Microsoft KB Archive/153736

= OFF: Setup Does Not Default to Drive Specified in NI Wizard =

Article ID: 153736

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q153736



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Network Installation Wizard to create a customized Setup Table file, and then run the Setup program to perform a client setup of Microsoft Office, Setup does not default to the correct disk drive.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when the following conditions are met:


 * You perform an administrative setup of one of the versions of Microsoft Office listed above

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 * You start the Network Installation Wizard to create a custom Setup table file that Setup will use in a subsequent client setup.

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 * In the Network Installation Wizard, you specify a default destination folder (directory) for Office on a drive, partition, or volume other than your local drive(s) on your computer.

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 * You perform an interactive client setup of Office on a computer that uses the drive, partition, or volume that you specified as the default destination folder in the Network Installation Wizard.

This behavior does not occur when you perform a client setup of Office in batch (also called quiet) mode using the /q setup switch.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, use the /q setup switch when you perform the client setup of Microsoft Office for Windows. To do this, type the following command at an MS-DOS prompt

\Setup /q

where  refers to the folder on the server that contains the administrative installation of Microsoft Office.

NOTE: You may need to use the /t switch if the customized Setup Table file has a name other than Setup.stf.



STATUS
This behavior is by design of the Setup program.



MORE INFORMATION
This behavior occurs because the Setup program is designed to default to drive C when you perform an interactive client setup of Microsoft Office. However, the Setup program does not default to drive C when you perform a batch mode setup.

The Setup /t switch forces Setup to use a table file other than the default table file, while the Setup /q switch forces Setup to install predetermined application files with minimal user participation.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

137391 OFF95: Setup Switches for Office 7.0

Additional query words: 97 incorrect wrong hard disk

Keywords: KB153736

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