Microsoft KB Archive/163997

= ACC97: How to Completely Uninstall Microsoft Access 97 =

Article ID: 163997

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q163997



Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.



SUMMARY
When you run the Microsoft Access Setup program in Maintenance mode, and you click the Remove All button, some Microsoft Access files are not removed from your computer.

This behavior occurs because Setup does not remove any files that may be used by other applications.

This article lists which files and folders Microsoft Access 97 leaves on your hard disk after you uninstall the program.



MORE INFORMATION
In order to completely uninstall Microsoft Access 97 from your computer, manually remove the files and folders listed below. Before you begin, consider the following additional information:

 If you remove any files that are used by other applications, those applications may not work correctly. Depending on the type of installation you performed when you ran Setup for Microsoft Access 97 (Typical, Custom, Run from CD-ROM), some of the files listed may not be on your hard disk. Depending on your operating system, some of the files may be installed in your \Winnt\System32 folder instead of the \Windows\System folder. You may also need to remove the files DAO3032.DLL and DAO350.DLL from the Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO folder. In Microsoft Windows 95 or later or Windows NT version 4.0, you may need to perform the following steps in order to see all of the files listed:

 Open My Computer or start Windows Explorer.</li> On the View menu, click Options.</li> Click the View tab.</li> Click Show All Files, and click to clear the "Hide MS-DOS file extensions for file types that are registered" check box. Click OK.</li></ol> </li>  If you want to see a list of the Windows registry keys created by Microsoft Access 97, run the following command line, where <Drive> is the drive letter of your CD-ROM or diskette drive:

<pre class="fixed_text">     <Drive>:Setup /g c:\log.txt

This command creates a log file in your root folder that contains the names of all the files installed and the registry keys created by your Microsoft Access 97 installation.

WARNING: Editing the registry incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall Windows 95 or Windows NT. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect editing of the registry can be solved. Edit the registry at your own risk. </li></ul>

Following is a list of files and folders installed by Microsoft Access 97 that remain on your computer when you run Setup and click Remove All.

<pre class="fixed_text"> Folders ---

C:\WINDOWS\ODBC C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office C:\WINDOWS\ODBC\Data Sources

Files in the Windows Folder ---

MSO97.DLL       ODBC.INI         ODBCINST.INI     MS097.ACL

Files in the Windows\System Folder --

12520437.CPX    12520850.CPX     ACCWIZ.DLL       COMCAT.DLL COMMTB32.DLL    CONVDSN.EXE      DBNMPNTW.DLL     DOCOBJ.DLL DRVSSRVR.HLP    DS16GT.DLL       DS32GT.DLL       HLINK.DLL HLINKPRX.DLL    INETCPL.CPL      JETDEF35.HLP     JETERR35.CNT JETERR35.HLP    JETSQL35.CNT     JETSQL35.HLP     MFCANS32.DLL MISC2.SRG       MSCAL.CNT        MSCAL.DEP        MSCAL.HLP MSCAL.OCX       MSCPXL32.DLL     MSEXCL35.DLL     MSJET35.DLL MSJINT35.DLL    MSJTER35.DLL     MSOTHUNK.DLL     MSRD2X35.DLL MSREPL35.DLL    MSSTKPRP.DLL     MSTEXT35.DLL     MSVCRT40.DLL MSXBSE35.DLL    ODBC16GT.DLL     ODBC32.DLL       ODBC32GT.DLL ODBCAD32.EXE    ODBCCP32.CPL     ODBCCP32.DLL     ODBCCR32.DLL ODBCINST.CNT    ODBCINST.HLP     ODBCINT.DLL      ODBCJET.CNT ODBCJET.HLP     ODBCJI32.DLL     ODBCJT32.DLL     ODBCJTNW.CNT ODBCJTNW.HLP    ODBCTL32.DLL     ODBCTRAC.DLL     ODDBSE32.DLL ODEXL32.DLL     ODFOX32.DLL      ODTEXT32.DLL     OLEAUT32.DLL* OLEPRO32.DLL    REGWIZ.EXE*      RICHED20.DLL     SQLSRV32.DLL STDOLE2.TLB     SYSTEM.MDW**     URLMON.DLL       VBAJET32.DLL VBAR332.DLL     VEN2232.OLB      WININET.DLL

Files in the Windows\Fonts Folder -

hatten.ttf      tahoma.ttf       tahomabd.ttf

Additional Files Not Removed

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\MSCREATE.DIR C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\CUSTOM.DIC C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\MSCREATE.DIR C:\WINDOWS\ODBC\MSCREATE.DIR

If the Dataacc.exe was run from the Data Access folder in the ValuPack, the following files are not removed by the Remove All option of Microsoft Access setup:

\Windows\System\msexch35.dll \Windows\System\mspdox35.dll \Windows\System\odpdx32.dll

Additionally, if Webpost.exe was run from the Webpost folder in the ValuPack (Web Publishing Wizard), the following file is not removed by the Remove All option of Microsoft Access Setup:

\Windows\System\Webpost.dll

* These files replaced older versions.

** System.mdw stores security information for your database. If you delete this file you may lose any security that has been setup for your database. Deleting this file may also make your database inaccessible.

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