ID: Q192520
The information in this article applies to:
In Microsoft Office 97, it is possible to customize a post-administrative installation (setup /a) so that when your users run office 97 Setup, none of the Microsoft Exchange Client 5.0 files are installed.
This article explains how to perform this task by editing the Office Setup .STF file and the Office Setup .inf file.
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 and the Off97pro.inf or Off97std.inf files stored on your server. Rename the files to Stf-back.stf and Inf-back.stf respectively and do not open or edit them for any reason.
1. Edit the .STF file in a text editor such as Microsoft Word, Wordpad, or
Notepad. The .STF file name is Off97Pro.stf for Office 97 Professional.
The .STF file name is Off97Std.stf for Office 97 Standard.
NOTE: MS-DOS Editor should NOT be used to modify the .STF file. MS-DOS
Editor replaces tabs with spaces and will cause errors during setup.
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.
the 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.
Microsoft Office 97 Standard and Professional:
For Remove the Reference to
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ObjId 52 2901
ObjId 57 2901
ObjId 195 2901
ObjId 197 2901
ObjId 123 2901
ObjId 198 2901
ObjId 200 2901
ObjId 3302 3503
ObjId 3303 3503
ObjId 3601 3603
ObjId 3601 3606
ObjId 3602 3604
Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Standard and Professional:
For Remove the Reference to
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ObjId 53 3001
ObjId 58 3001
ObjId 208 3001
ObjId 210 3001
ObjId 211 3001
ObjId 213 3001
ObjId 216 3001
ObjId 3402 3603
ObjId 3403 3603
ObjId 3701 3703
ObjId 3701 3706
ObjId 3702 3704
4. Edit the .INF file in a text editor such as Microsoft Word, Wordpad, or
Notepad. The .INF file name is Off97Pro.inf for Office 97 Professional.
The .STF file name is Off97Std.inf for Office 97 Standard.
NOTE: MS-DOS Editor should NOT be used to modify the .INF file. MS-DOS
Editor replaces tabs with spaces and will cause errors during setup.
Other text editors that are known to replace tabs with spaces (and are
thus unsuitable for modifying the .INF file) are Xtree Gold 2.0 by
Executive Systems and QEdit by SemWare Inc.
the appropriate changes.
Microsoft Office 97 Standard and Professional:
Locate the following line in the .INF file used with setup and
replace "OLDER" with "NEVER". Also remove the reference to "SHARED"
in this line:
"emsuix32dll_45" = ,Office\WMS\Win95\emsuix32.dll,,,,1997-09-02,,
1033,OLDER,,,,,,SHARED,523024,,,,5.0.1457.3,
The line should now look like this:
"emsuix32dll_45" = ,Office\WMS\Win95\emsuix32.dll,,,,1997-09-02,,
1033,NEVER,,,,,,,523024,,,,5.0.1457.3,
Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Standard and Professional:
Locate the following line in the .INF file used with setup and
replace "OLDER" with "NEVER". Also remove the reference to "SHARED"
in this line:
"emsuix32dll_45" = ,Office\WMS\Win95\emsuix32.dll,,,,1997-09-02,,
1033,OLDER,,,,,,SHARED,523024,,,,5.0.1457.3,
The line should now look like this:
"emsuix32dll_45" = ,Office\WMS\Win95\emsuix32.dll,,,,1997-09-02,,
1033,NEVER,,,,,,,523024,,,,5.0.1457.3,
After you finish these steps, the Exchange Client 5.0 files are not installed 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:
ARTICLE-ID: Q158281
TITLE : OFF97 Err Msg: "Setup Error 544"
Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfoLast Reviewed: May 25, 1999