How to Automate Deployment of a COM Add-In in Outlook 2000?

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Hello,

I am looking for some information on how to automate the
deployment of a COM Add-In that my customer has created
for Outlook 2000.
The objective is to deploy the COM Add-In to around 70,000
desktops and ease of automation is the key objective here.

Intuition tells me that there must be a way to do this
using either the Outlook CIW (Custom Installation Wizard)
or the CMW (Custom Maintenance Wizard) but I want to
confirm this before I go ahead and plan a deployment.

Any pointers / suggestions are graciously appreciated!
Thanks kindly.

Add-In Deployer
 
I'm not familiar with those methods, I use a different one. I create an MSI
file to install my addin and place it on a network share available to all
users. Then I use a logon script that tests for a dummy file of 0 length in
the C:\ root folder of the user and if the file isn't there I automate
installation of the MSI file using msiexec.exe. Then I create the dummy file
using Windows scripting.
 
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