Microsoft KB Archive/165955

= OFF97: How to Configure Setup.stf to Exclude WordMail =

Article ID: 165955

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 97 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q165955



SUMMARY
In Microsoft Office 97, it is possible to customize a post-administrative installation (setup /a) so that when your users run Office 97 Setup, WordMail is not available for installation and none of the WordMail components, including the templates, are installed.

This article explains how to perform this task by editing the Office Setup .stf file.



MORE INFORMATION
WARNING: This modification may not be supported by Microsoft. Microsoft support professionals will support some modifications to a BACKUP copy of the Setup.stf file. Note also that while support professionals may help customers modify specific lines of an STF, we will not rewrite the entire file in order to achieve a desired configuration. As a general rule, support is limited to options that can normally be changed by a user during a standard installation of the application.

NOTE: The following steps work only if you first perform an administrative installation (setup /a) of Office 97 to a server on your network. If you are performing a stand-alone installation using the Office 97 compact disc, you cannot use the steps in this article.

Before you perform the following steps, make a backup copy of the Off97pro.stf or Off97std.stf file on your server. Rename the file to Backup.stf and do not open or edit it for any reason.

 Edit the .STF file in a text editor such as Microsoft Word, Wordpad, or Notepad.

NOTE: MS-DOS Editor should NOT be used to modify the SETUP.STF file. MS- DOS Editor replaces tabs with spaces and will cause the same error. Other text editors that are known to replace tabs with spaces (and are thus unsuitable for modifying the .STF file) are Xtree Gold 2.0 by Executive Systems and QEdit by SemWare Inc.  Find the following Object IDs and delete the corresponding values from the Object Data column on the same line. Make sure you delete the trailing space after each number. Use the table that is appropriate for your version of Office.

Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition:      For        Remove the Reference to      --

ObjID  94                     305 ObjID 275                     302 ObjID 276                     302 ObjID 285                   12802 ObjID 7202                   7301 ObjID 7203                   7301 ObjID 7204                   7301 Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition, SR-1:      For        Remove the Reference to      --

ObjID 103                     318 ObjID 288                     315 ObjID 289                     315 ObjID 298                   13102 ObjID 7302                   7401 ObjID 7303                   7401 ObjID 7304                   7401 Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition:      For        Remove the Reference to      --

ObjID  84                     217 ObjID 187                     214 ObjID 188                     214 ObjID 197                   11702 ObjID 6802                   6901 ObjID 6803                   6901 ObjID 6804                   6901 Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition, SR-1:      For        Remove the Reference to      --

ObjID  93                    230 ObjID 200                    227 ObjID 201                    227 ObjID 210                  12102 ObjID 7002                  7101 ObjID 7003                  7101 ObjID 7004                  7101  Save the File. Make sure that the file type is Text.

After you finish these steps, the Wordmail component is not installed and does not appear in the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel icon for any user who performs an installation of Office 97 using the modified setup table file (for example, you may call this file Custom.stf).

For more information about using custom setup table files with Office 97, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

158281 OFF97 Err Msg: "Setup Error 544"

Additional query words: xl97 modify edit

Keywords: kbhowto kbsetup KB165955

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