OFF97: How to Configure Setup.stf to Exclude Exchange Client

ID: Q192520

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office 97 for Windows

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, 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.

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 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.

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.

Use the table below that is appropriate for your version of Office. Find 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
      ----------------------------------

      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
      ----------------------------------

      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

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

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.

Use the table below that is appropriate for your version of Office. Make 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, 
```

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

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:

Q158281 OFF97 Err Msg: "Setup Error 544"

Additional query words: OFF97 modify edit

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo