HOW to remove MSOffice 2003 ??? "Linea Recta" <mccm.vos[ at ]abc.invalid> 11/22/2008 9:57:52 PM I want to remove Office 2003 (Dutch) completely from Windows Vista. I neatly used 'remove' from installed software in Vista. Now only the start menu links seem to be removed. I still have a lot of office trash (106 MB!) in folder and sub folders under: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\ \Media \Office11 \Templates Now, that's not what I call removing... :-( I suppose I shouldn't just delete these? How about the register? How do I proceed? -- regards, |\ /| | \/ |[ at ]rk \../ \/os

Re: HOW to remove MSOffice 2003 ??? "macropod" <macropod[ at ]invalid.invalid> 11/23/2008 4:47:15 AM Hi Linea, The correct way to uninstall Office 2003 is to use the 'Programs and Features' applet in Vista's 'Control Panel' - select Office 2003 and choose 'Uninstall'. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Linea Recta" <mccm.vos[ at ]abc.invalid> wrote in message news:4928806b$0$194$e4fe514c[ at ]news.xs4all.nl... [Quoted Text] >I want to remove Office 2003 (Dutch) completely from Windows Vista. > I neatly used 'remove' from installed software in Vista. > > Now only the start menu links seem to be removed. > I still have a lot of office trash (106 MB!) in folder and sub folders under: > > C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\ > > \Media > \Office11 > \Templates > > Now, that's not what I call removing... :-( > > I suppose I shouldn't just delete these? How about the register? > How do I proceed? > > > > -- > regards, > > |\ /| > | \/ |[ at ]rk > \../ > \/os > >

Re: HOW to remove MSOffice 2003 ??? "Peter Foldes" <okf22[ at ]hotmail.com> 11/23/2008 4:51:51 AM 'Programs and Features' = Add\Remove. Just in case the OP is scratching the head -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "macropod" <macropod[ at ]invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:eRvxgZSTJHA.1544[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Hi Linea, > > The correct way to uninstall Office 2003 is to use the 'Programs and Features' applet in Vista's 'Control Panel' - select Office > 2003 and choose 'Uninstall'. > > -- > Cheers > macropod > [MVP - Microsoft Word] > > > "Linea Recta" <mccm.vos[ at ]abc.invalid> wrote in message news:4928806b$0$194$e4fe514c[ at ]news.xs4all.nl... >>I want to remove Office 2003 (Dutch) completely from Windows Vista. >> I neatly used 'remove' from installed software in Vista. >> >> Now only the start menu links seem to be removed. >> I still have a lot of office trash (106 MB!) in folder and sub folders under: >> >> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\ >> >> \Media >> \Office11 >> \Templates >> >> Now, that's not what I call removing... :-( >> >> I suppose I shouldn't just delete these? How about the register? >> How do I proceed? >> >> >> >> -- >> regards, >> >> |\ /| >> | \/ |[ at ]rk >> \../ >> \/os >> >> >

Re: HOW to remove MSOffice 2003 ??? "Linea Recta" <mccm.vos[ at ]abc.invalid> 11/23/2008 11:01:20 AM "macropod" <macropod[ at ]invalid.invalid> schreef in bericht news:eRvxgZSTJHA.1544[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Hi Linea, > > The correct way to uninstall Office 2003 is to use the 'Programs and > Features' applet in Vista's 'Control Panel' - select Office 2003 and > choose 'Uninstall'. That's how I tried it in the first place, with the sad results as described in my first message. I always try to avoid making a mess, but then it seems ©MS will make it for me anyway... -- regards, |\ /| | \/ |[ at ]rk \../ \/os

Re: HOW to remove MSOffice 2003 ??? "macropod" <macropod[ at ]invalid.invalid> 11/23/2008 11:05:42 AM In Vista, it's 'Programs and Features', not 'Add\Remove'. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Peter Foldes" <okf22[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eR4qxcSTJHA.3584[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... 'Programs and Features' = Add\Remove. Just in case the OP is scratching the head -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "macropod" <macropod[ at ]invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:eRvxgZSTJHA.1544[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Hi Linea, > > The correct way to uninstall Office 2003 is to use the 'Programs and Features' applet in Vista's 'Control Panel' - select Office > 2003 and choose 'Uninstall'. > > -- > Cheers > macropod > [MVP - Microsoft Word] > > > "Linea Recta" <mccm.vos[ at ]abc.invalid> wrote in message news:4928806b$0$194$e4fe514c[ at ]news.xs4all.nl... >>I want to remove Office 2003 (Dutch) completely from Windows Vista. >> I neatly used 'remove' from installed software in Vista. >> >> Now only the start menu links seem to be removed. >> I still have a lot of office trash (106 MB!) in folder and sub folders under: >> >> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\ >> >> \Media >> \Office11 >> \Templates >> >> Now, that's not what I call removing... :-( >> >> I suppose I shouldn't just delete these? How about the register? >> How do I proceed? >> >> >> >> -- >> regards, >> >> |\ /| >> | \/ |[ at ]rk >> \../ >> \/os >> >> >

Re: HOW to remove MSOffice 2003 ??? "macropod" <macropod[ at ]invalid.invalid> 11/24/2008 4:46:44 AM Hi Linea, Did the uninstall process return an error message about its inablilty to remove certain folders? This usually indicates you've got some files of your own in there. All the same, the uninstall process should remove all the files that Word/Office installed. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Linea Recta" <mccm.vos[ at ]abc.invalid> wrote in message news:49293808$0$193$e4fe514c[ at ]news.xs4all.nl... [Quoted Text] > > "macropod" <macropod[ at ]invalid.invalid> schreef in bericht news:eRvxgZSTJHA.1544[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Hi Linea, >> >> The correct way to uninstall Office 2003 is to use the 'Programs and Features' applet in Vista's 'Control Panel' - select Office >> 2003 and choose 'Uninstall'. > > > That's how I tried it in the first place, with the sad results as described in my first message. > > I always try to avoid making a mess, but then it seems ©MS will make it for me anyway... > > > > -- > regards, > > |\ /| > | \/ |[ at ]rk > \../ > \/os > >

Re: HOW to remove MSOffice 2003 ??? "Linea Recta" <mccm.vos[ at ]abc.invalid> 11/24/2008 5:45:07 PM "macropod" <macropod[ at ]invalid.invalid> schreef in bericht news:eD4r59eTJHA.5200[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Hi Linea, > > Did the uninstall process return an error message about its inablilty to remove certain folders? This usually indicates you've got > some files of your own in there. All the same, the uninstall process should remove all the files that Word/Office installed. During uninstalling I did not get any error messages. Nor had I put other files of my own there. In the meantime I've done some searching on the web and noticed that I'm not exactly the only one with this problem. But as life goes on and I'm out of time, I deleted the the map C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\ and all submaps and contents. Then I used Registry Mechanic to clean up all Office junk and all seems well now :-)) -- regards, |\ /| | \/ |[ at ]rk \../ \/os