Microsoft KB Archive/158658

= OFF97: How to Completely Remove Microsoft Office 97 =

Article ID: 158658

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2005

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition, when used with:  Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

 Microsoft Windows 95

 Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition 

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This article was previously published under Q158658

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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

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SUMMARY
This article describes how to completely remove Microsoft Office 97 from your computer.

NOTE: For additional information about how to remove Office 97 on Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), and Microsoft Windows 2000, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

254250 OFF97: How to Completely Remove Office 97 on Windows XP, Windows Me, and Windows 2000

NOTE: You must use the Office Removal Wizard to completely remove Office 97 from your computer. To download the Office Removal Wizard, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/appndx/appa15.htm

A utility that automates this process is also available. This utility is designed to be run only after you run the Setup program for Office 97 and click Remove All to remove Office. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176823 OFF97: Utility to Completely Remove Remaining Office 97 Files

For information about removing Microsoft Office 97 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1), please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173431 OFF97: How to Completely Remove the SR-1 Patch and Patch Update

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MORE INFORMATION
NOTE: After you complete the following steps, it may be necessary to reinstall earlier versions of programs that use the shared components that Microsoft Office 97 uses. For example, to use any of the programs included with Microsoft Office 7.0, it may be necessary to reinstall Microsoft Office 7.0 before you can use the programs.

WARNING: If Microsoft Outlook 98 is installed, you must remove it before you remove Microsoft Office 97 by using the steps in this article.

To remove Microsoft Office 97 from your computer, follow these steps: <ol> Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.</li> Double-click Add/Remove Programs. In the list of installed programs, click Microsoft Office 97, and then click Add/Remove. If you installed Microsoft Office from a CD, you are prompted to insert the first CD.

If a dialog box displays a message stating that programs are running, quit the programs, and then click OK.</li> In the Microsoft Office 97 Setup dialog box, click Remove All.</li> When you are prompted to remove shared components, click Remove All.

If you are prompted to restart the computer after Setup is completed, restart the computer.

WARNING: Before proceeding with the next step, if you are running Microsoft Windows 98, do not delete the Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo folder.

NOTES:  Before you delete the Microsoft Office folder, make sure that you do not have other programs, such as Microsoft Project or Microsoft Publisher, installed in the Microsoft Office folder. If you delete the Microsoft Office folder, you may need to reinstall these programs.</li> Deleting the Microsoft Office folder also deletes the Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\XLStart folder, which may contain personal files. Make sure that you remove all personal files from this folder before you delete it. Also, deleting the Microsoft Office folder deletes the Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates folder, which may contain personal templates. Make sure that you remove all personal files, including custom macros, from this folder before you delete it.

Some of the files located in the folders to be removed may contain macros, templates, or other customizations that you may want to save. You should back up these files, so that you can restore them after you reinstall Office. They are:

Normal.dot

Custom.dic


 * .xlb

Personal.xls

Blank.pot


 * .pst


 * .pab


 * .acl except Mso97.acl

Any personal templates you created that might be in the Templates folder.</li></ul> </li> In Windows Explorer, delete the following folders:

<x>:\Program Files\Microsoft Office

<x>:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Vba

<x>:\Program Files\Common Files\ODBC

<x>:\Windows\Temp\Vbe

where <x> is the drive letter to which Microsoft Office 97 is installed.</li>  In Windows Explorer, delete the files in the following folders:

<pre class="fixed_text">   Windows Folder --

Artgalry.cag  Exchng.ini     Mso97.acl      Odbc.ini Odbcinst.ini  Twain.dll      Twain_32.dll   Twunk_16.exe Twunk_32.exe  Wininit.ini    .acl .pcb NOTE: is the name of the user who is logged on to the computer. If multiple users log on to the computer using different user names, each user has separate .acl and .pcb files. All of these files can be deleted. <pre class="fixed_text">   Windows\System Folder -

WARNING: If you are running Microsoft Windows 98, do not delete the Mcf40.dll file in the Windows\System folder. If you are running Microsoft Windows NT, delete the files from the Winnt\System32 folder, NOT the Winnt\System folder.

