OFF97: How to Configure Setup.stf to Exclude Outlook

ID: Q165571

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)

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.

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                       198
       ObjID 51                       196
       ObjID 53                       196
       ObjID 54                       197
       ObjID 56                       202
       ObjID 58                       196
       ObjID 59                       197
       ObjID 60                       199

       For           Change             To
       ----------------------------------------

       ObjId 12808   'Depend'           'Group'
       ObjId 12808   '11917 ? : 12809'  '12809'
       ObjId 12863   'Depend'           'Group'
       ObjId 12863   '11917 ? : 12864'  '12864'

Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition, SR-1:


       For        Remove the Reference to
       ----------------------------------

       ObjID 46                       211
       ObjID 52                       209
       ObjID 54                       209
       ObjID 55                       210
       ObjID 57                       215
       ObjID 59                       209
       ObjID 60                       210
       ObjID 61                       212

       For           Change             To
       ----------------------------------------

       ObjId 13108   'Depend'           'Group'
       ObjId 13108   '12220 ? : 13109'  '13109'
       ObjId 13163   'Depend'           'Group'
       ObjId 13163   '12220 ? : 13164'  '13164'

Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition:


       For        Remove the Reference to
       ----------------------------------

       ObjID 35                       110
       ObjID 41                       108
       ObjID 43                       108
       ObjID 44                       109
       ObjID 46                       114
       ObjID 48                       108
       ObjID 49                       109
       ObjID 50                       111

       For           Change             To
       ----------------------------------------

       ObjId 11708   'Depend'           'Group'
       ObjId 11708   '10817 ? : 11709'  '11709'
       ObjId 11763   'Depend'           'Group'
       ObjId 11763   '10817 ? : 11764'  '11764'

Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition, SR-1 and SR-2:


       For        Remove the Reference to
       ----------------------------------

       ObjID 35                       123
       ObjID 42                       121
       ObjID 44                       121
       ObjID 45                       122
       ObjID 47                       127
       ObjID 49                       121
       ObjID 50                       122
       ObjID 51                       124

       For           Change             To
       ----------------------------------------

       ObjId 12108   'Depend'           'Group'
       ObjId 12108   '11220 ? : 12109'  '12109'
       ObjId 12163   'Depend'           'Group'
       ObjId 12163   '11220 ? : 12164'  '12164'

Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition, SR-1 (Retail and August 1997 Select CD) and SR-2 (Retail and All Select CDs):


       For        Remove the Reference to
       ----------------------------------

       ObjID 43                       204
       ObjID 49                       202
       ObjID 51                       202
       ObjID 52                       203
       ObjID 54                       208
       ObjID 56                       202
       ObjID 57                       203
       ObjID 58                       205

       For           Change             To
       ----------------------------------------

       ObjId 12308   'Depend'           'Group'
       ObjId 12308   '11420 ? : 12309'  '12309'
       ObjId 12363   'Depend'           'Group'
       ObjId 12363   '11420 ? : 12364'  '12364'

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