OFF: Setup Does Not Default to Drive Specified in NI Wizard

ID: Q153736

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft PowerPoint 97 For Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Network Installation Wizard to create a customized Setup Table file, and then run the Setup program to perform a client setup of Microsoft Office, Setup does not default to the correct disk drive.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when the following conditions are met:

You perform an administrative setup of one of the versions of Microsoft Office listed above

-and-

You start the Network Installation Wizard to create a custom Setup table file that Setup will use in a subsequent client setup.

-and-

In the Network Installation Wizard, you specify a default destination folder (directory) for Office on a drive, partition, or volume other than your local drive(s) on your computer.

-and-

You perform an interactive client setup of Office on a computer that uses the drive, partition, or volume that you specified as the default destination folder in the Network Installation Wizard.

This behavior does not occur when you perform a client setup of Office in batch (also called quiet) mode using the /q setup switch.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, use the /q setup switch when you perform the client setup of Microsoft Office for Windows. To do this, type the following command at an MS-DOS prompt

<Folder Path>\Setup /q

where <Folder Path> refers to the folder on the server that contains the administrative installation of Microsoft Office.

NOTE: You may need to use the /t switch if the customized Setup Table file has a name other than Setup.stf.

STATUS

This behavior is by design of the Setup program.

MORE INFORMATION

This behavior occurs because the Setup program is designed to default to drive C when you perform an interactive client setup of Microsoft Office. However, the Setup program does not default to drive C when you perform a batch mode setup.

The Setup /t switch forces Setup to use a table file other than the default table file, while the Setup /q switch forces Setup to install predetermined application files with minimal user participation.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q137391 OFF95: Setup Switches for Office 7.0

Q158503 OFF97: Setup Switches for Microsoft Office 97

Additional query words: 97 incorrect wrong hard disk


Keywords          : offwin 
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0 97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: May 19, 1999