Microsoft KB Archive/245691

= OFF97: How to Deploy a Customized Office Shortcut Bar During Setup Using Network Installation Wizard =

Article ID: 245691

Article Last Modified on 8/27/2002

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 * Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition

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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SUMMARY
This article explains how to distribute a customized Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar (OSB) during the Microsoft Office 97 Setup.

NOTE: This article assumes that all computers that are installing Microsoft Office 97 have identical configurations.



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WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

You can can use the Network Installation Wizard (NIW) to configure Office 97 so that files are saved in the earlier version's file format.

For additional information about obtaining the Network Installation Wizard version 2.1, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

232967 OFF: How to Obtain the Network Installation Wizard

You can obtain documentation for the Network Installation Wizard in Chapter 6 of the Office 97 Resource Kit or from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/006/006.htm

To distribute a customized Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar (OSB) during the Microsoft Office 97 Setup, follow these steps:  Customize the OSB on a computer that has Office 97 installed on it. To close the Office Shortcut Bar, right-click the Office Shortcut Bar title bar, and then click Exit on the shortcut menu. You will be prompted with the following message:

You are closing the Office Shortcut Bar. The Office Shortcut Bar will start again automatically when you start Windows. Do you want the Office Shortcut Bar to start automatically when you start Windows?

Click Yes.

 Create a folder in your Office 97 administrative installation named CustomOSB . Copy the shortcut files (*.LNK) and table files (*.TMP) to the CustomOSB folder. The files are located in the following folder:



where  is the hard disk drive where you installed Office 97 on your computer. Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open edit box, type regedit and then click OK.</li> Locate and select the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Shortcut Bar

</li> On the Registry menu, click Export Registry File.</li> In the Save in box, select the network server where your Office 97 administrative installation is installed.</li> In the File Name edit box, type UserOSB and then click Save.</li> Locate and select the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Shortcut Bar

</li> On the Registry menu, click Export Registry File.</li> In the Save in box, select the network server where your Office 97 administrative installation is installed.</li> In the File Name edit box, type CompOSB and then click Save.</li> Click Exit on the Registry menu to close the Registry Editor.</li> Start the Network Installation Wizard.</li> Select the Setup Table file that you want to customize (for example, Custom.stf), and follow the steps in the Network Installation Wizard until you reach the Add Files dialog box.</li> Click Add.</li> Select all of the shortcut files (*.LNK) and the table files (*.TMP) in the CustomOSB folder that is located on your Office 97 administrative installation, and then click Open.</li> In the Add File Properties dialog box, click  \Microsoft Office\Office\Shortcut Bar in the Destination Folder list box. Click OK.</li> Click Next.</li> In the Enter Short Folder Name dialog box, select the option that best suits your installation requirements, and then click OK.</li> <li>In the Add Registry Entries dialog box, click Add.</li> <li> In the Add dialog box, set the following values, and then click OK: <pre class="fixed_text">Root:      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Data type: SZ Key:        Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce Value name: UserOSB Value data: \\ \ \ \UserOSB.reg

</li> <li> In the Add dialog box, set the following values, and then click OK: <pre class="fixed_text">Root:      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Data type: SZ Key:        Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce Value name: CompOSB Value data: \\ \ \ \CompOSB.reg

</li> <li>Click Next, and proceed through the remainder of the Network Installation Wizard process.</li></ol>

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