote by: dead2sin[/u][p][QUOTE][u]Quote by: bw38[/u][p]It didn’t work. Would you be able to tell me what is it that the patcher is supposed to modify?[/p][/QUOTE]

You want to make the Install Checks return true. There are two similar to volumeOs1058OrHigher that need to return true;]. Add this at the top of the function:

[code]
return true;
[/code]

Nate[/p][/QUOTE]
What exactly are the Install Checks? I’ve never delved too deep into packages before outside of creating them. I’m not sure how Install Checks work. Is it a specific file that contains the “volumeOs1058OrHigher” line?

[bw38]

It didn’t work. Would you be able to tell me what is it that the patcher is supposed to modify?

[bw38]

I’ll test tonight, but I just wanted to confirm, the latest patcher is only meant for Updates, correct? Or is it meant for the Office Installer as well?

[bw38]

Hmm, I ran the patcher on that installer and it did not work for me. IT says “Microsoft Communicator cannot find a valid license. Something is wrong with this copy of Microsoft Communicator. Please re-install with the original installer and then apply updates.” Very strange. Is anyone else getting this?

[bw38]

I was looking for a url sniffer. I’ll add that app to my arsenal!

Btw I also did a before and after snapshot which seems to do the trick as well. Only three files are really changed the Communicator.app and a .plist for AutoUpdate under /Library and /User/Library.

[bw38]

Adobe Acrobat worked fine from what I could tell, but to be honest I didn’t open Distiller (or if I did, nothing bad happened). I created a new account and all Adobe products opened/closed fine without any prompts or warnings/crashes. Test it out yourself, I think you’ll be in for a good surprise.

Btw I’ve gotten into a habit of including just about everything into User Templates. It’s the one what I can at least control the initial state of user accounts (at least in my environment for the time being).

[bw38]

I figured it out today!

See I want to keep the preferences, I don’t want to lose them because certain prompts come up if I remove them. Here’s what I did.

I installed Composer
I installed Adobe CS5 (all components)
I opened Adobe Bridge and ran the Updater (you can run the updater from any other application).
I then proceeded to open every Adobe CS5 application EXCEPT Adobe Median Manager.
I ran Adobe Help and installed the updates for that.

I then ran Composer and created the package from the latest diffs.
I did NOT remove the folders found in the Users folder. I moved them to the Users Template folder (/System/Library/Users Template/…)

What does this do for me? A few things:
1. Adobe Bridge on first boot asks if you want to start it up every time you turn machine on. I don’t want it to load.
2. Adobe Media Player asks the same thing as Adobe Bridge.
3. Adobe Dreamweaver on first boot will install a bunch of extensions. I want the extensions installed already without any user interaction.

The other programs don’t really make much of a fuss. So there you have it.

[bw38]

This patcher works with Update 14.0.2. Wish I could find a direct link to Communicator Update 13.1.0 to test that out as well. It seems it’s only available through Microsoft AutoUpdate.

[bw38]

I tried using the pre-installed diff to do the package, without doing anything, and it seems to fix the Adobe Media Encoder problem. However at the same time it also erase the subfolders in my Administrator profile account (movies, music, downloads, etc).

Tried the same for Adobe Pro 9 using the pre-installed diffs. I didn’t touch any of the files. It also tried to self-heal which was a problem.

So I’m now testing again by moving the files in the “Administrator” profile into the User Templates to see if that helps. However that’s what I was doing before and it was causing Adobe Media Encoder to crash. I’m hoping it doesn’t continue to crash.

I think the issue might be related to a file that might be referencing the “administrator” account even though I’m on a different account. Are there are folders/files that you delete once Composer collects the pre-installed files?

[bw38]

So you’re saying I should install the software, run updates, then create the package from the Pre-Installed package? That sounds like it saves a lot of work from the guide that’s currently up! Awesome. I take it I still have to make the changes to Adobe Acrobat and Distiller so they don’t break and try to self-heal afterwards.

On another note, how do I go about getting the upgrade? I didn’t know I could do that. Would certainly be nice to take advantage of!

[bw38]

[QUOTE][u]Quote by: dead2sin[/u][p][QUOTE][u]Quote by: bw38[/u][p]I have packaged the entire Adobe CS5 suite using the guide available. I packaged it with Composer and got it working pretty well except for one application: Media Encoder CS5 crashes every time I quit the program. It makes very little sense and I’m not sure what could be causing it. Now just to make sure, this only happens when I use a different account from the one I used to package the software originally. So for example, I make all my packages under the “administrator” account and Media Encoder seems to work fine (no crashing). However when I create another user account with admin rights, it suddenly starts crashing on me me. I’d post the log from Apple but it’s too long: however here’s a similar issue here that never got resolved it seems: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/756797%5B/p%5D%5B/QUOTE%5D

Did you use the Casper Preset for CS5 or did you do it yourself?

Nate[/p][/QUOTE]
I did it myself. What do you mean Casper Preset for CS5? I have Composer 7.2 only, not the Casper Suite. Are you referring to the Pre-Installed software package that Composer offers when deciding how to create a package?

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