Microsoft KB Archive/139973

= OFF97: Professional Edition Setup Leaves Standard STF File =

Article ID: 139973

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 95 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q139973



SYMPTOMS
When you install a Professional Edition of Microsoft Office over a previous installation of a Standard Edition of Microsoft Office, the Standard Edition's setup table file (STF file) is not removed from its folder on your hard drive:   Version of   Office      STF File       Folder --  97          Off97std.stf   Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Setup 7.0        Off95std.stf   MSOffice\Office\Setup



CAUSE
This behavior is by design of the Setup programs of the Professional Editions of Microsoft Office 97 and Microsoft Office for Windows 95.



MORE INFORMATION
There are no pointers within the registry that reference the Off95std.stf and Off97std.stf files after an installation of Microsoft Office Professional 7.0 or 97. However, if you double-click this file, Setup for the standard version of Office is started if the .stf extension is associated with Acme.exe. If the .stf file is not associated with Acme.exe or some other application, then Setup may display the error message that Setup could not access the required initialization file, which is a file from Office Standard. If the .stf file has been associated with Microsoft Excel, then no error is produced; instead the .stf file is opened in Microsoft Excel.

Additional query words: 7.00 8.00 97 OFF97

Keywords: KB139973

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