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OL98: How to Silently Install the Outlook Security Patch

Article ID: 195114

Article Last Modified on 8/5/2004


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SUMMARY

This article describes how you can install the Microsoft Outlook 98 Security Patch (Outptch2.exe) in a quiet mode, sometimes called a silent installation.

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To silently install the Outlook 98 Security Patch, first download the patch to your hard drive from the Office Update site:
Type the following at the Command Prompt

<path name>\Outptch2.exe /q:a

where <path name> is the path on your hard drive where the patch file is located.

The next time you start Outlook, on the Help menu, click About Microsoft Outlook and verify the version number is 8.5.5603.

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