Microsoft KB Archive/165571

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
 * Microsoft Office 97 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1)
 * Microsoft Office 97 for Windows, Service Release 2 (SR-2)

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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, Microsoft Outlook is not available for installation and none of the Microsoft Outlook components 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 have first performed an administrative installation (setup /a) of Office 97 to a server on your network. If you are performing a standalone installation using the Office 97 compact disc, you cannot use the following steps.

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


 * 1) 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.
 * 1) 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.
 * 2) Save the File. Make sure that the file type is Text.

After you finish these steps, the Microsoft Outlook 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).

NOTE: Removal of ObjId 57 may not be absolutely necessary. Save the ObjId information to another location for re-entry purposes.

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

"Q158281 OFF97 Err Msg: 'Setup Error 544'" Additional query words: XL97

Keywords         : kbsetup kbusage offwinsetup Version          : WINDOWS:97 Platform         : WINDOWS Issue type       : kbhowto Last Reviewed: June 24, 1999