Lotis Notes Client 5.0.10 installation

[MVC]

Hello ,

we have installed Lotus Notes 5 to our Citrix server ( on Windows2000 ). Citrix XPa.
we used the add/remove programs and made a shared install.we placed the data on a folder on the server.

( our users have networkstations without a harddisk )
when we log on as a user , we try to do a client installation by going to the
folder on the citrix-server where we placed the data.
in that folder we try to execute setup.exe but always get the message we have to
use the add-remove installation.
this ofcourse doesn't work because a user hasnn't got permission to add or remove programs on the server.
so we can't install the lotus notes client.

hope somebody can help
thanks in advance !

 

[DDILL]

Here is how we have setup Notes in our environment. We installed notes to a shared folder. Then we created a link that points to the noteexe with the switch for reading an INI from the users home drive. The user then has paths in the INI pointing them to their own notes\data folder.

 

[MVC]

Hello DDILL ,

thanks for your reaction , but the INI-file is being created when you install the client , and that's exactly what we can't do.

 

[Hof]

Hi
I posted the same answer to someone else about a month ago. Maybe this can be of some help. This information about how to install Lotus Notes R5 on Terminal Server comes from IBM.

1. Log on to the server as Administrator and ensure no users are currently accessing the server.
2. In Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
3. Click Add New Programs.
4. Click CD or Floppy.
5. Click Next.
6. Run the Lotus Notes 5 install program setup.exe from the CD-ROM.
7. Click Next to continue on the first Notes install screen.
8. Click Yes to accept the Notes licensing agreement.
9. Enter the company name in the appropriate fields. Do not enter a user’s name in either field as data entered here will be seen by all users.
10.Click the check box Shared install.
11.Enter the destination folder as D:\APPS\Lotus\Notes.
12.Notes installation will now copy files to the hard drive.
13.Click Finish when completed.
14. Create a folder on the server called r5clienttemplate. Share the folder using the same name for the share and set Permissions to give Read access to everyone.
15. Connect the standard user’s home letter to this share. Enter the command: NET USE H: \\AUTS03\R5CLIENTTEMPLATE
for example.
16. Run the D:\APPS\Lotus\Notes\setup.exe Notes installation program.
17. Click Next to continue on the first Notes install screen.
18. Click Yes to accept licensing of Notes.
19. Click Next to accept the existing Company name field.
20. Change the destination folder from C:\Lotus\Notes\Data to H:\Lotus\Notes\Data and click Next, where H: is the letter of all users’ home drive.
21.Click Finish when completed. Do not launch Notes now.
22.After the program has been installed, click Finish on the Add/Remove Programs window.
23.Using Windows Explorer, cut and paste C:\WTSRV\NOTES.INI (equivalent to moving the file) to the directory H:\Lotus\Notes.
24.Create a common desktop icon for all users to run Notes:
a. From the Windows Explorer menu, select File > New > Shortcut.
b. Enter D:\APPS\Lotus\Notes\Notes.exe in the location field and click Next.
c. Enter Lotus Notes in the name field and click Finish.
25.Still in Windows Explorer, right-click on the newly created Lotus Notes shortcut.
26.Select Properties and then select the Shortcut tab.
27.Set the Start in: field to H:\Lotus\Notes.
28.Copy the contents of the r5clienttemplate directory (including the Notes folder within that folder) to each user’s home directory (or H: drive). This is a standard Lotus Notes administration task.

Hope this helps

/Hof