OFF97: How to Configure Setup.stf to Exclude WordMail

ID: Q165955

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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, WordMail is not available for installation and none of the WordMail components, including the templates, 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 or Off97std.stf file 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.


  2. 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   94                     305
      ObjID  275                     302
      ObjID  276                     302
      ObjID  285                   12802
      ObjID 7202                    7301
      ObjID 7203                    7301
      ObjID 7204                    7301
    Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition, SR-1: 
    
      For        Remove the Reference to
      ----------------------------------

      ObjID  103                     318
      ObjID  288                     315
      ObjID  289                     315
      ObjID  298                   13102
      ObjID 7302                    7401
      ObjID 7303                    7401
      ObjID 7304                    7401
    Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition: 
    
      For        Remove the Reference to
      ----------------------------------

      ObjID   84                     217
      ObjID  187                     214
      ObjID  188                     214
      ObjID  197                   11702
      ObjID 6802                    6901
      ObjID 6803                    6901
      ObjID 6804                    6901
    Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition, SR-1: 
    
      For        Remove the Reference to
      ----------------------------------

      ObjID   93                    230
      ObjID  200                    227
      ObjID  201                    227
      ObjID  210                  12102
      ObjID 7002                   7101
      ObjID 7003                   7101
      ObjID 7004                   7101


  3. Save the File. Make sure that the file type is Text.


After you finish these steps, the Wordmail 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:
Q158281 OFF97 Err Msg: "Setup Error 544"

Additional query words: xl97 modify edit 


Keywords          : kbsetup offwinsetup 
Version           : WINDOWS:97,97sr1
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: June 2, 1999