Microsoft KB Archive/166012

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

Article ID: 166012

Article Last Modified on 1/28/2005

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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 Q166012



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 Access is not available for installation and none of the Microsoft Access 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 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 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 46                      118 ObjId 52                      174 ObjId 53                      117 ObjId 54                      118 ObjId 56                      120 ObjId 57                      174 ObjId 58                      117 ObjId 59                      118 ObjId 60                      119 ObjId 62                      118 ObjId 8836                   9001

Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition, SR-1:

     For        Remove the Reference to      --

ObjId 46                      131 ObjId 53                      187 ObjId 54                      130 ObjId 55                      131 ObjId 57                      133 ObjId 58                      187 ObjId 59                      130 ObjId 60                      131 ObjId 61                      132 ObjId 63                      131 ObjId 9036                   9201

Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition, SR-1 From November 1997 Select CD:

     For        Remove the Reference to      --

ObjId 43                      124 ObjId 50                      180 ObjId 51                      123 ObjId 52                      124 ObjId 54                      126 ObjId 55                      180 ObjId 56                      123 ObjId 57                      124 ObjId 58                      125 ObjId 60                      124 ObjId 9036                   9301  Save the File. Make sure that the file type is Text.

After you finish these steps, the Microsoft Access 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"

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