configuring the setting, choose Cancel. You can also return a setting to the Not Configured state by
Set feature installation states
Customize how Office features are installed on the user's computer.
To change the installation state of a feature, choose Set feature installation states in the OCT. In the results pane, open the shortcut menu (or
When you change the installation state of a feature, the name of the feature and the names of all its child features, if any, are displayed in bold font. This indicates that Setup will apply these changes to the installation. Features that are not displayed in bold font are installed by using the default installation state. To remove a change, select the feature and select the Reset option or select the feature and choose the Reset Branch button.
The following feature installation states are typically available to users during Setup. Not all installation states are available for every feature. For example, if a feature contains a component that cannot be advertised, Installed on First Use is not included in the list of available installation states for that feature.
Feature installation states
State | Description |
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Run from My Computer | Setup copies files and writes registry entries and |
| shortcuts that are associated with the feature to the |
| user's hard disk. The application or feature runs |
| locally. |
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Run All from My Computer | Same as Run from My Computer, except all child |
| features that belong to the feature are also set to this |
| state. |
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Installed on First Use | Setup leaves components for the feature and its child |
| features in the local installation source until the user |
| attempts to use the feature for the first time, at which |
| time the components are installed. This is also known |
| as an advertised feature. |
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Not Available | The components for the feature and the child features |
| that belong to this feature are not installed on the |
| computer. |
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