OFFICE: SETUP.STF Placed Randomly During Install

 Last reviewed: September 9, 1996
Article ID: Q111387
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Office for Windows, version 4.0, 4.2
  • Microsoft Office Professional for Windows, version 4.3

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.

KBCategory: kbsetup
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Additional reference words: 4.00



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Last reviewed: September 9, 1996
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