OFF97: How to Install Program Shortcuts to a FolderID: Q159803
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By default, when you install Microsoft Office 97 for Windows on your
computer, program shortcuts for the Microsoft Office 97 programs (Microsoft
Excel 97, Microsoft Word 97, and so on) are created in the Programs folder
of your Start menu.
This article explains how to configure the Microsoft Office 97 Setup
program so that program shortcuts are created in a subfolder of the
Programs folder ("Microsoft Office", for example).
WARNING: The following steps are not supported by Microsoft Product Support
Services (PSS). Under normal circumstances, only modifications made to
setup table files by the Network Installation Wizard (NIW) are supported by
Microsoft, but the NIW cannot make the necessary modifications in this
case. Use the following steps with caution.
NOTE: The following steps work only if you have first performed an
administrative installation ("setup /a") of Microsoft Office 97 to a server
on your network. If you are performing a standalone installation using the
Microsoft Office 97 compact disc, you cannot use the following steps.
You can control where the Microsoft Office 97 Setup program creates program
shortcuts by editing the setup table file (STF) used by the setup program.
By default, this file is called Off97pro.stf; however, if you have run the
Network Installation Wizard to customize your setup, the setup table file
may have a different name.
Before performing the following steps, make a backup copy of the
Off97pro.stf file stored on your server. Change the backup copy's name to
"Backup.stf" and do not open or edit it for any reason.
\\myserver\myshare\off97pro.stf-or-
\\myserver\myshare\custom.stfand then, click Open.
Find what Replace with
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%571 %571\Microsoft Office
%1117 %1117\Microsoft Office
%7229 %7229\Microsoft Office
%8221 %8221\Microsoft Office
%9672 %9672\Microsoft Office
%10840 %10840\Microsoft Office
%11964 %11964\Microsoft Office
%583 %583\Microsoft Office
Additional query words: OFF97 icons
Keywords : kbusage kbhowto offwinsetup offNIW
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb
Last Reviewed: June 28, 1999