Windows 11 Pro Issue deploying Office Pro Plus 2021 locally via officedeploymenttool
Windows 11 Pro Office 2021 Retail I am trying to install only Word, Excel and Access - I do not want anything else. I went to MS's online Office Customization Tool and created the below Configuration.xml. I also downloaded deployment tool and it extracted the setup.exe and various configuration file examples. I down loaded the Office Pro plus 2021 Retail Img file from microsoft so I know its a legit MS one. I placed the Office Pro plus 2021 Retail Img file and the deployment tool setup.exe in a folder C:\Office2021Install I then mounted the Img file and made a note of the Drive Letter which I then appened to the Configuration.xml that I downloaded from MS's online Office Customization Tool. First I tried using Windows 11 terminal, opening it from within The command line I use to to run the deployment tool setup.exe is ".\\setup.exe /configure Configuration.xml" I am getting the error message "We found a problem We're sorry, we can't continue because we weren't able to download a required file. Please make sure you're connected to the internet or connect to a different network, then try again." I then opened Command Prompt from Win 11 task bar search as Admin and then navigated to C:\Office2021Install. I then used the command setup.exe /configure Configuration.xml I got the same error meassage. I do not understand the error as I was connected to the internet and it does not saty what file it was trying to download. After all, I am installing offline from a genuine MS Image file I'd be grateful for any assistence as I have been trying to install this for 12 hours straight now. This is my configuration file. <Configuration ID="7b438bdd-f6a0-48d4-b104-612e6a5ccc0e"> <Info Description="" /> <Add OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="PerpetualVL2021" SourcePath="E:" AllowCdnFallback="FALSE"> <Product ID="ProPlus2021Retail" PIDKEY="My Key Goes Here"> <Language ID="en-gb" /> <ExcludeApp ID="Groove" /> <ExcludeApp ID="Lync" /> <ExcludeApp ID="OneDrive" /> <ExcludeApp ID="OneNote" /> <ExcludeApp ID="Project" /> <ExcludeApp ID="Outlook" /> <ExcludeApp ID="PowerPoint" /> <ExcludeApp ID="Publisher" /> <ExcludeApp ID="Outlook" /> <ExcludeApp ID="Visio" /> </Product> </Add> <Property Name="SharedComputerLicensing" Value="0" /> <Property Name="FORCEAPPSHUTDOWN" Value="FALSE" /> <Property Name="DeviceBasedLicensing" Value="0" /> <Property Name="SCLCacheOverride" Value="0" /> <Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" /> <Updates Enabled="TRUE" UpdatePath="E:" /> <RemoveMSI /> <AppSettings> <Setup Name="Company" Value="My Name Goes Here" /> </AppSettings> <Display Level="Full" AcceptEULA="TRUE" /> </Configuration>