KB121466 - Office: How to Start the Setup Program Manually

In some situations, Microsoft Office Setup may need to be started manually in order for the set up to be completed successfully. This may be required if you want to install Microsoft Office on a removable drive.

To manually start the Microsoft Office Setup routine, do the following:

For Microsoft Office for Windows 4.x, exit Windows. At the MS-DOS prompt, type MD ~SETUP at the root level of the C: drive to create a directory.

For Microsoft Office for Windows 95, go to the MS-DOS prompt and type MD ~MSSTFQF.T at the root level of the C: drive to create a directory.
Switch to the drive that contains Disk 1 of Microsoft Office by typing, A: where A is the appropriate floppy disk drive.
If you have Microsoft Office version 4.2, decompress the following files by typing the command lines at the prompt:
decomp _mssetup.ex_ c:\~setup\_mssetup.exe
decomp acmsetup.ex_ c:\~setup\acmsetup.exe
decomp acmsetup.hl_ c:\~setup\acmsetup.hlp
decomp mscpydis.dl_ c:\~setup\mscpydis.dll
decomp mssetup.dl_ c:\~setup\mssetup.dll
decomp xlsetup.tt_ c:\~setup\xlsetup.ttf
decomp wwsetup.tt_ c:\~setup\wwsetup.ttf
decomp excel_bb.dl_ c:\~setup\excel_bb.dll
decomp off42_bb.dl_ c:\~setup\off42_bb.dll
decomp word_bb.dl_ c:\~setup\word_bb.dll
decomp setup.st_ c:\~setup\setup.stf
decomp setup.in_ c:\~setup\setup.inf
decomp odbcinst.dl_ c:\~setup\odbcinst.dll

If you have Microsoft Office version 4.3, decompress the following files by typing the command lines at the prompt:
decomp _mssetup.ex_ c:\~setup\_mssetup.exe
decomp acmsetup.ex_ c:\~setup\acmsetup.exe
decomp acmsetup.hl_ c:\~setup\acmsetup.hlp
decomp mscpydis.dl_ c:\~setup\mscpydis.dll
decomp mssetup.dl_ c:\~setup\mssetup.dll
decomp xlsetup.tt_ c:\~setup\xlsetup.ttf
decomp wwsetup.tt_ c:\~setup\wwsetup.ttf
decomp acsetup.tt_ c:\~setup\acsetup.ttf
decomp excel_bb.dl_ c:\~setup\excel_bb.dll
decomp off43_bb.dl_ c:\~setup\off43_bb.dll
decomp pp4_bb.dl_ c:\~setup\pp4_bb.dll
decomp word_bb.dl_ c:\~setup\word_bb.dll
decomp msacahbb.dl_ c:\~setup\msacahbb.dll
decomp setup.st_ c:\~setup\setup.stf
decomp setup.in_ c:\~setup\setup.inf
decomp odbcinst.dl_ c:\~setup\odbcinst.dll
If you have Microsoft Office for Windows 95, extract the following files by typing the command lines at the prompt:
extract msoff1.cab /L c:\~msstfqf.t acmsetup.exe
extract msoff1.cab /L c:\~msstfqf.t acmsetup.hlp
extract msoff1.cab /L c:\~msstfqf.t mssetup.dll
extract msoff1.cab /L c:\~msstfqf.t setup.stf
extract msoff1.cab /L c:\~msstfqf.t off95std.inf
extract msoff1.cab /L c:\~msstfqf.t odbccp32.dll
extract msoff1.cab /L c:\~msstfqf.t odbcint.dll
extract msoff1.cab /L c:\~msstfqf.t ffast_bb.dll
extract msoff1.cab /L c:\~msstfqf.t odbcstf.dll
extract msoff1.cab /L c:\~msstfqf.t odbckey.inf
extract msoff1.cab /L c:\~msstfqf.t msvcrt20.dll
extract msoff1.cab /L c:\~msstfqf.t off95_bb.dll
extract msoff1.cab /L c:\~msstfqf.t offsetup.ttf
extract msoff1.cab /L c:\~msstfqf.t off95inv.dll
copy setup.ini c:\~msstfqf.t
copy setup.tdf c:\~msstfqf.t
After decompressing/extracting the appropriate files, restart Microsoft Windows.
For Microsoft Office for Windows 4.x, in Program Manager, click Run on the File menu. On the command line, type the following, and click OK:
C:\~setup\acmsetup /T setup.stf

For Microsoft Office for Windows 95, click Run on the Start menu and type the following command:
C:\~msstfqf.t\acmsetup /T setup.stf /S a:\

Microsoft Office Setup should now start and proceed normally through the setup routine.

TIP: You can create a batch file containing the above commands, and then run this batch file on individual workstations.