## OFFICE: SETUP.STF Placed Randomly During Install

Q111387

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Office for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.2
- Microsoft Office Professional Edition for Windows

## SUMMARY

If the default location of the MSOFFICE directory is changed during a workstation install of Microsoft Office 4.0, SETUP.STF may be placed in a directory other than MSOFFICE.
This may also occur on a standalone installation of Office 4.2 where the Tools option was deselected in the original install. No icon is created and the menu item is grayed-out. After Add/Uninstall, all attempts to launch Setup are met with the error message:

> Unable to open data file c:\msoffice\setup\setup.stf.

The file is not found with File Manager. If you perform a search from the root directory, the file is located in the c:\Windows\System directory. If you move the file, Setup responds properly.

## MORE INFORMATION

### Steps to Reproduce

1. SETUP /A to install Office to a file server.
2. Log on to the server and run SETUP.
3. When the dialog box appears asking for the location of the MSOFFICE directory, change the default (C:\MSOFFICE) to D:\MSOFFICE.
4. Complete the install.
5. From File Manager, do a search on SETUP.STF. In the test example the file is placed in D:\MSOFFICE\WINWORD\SETUP.

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