Article ID: 122582
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 5.0c
- Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Office 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Office 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Office 4.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Office 4.2c
- Microsoft Office 4.3 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Office 4.3c
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0c
- Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Works 3.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q122582
SYMPTOMS
When you run the Setup program for one of the programs listed at the
beginning of this article, you receive the following error message:
Bad Setup Version field
followed by:
Processing Top Level information failed
Setup was not completed successfully
CAUSE
You receive these error messages when you run the Setup program if you
have modified the program's setup table file, Setup.stf, using a text
editor that replaces tabs in the Setup.stf file with spaces.
For example, if you use the MS-DOS Editor, Edit.com, to modify the
Setup.stf, tabs in the Setup.stf file are replaced with spaces when you
save the file. This modification causes the Setup to fail when the Setup
program tries to read the Setup.stf file.
WORKAROUND
WARNING: This modification may not be supported by Microsoft. Microsoft
support engineers will support some modifications to a BACKUP copy of the
Setup.stf file. Note also that while support engineers 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.
In Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0 and Microsoft Office 97
for Windows programs, use Notepad to modify the Setup.stf file.
To avoid receiving this error message in versions prior to Office for
Windows 95, version 7.0, use a spreadsheet program, such as Microsoft
Excel, to modify the Setup.stf file. You should always make a backup of
the Setup.stf file before making any changes.
If your Setup.stf file has been edited incorrectly, you must rename or
delete the Setup.stf file, and run the program's Setup program again to
create a new copy of the Setup.stf file.
Additional query words: 1.00 1.10 2.00 4.00c 4.20c 4.30c 5.00c 6.00a 6.00c 8.00 97 pub pub3 pub95 PPT95 PPT97 off97 xl97 Proj95.stf PRJ98.stf
Keywords: KB122582