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In a way, it is analogous to the \n[Media Creation Tool][media-creation-tool] for Windows.\n\nCreated after watching \n[CyberCPU Tech: How To Get Legit Microsoft Office For Free][cybercpu] :tv:\n\n[![CyberCPU Tech: How To Get Legit Microsoft Office For Free](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ud0WTQcTgSE/0.jpg)][cybercpu]\n\nInspired and rewritten from \n[Office Starter 2010 downloader AutoIt script by Jemboy][downloader].\n\nWritten for studying [AutoIt][autoit] and practising [PowerShell][pwsh] \nscripting.\n\n# About the name\n\n**moszolo** is a portmanteau of *Microsoft Office Starter 2010*, with the \ndigits replaced with similar-looking letters like in [leet][leet]. This makes \nit unlikely to be confused with any names or trademarks associated with the \ncompany in [Redmond, Washington][redmond].\n\n\u003cins\u003em\u003c/ins\u003eicrosoft \u003cins\u003eo\u003c/ins\u003effice \u003cins\u003es\u003c/ins\u003etarter \u003cins\u003e2010\u003c/ins\u003e  \n\n# How it works\n\nIn [Microsoft's own words][msoffice-starter-2010],\n\n\u003e Microsoft Office 2010 Starter is a simplified, ad-funded version of Microsoft \n\u003e Office 2010 that comes pre-loaded and ready to use on your computer. Office \n\u003e Starter includes the spreadsheet program Microsoft Excel Starter 2010 and the \n\u003e word processing program Microsoft Word Starter 2010.\n\nMicrosoft Office Starter 2010 is packaged using the [Microsoft App-V][ms-app-v] \nvirtualization technology for downloading and running on-demand without prior \ninstallation.\n\n`moszolo` is a PowerShell script that downloads the appropriate required files \nfor Microsoft Office Starter 2010 to install and run successfully. To do so, it\ndownloads and parses the App-V's manifest and catalog files in XML format. \n\nThe downloaded files can be archived and preserved as a local copy for future \nreuse.\n\n# Caution\n\nA word of caution against using Microsoft Office 2010 though.\n\n\u003e [!CAUTION]\n\u003e\n\u003e There is NO REASON to use Microsoft Office 2010 today.\n\u003e\n\u003e It is a *seriously outdated and unmaintained* software, with no security \n\u003e updates and perhaps plenty of security vulnerabilities ever since \n\u003e [support ended on October 13, 2020][support-end].\n\u003e \n\u003e There are safer free alternatives available (see recommendations).\n\n# Use Case\n\nIf use of Microsoft Office 2010 is discouraged today, what is it useful for \nthen?\n\n\u003e [!TIP]\n\u003e If it is for doing *offline* document processing on a PC/laptop disconnected \n\u003e from the Internet, and we cannot utilize the cloud-hosted SaaS solutions like \n\u003e [Office 365][office-web-apps] and [Google Docs][gdocs], perhaps it is a good\n\u003e enough freeware solution.\n\n# Recommendations\n\n- Use [Microsoft Office Web Apps][office-web-apps] with a \n  [Microsoft account][ms-acct]. They are available for free.\n- If Microsoft Office 2010 is used for whatever reason, use it with the \n  following security measures:\n  1. Run from within a virtual machine\n  2. Without Internet connectivity\n  3. With up-to-date anti-virus and anti-malware protection\n  4. Open or edit only trusted documents from known sources\n\n# Usage\n\n*moszolo* only requires *PowerShell 3.0* and above.\n\nWindows 10 and 11 come with *PowerShell 5.1* out-of-the-box, so no further \naction is required.\n\nFrom `PowerShell`\n\n```pwsh\n.\\moszolo.ps1\n```\n\nFrom `Command Prompt`\n\n```bat\npowershell.exe moszolo.ps1\n```\n\n# Settings and Customizations\n\nThere are some variables and constants in the PowerShell script that allow users\nto specify custom settings before executing the script. They include:\n\n- `$DEBUG`: Runs in debug mode which simulates and skips downloading files from \n  servers while reusing existing files already on storage. Used only for \n  testing during development only. (default: `false`)\n- `$lang`: Downloads the \"English-US\" version by default. (default: `en-us`)\n  Languages still available for download include:\n\n| ID    | Language   | ID    | Language   | ID    | Language   | ID    | Language   |\n| ----- | ---------- | ----- | ---------- | ----- | ---------- | ----- | ---------- |\n| ar-sa | Arabic     | fr-fr | French     | ko-kr | Korean     | sv-se | Swedish    |\n| da-dk | Danish     | he-il | Hebrew     | nl-nl | Dutch      | th-th | Thai       |\n| de-de | German     | hi-in | Hindi      | pl-pl | Polish     | zh-cn | Chinese S. |\n| en-us | English    | it-it | Italian    | pt-br | Portuguese | zh-tw | Chinese T. |\n| es-es | Spanish    | ja-jp | Japanese   | ru-ru | Russian    |       |            |\n\n[media-creation-tool]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10\n[msoffice-starter-2010]: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/getting-started-with-office-starter-379fba5a-6d82-4e19-aa2e-d41627f5ea5e\n[downloader]: https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/205471-office-2010-starter-downloader/\n[autoit]: https://www.autoitscript.com/site/\n[leet]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet\n[redmond]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redmond,_Washington\n[pwsh]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/\n[cybercpu]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud0WTQcTgSE\n[ms-app-v]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_App-V\n[support-end]: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/end-of-support-for-office-2010-3a3e45de-51ac-4944-b2ba-c2e415432789\n[office-web-apps]: https://www.office.com/?ms.officeurl=webapps\n[gdocs]: https://docs.google.com\n[ms-acct]: https://account.microsoft.com/account/Account\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fgyk4j%2Fmoszolo","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fgyk4j%2Fmoszolo","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fgyk4j%2Fmoszolo/lists"}