You can create a post-administrative installation setup table file (STF)
for any of the programs listed above without performing an administrative
installation of that program. This is useful for troubleshooting an
administrative installation of one of the programs listed above. For
example, you might want to do this to verify that the problem is not caused
by modifications to the setup table file that is being used by the Setup
program. By using this method, you avoid performing another administrative
installation of the program to create a new .STF file for testing.
Note that the instructions below refer to the setup table file as Setup.stf
although the .STF file for the program that you are running may have a
different name, such as ACMSETUP.STF, or Off95std.stf. The following
information applies to the .STF file for your program.
This method assumes that you have already completed an administrative
installation of the program. This can save you time when you are working
with a customer that is having a problem with a workstation installation of
the application, or has modified the .STF file that was created by the
administrative installation. To create a valid post-administrative
installation .STF file, do the following:
Windows Version 3.x Programs
- Rename the .STF file located on the network server in the directory
that contains the administrative installation of the program, such as
F:\OFFICE.
- Decompress or extract the Setup.stf file located on Disk 1 of the
original Setup disks to the directory that contains the
administrative installation of the program.
On disks that contain .CAB files, the Setup.stf file is located in
the first .CAB file. The following are examples of using Decomp.exe,
or Extract.exe (also located on Disk 1) to copy the Setup.stf file
DECOMP A:\SETUP.ST_ <path>SETUP.STF
EXTRACT A:\MSOFF1.CAB /L <path> SETUP.STF
- In a text editor or spreadsheet program (such as Microsoft Excel), open
the SETUP.STF file that you decompressed or extracted from the Setup
disk.
NOTE: If you open SETUP.STF in Microsoft Excel 5.0 or later, complete
the following additional steps before continuing:
- In the Text Import Wizard dialog box, choose Next until Step 3
Of 3 appears.
- In the Text Import Wizard-Step 3 Of 3 dialog box, under Data
Preview, drag the vertical scrollbar indicator down until the
"Object ID" item appears in the Data Preview window. Click the First
column to select it. Hold the SHIFT key down, and drag the horizontal
scrollbar indicator to the right until the last column is displayed
in the Data Preview window. Click the last column. All of the columns
(at least 15) should be selected.
- Under Column Data Format, click the Text option, and click Finish.
URGENT: If you do not click the Text option at this step, Microsoft
Excel will read some of the entries in your edited .STF file
incorrectly. When this occurs, you will receive "setup parse errors"
during Setup.
- Locate the "MSAPPS Mode" entry at the top of the .STF file (should be
the 9th entry).
- Insert the following two rows below the row that contains the "MSAPPS
Mode" entry.
MSAPPS Network Server \\machine\sharename
MSAPPS Network Path \directory (location of msapps on server)
For example, if you are running Setup from the following network
location
\\PSSABU\OFFICE!OFFICE43
add the following entries to the .STF file below the "MSAPPS Mode"
entry:
MSAPPS Network Server \\pssabu\office
MSAPPS Network Path \office43\msapps
- Save the changes to the SETUP.STF file, making sure that the file is
saved again in Text format.
- Run the Setup program again from the workstation.
Note that there are additional differences between the decompressed
SETUP.STF and a true post-admin SETUP.STF file. However, these differences
may be ignored for testing purposes.
Office Version 7.0
There are a few additional changes that you must make to the setup table
file for Office version 7.0. To make the appropriate changes to the Office
for Windows 95 .STF file, do the following:
- Follow Steps 1-3 in the "Windows Version 3.x Programs" section above.
- At the top of the .STF file, locate the "MSAPPS Mode" entry (it should
be the 11th entry).
- Insert the following four rows below the row that contains the "MSAPPS
Mode" entry.
MSAPPS Connect server
MSAPPS Network Server \\machine\sharename
MSAPPS Network Drive drive-letter:
MSAPPS Network Path \path - Scroll down in the .STF file to the following line:
'=== Office Install Types ===
Set the Run From Network Server option in the second column of the .STF
file to the value Yes. All the other
options (68, 70, 72, 76 and 78) should be set to the value No.
- Save the .STF file as a tab delimited text file and keep the original
name (for example SETUP.STF).
- Run the Setup program from the workstation.
CHANGES TO THE SETUP.STF AFTER ADMINISTRATIVE INSTALLATION
After you perform an administrative installation (setup /a), the following
changes are made to the default SETUP.STF file that is located on Disk 1:
The value of the following line is often changed:
MSAPPS Mode
The following lines are added:
MSAPPS Network Server \\server_name\share
MSAPPS Network Path \Office_directory\MSAPPS
The column headers for the Object Section are "expanded." (The headers
are shorter in the compressed file SETUP.ST_ on Disk 1 to reduce the
size of the file.)
BEFORE INSTALLATION AFTER INSTALLATION
============================================================
ObjID ObjID
Install During Batch Mode Install During Batch Mode
Title Title
Descr Description
Type Object Type
Data Object Data
BMP Id Bitmap Id
Vital Vital Attribute
Shared Shared Attribute
Dir Chang Configurable Directory
Dest Dir Destination Directory
Check Dir Check Directory
Installed By Us Installed By
Install Data
Install Directory
NOTE: After you perform an administrative installation (setup /a) of Office
version 7.0, the "Install During Batch Mode" column header is changed to
"Checkbox State" instead of the value shown above.
In the Header section, below the "INF File Name" line, the following
line is added:
Setup Status
This line appears to be for recording copy disincentive information.