Microsoft KB Archive/312172

= How to remove Office v. X for Mac and Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition from your computer =

Article ID: 312172

Article Last Modified on 5/7/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office X for Mac Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q312172



SUMMARY
This article describes how to remove Microsoft Office v. X for Mac and Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition from your computer.

Important Before you remove Office, you must move any personal files from the Microsoft Office X folder. Also, you must back up any identities that are stored in the Microsoft User Data folder, which is found in the Documents folder. This includes any files that you created and saved in or placed in the Microsoft Office X folder. This must be done so that your personal files and e-mail messages are not deleted.



MORE INFORMATION
The Remove Office tool is available on the Microsoft Office v. X Installation CD-ROM, in the Remove Office folder, which is located in the Value Pack folder. You can run the Remove Office tool directly from the Office v. X CD-ROM, or you can copy the tool to your computer's hard disk and then run it.

Note When you install Office 2004, the Remove Office program is installed by default to the hard drive. It is located in the following folder:

Microsoft Office 2004:Additional Tools:Remove Office

Using the Remove Office Tool
Warning The Remove Office tool can remove files that are installed by Microsoft Office 98, Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac, and Office v. X, including Microsoft shared libraries, such as Microsoft OLE, which might be required by other programs. If a program does not start after you use the Remove Office tool, try reinstalling the program to fix the problem.

The Remove Office tool is available on the Microsoft Office v. X Installation CD-ROM, in the Remove Office folder. The Remove Office folder is located in the Value Pack folder. You can run the Remove Office tool directly from the Office v. X CD-ROM, or you can copy the tool to your computer's hard disk and then run it.

Note When you install Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition, the Remove Office program is installed by default to the hard disk drive. The Remove Office program is installed in the following folder in Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition:

Macintosh HD: Applications:Microsoft Office 2004:Additional Tools:Remove Office

After you open the Remove Office tool, follow the instructions that appear on screen to select the items that you want to remove. After the Remove Office tool finishes running, click Empty Trash on the Finder menu to complete the removal process.

Note If you start the Remove Office tool and then quit it before any files are removed, you receive the following message:

Nothing was removed.

Remove Office did not delete any files.

Removing Office v. X Manually
To manually remove Office v. X from your computer, locate and move to the Trash all the files in the following list. Note that is used as the name of the local user's Home folder. Microsoft Office X (folder)           Hard Drive: Applications: Carbon Registration Database          User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft Custom Dictionary                     User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft Entourage Preferences                 User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft Entourage Settings (10)               User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft Excel Keyboard Shortcuts              User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft Excel Settings (10)                   User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft Excel Toolbars (10)                   User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft Microsoft Component Preferences       User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft Microsoft Office Settings (10)        User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft MS Office ACL [English}               User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft Office Font Cache (10)                User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft Office Registration Cache X           User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft Office X First Run                    User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft PowerPoint Settings (10)              User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft Proofing Tool Preferences             User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft Word Font Substitutes                 User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft Word Settings (10)                    User: :Library:Preference: Microsoft Entourage Script Menu Items (folder)  Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data About this Menu                       Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data:Entourage Script Menu Items Create Event from Message\cE          Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data:Entourage Script Menu Items Create Note from Message\cN           Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data:Entourage Script Menu Items Create Task from Message\cT           Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data:Entourage Script Menu Items Insert Text File                      Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data:Entourage Script Menu Items Save Selection                        Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data:Entourage Script Menu Items Entourage Sound Sets (folder)         Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data Microsoft Sound Set Entourage Temp (folder)               Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data Office X Identities (folder)          Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data Newsgroup Cache                       Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data:Office X Identities Main Identity (folder)                Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data:Office X Identities Database                              Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data:Office X Identities:Main Identity Database Cache                        Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data:Office X Identities:Main Identity Mailing Lists                         Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data:Office X Identities:Main Identity Rules                                 Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data:Office X Identities:Main Identity Signatures                            Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data:Office X Identities:Main Identity Saved Attachments (folder)            Users: :Documents:Microsoft User Data

