OFFICE: SETUP.STF Placed Randomly During Install

Q111387

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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.


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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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Last Reviewed: January 3, 2001
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