Upgrade StorageInstalling Word Add-In from Command Line or With FileWave
Hi Zotero-Users
We use Filewave for software distributon on our macOS machines. While it is easy to install the main program this way, I hope for advice how to install the MS Word add-in either with Filewave or with a bash command or any other way (office admin center?) that allows us to do it without user interaction. As it is now, when Zotero starts the first time after distribution and tries to install the Word add-in users are asked to provide admin authentication which they don't have.
Also I wonder if it is possible to install the add-in on a per user basis rather than for all users because not all users might need or want the add-in.
Update:
The documentation "Manually Installing the Zotero Word Processor Plugin"(https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_manual_installation) seems to answer my questions. However, what I don't understand: the document describes installing the add-in into a folder in the user's Library. Why is it then, that admin credentials are needed, when Zotero wants to install it on the first start?
On a side note: when I try to let Zotero install the Word add-in I get an exception:
"Installation could not be completed because an error occurred.
[Exception... "The file Zotero.dot couldn't be opened because there is no such file. @[setTemplateTypeCreator:install.m:223]" nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: file:///Applications/Zotero.app/Contents/Resources/extensions/zoteroMacWordIntegration@zotero.org/components/zoteroMacWordIntegration.js :: checkStatus :: line 230" data: no]"
But the file is there and when I copy it manually iI get the functionality in Word.
Thanks for any thoughts.
Roger
We use Filewave for software distributon on our macOS machines. While it is easy to install the main program this way, I hope for advice how to install the MS Word add-in either with Filewave or with a bash command or any other way (office admin center?) that allows us to do it without user interaction. As it is now, when Zotero starts the first time after distribution and tries to install the Word add-in users are asked to provide admin authentication which they don't have.
Also I wonder if it is possible to install the add-in on a per user basis rather than for all users because not all users might need or want the add-in.
Update:
The documentation "Manually Installing the Zotero Word Processor Plugin"(https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_manual_installation) seems to answer my questions. However, what I don't understand: the document describes installing the add-in into a folder in the user's Library. Why is it then, that admin credentials are needed, when Zotero wants to install it on the first start?
On a side note: when I try to let Zotero install the Word add-in I get an exception:
"Installation could not be completed because an error occurred.
[Exception... "The file Zotero.dot couldn't be opened because there is no such file. @[setTemplateTypeCreator:install.m:223]" nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: file:///Applications/Zotero.app/Contents/Resources/extensions/zoteroMacWordIntegration@zotero.org/components/zoteroMacWordIntegration.js :: checkStatus :: line 230" data: no]"
But the file is there and when I copy it manually iI get the functionality in Word.
Thanks for any thoughts.
Roger
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