12520437.cpx  12520850.cpx   accwiz.dll cnfnot32.exe  comdlg16.ocx   commtb32.dll convdsn.exe   ctl3dv2.dll    dbnmpntw.dll   docobj.dll drvssrvr.hlp  ds16gt.dll     ds32gt.dll     emsabp32.dll emsmdb32.dll  emsui32.dll    emsuix32.dll   etexch32.dll fm20.dll      fm20enu.dll    hlink.dll      hlinkprx.dll iso88591.trn  jetdef35.hlp   jeterr35.cnt   jeterr35.hlp jetsql35.cnt  jetsql35.hlp   mapiform.vbx   mapifvbx.tlb mapisvc.cnt   minet32.dll    misc2.srg mlctrl.dll    mscal.cnt      mscal.dep      mscal.hlp mscal.ocx     mscpxl32.dll   msexcl35.dll   msforms.twd msfs32.dll    msjet35.dll    msjint35.dll   msjter35.dll msothunk.dll  msrd2x35.dll   msrepl35.dll   msriched.vbx msstkprp.dll  mstext35.dll   odbc16gt.dll   msxbse35.dll norweg.trn    oc25.dll       odbccp32.cpl   odbc32.dll odbc32gt.dll  odbcad32.exe   odbcinst.hlp   odbccp32.dll odbccr32.dll  odbcinst.cnt   odbcint.dll    odbcjt32.dll odbcjet.cnt   odbcjet.hlp    odbcji32.dll   odbctrac.dll odbcjtnw.cnt  odbcjtnw.hlp   odbctl32.dll   odtext32.dll oddbse32.dll  odexl32.dll    odfox32.dll    riched.dll pcdlib32.dll  picstore.dll   pubdlg.dll     swedish.trn sqlsrv32.dll  stdole2.tlb    vaen2.dll system.mdw    threed16.ocx   usascii.trn    vbajet32.dll vaen21.olb    vb40016.dll    vb4en16.dll    wmsui.dll vbscript.dll  ven2232.olb    winsspi.dll

Windows\Fonts Folder (optional) ---

Arialn.ttf    Arialnb.ttf    Arialnbi.ttf   Arialni.ttf Ariblk.ttf    Bookos.ttf     Bookosb.ttf    Bookosbi.ttf Bookosi.ttf   Bssym1.ttf     Bssym2.ttf     Bssym3.ttf Comic.ttf     Comicbd.ttf    Gara.ttf       Garabd.ttf Garait.ttf    Hatten.ttf     Impact.ttf     Mapsym.ttf Mtextra.ttf   Mtsorts.ttf    Outlook.ttf    Tahoma.ttf Tahomabd.ttf

Other Folders -

File                     Folder ---

Boot.ini.lnk             Windows\Recent (optional) Off97pro.stf.lnk         Windows\Recent (optional) Valupk8.hlp.lnk          Windows\Recent (optional) Readme.txt.lnk           Windows\Recent (optional) Wcleanos.ini.lnk         Windows\Recent (optional) My Documents.lnk         Windows\Favorites Mscreate.dir             Windows\Odbc Mscreate.dir             Windows\Odbc\Data Valupk8.gid              Windows\Help Rec21c1.mdb              Windows\Temp </li> WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

Click Start and then click Run. If you are using Windows 95, in the Open box, type regedit and then click OK. If you are using Windows NT, in the Open box, type regedt32 and then click OK.</li> Select the following key in the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0

With the key selected, click Delete on the Edit menu. When you are prompted to delete this key, click Yes.</li> Repeat step 8 and delete the following registry keys:

'''HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Mso97.dll

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{000C0114-0000-0000-C000- 000000000046}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{53230322-172B-11D0-AD40- 00A0C90DC8D9}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{53230327-172B-11D0-AD40- 00A0C90DC8D9}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{812034D2-760F-11CF-9370- 00AA00B8BF00}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Office.Actor

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Office.ActorPreview

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{5B87B6F0-17C8-11D0- AD41-00A0C90DC8D9}\8.0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{812034D0-760F-11CF- 9370-00AA00B8BF00}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{000204EF-0000-0000- C000-000000000046}\3.0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{2DF8D04C-5BFA-101B- BDE5-00AA0044DE52}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MOS\Mail\Inbox

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MOS\Mail\SendNote

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\AutoCorrect\8.0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MRT7ENU

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Msoc.dll

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Vba332.dll

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Vbe.dll'''

NOTE: On the following registry key, delete only the values that point to Mso97.dll, Vbe.dll, and Vba332.dll.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ SharedDLLs\

NOTE: On the following registry keys, delete only the value that points to Mso97.dll. Do not delete any other values.

'''HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Help

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VBA\VbeDllPath

HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0'''

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Additional Information for Removing a Run From CD Installation
Select the following key in the registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools

and then select and delete each value that refers to the CD-ROM drive letter. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is drive D, delete any value that refers to D:\Office or D:\OS.

Select the following key in the registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs

and then select and delete each value that refers to the CD-ROM drive letter and the Office or OS folders. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is drive D, delete any value that refers to D:\Office or D:\OS.

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