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

• 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 Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Word 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

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• 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.

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

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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q137391
   TITLE     : OFF95: Setup Switches for Office 7.0

   ARTICLE-ID: Q158503
   TITLE     : OFF97: Setup Switches for Microsoft Office 97