Pete,
This was not a problem with Land Desktop 2004. When you checked the box to include Express Tool installation in 2004 it worked. Knowing the correct behavior in 2004 I attempted to do the same thing with LDT 2005 but the Express Tools did not install. ...Must be a new installation problem. Here's how I'm working around the issue: On disk two of LDT 2005 I located a folder named "Express" inside the "Support" folder. I manually copied the entire "Express" folder to my Installation Image location. At my installation Image location I have a folder for LDT2005, CivilDesign2005, etc. I copied the "Express" folder to that location and renamed it "Express2005" to be consistant. I trigger my Autodesk software deployment with a batch file I have written so I simply added added the following line to my batch file: msiexec /i "\\DEPLOYMENTFOLDERNAME\Express2005\ExpressTools.msi" /qb ACAD_SILENT_LICENSE=YES
My Express Tools 2005 now install as part of the process. I placed the Express Tool installation after LDT2005 but before CivilDesign2005. This "fix" works great for me. I hope this helps you with your problem. Mike Partenheimer