Microsoft KB Archive/179862

= OFF98: How to Remove Earlier Versions of Office Programs =

Article ID: 179862

Article Last Modified on 10/2/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q179862



SUMMARY
When you perform a drag-and-drop installation of Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition, earlier versions of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint are not removed from the computer. This article explains how to use the Remove Old Office Versions program to remove earlier versions of the Office programs from the computer.



MORE INFORMATION
The Remove Old Office Versions program searches the hard disk for earlier versions of Office programs. The Remove Old Office Versions program can detect and remove the following versions of the Office programs.   Program                Versions ---

Microsoft Excel       4.0, 5.0, 5.0a Microsoft PowerPoint  3.0, 4.0 Microsoft Word        5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a To run the Remove Old Office Versions program, follow these steps:


 * 1) Insert the Microsoft Office compact disc (CD) into the CD-ROM drive.
 * 2) Open the Value Pack:Administration Tools folder.
 * 3) Double-click Remove Old Office Versions.
 * 4) Click Continue on the welcome screen.

After the program searches for earlier versions of the Office programs, you are prompted to select the programs you want to remove.
 * 1) Select the programs that you want to remove, and then click Continue.

NOTE: If Remove Old Office Versions finds two earlier versions of an Office program, you cannot remove one of the programs without removing the other one. For example, if Remove Old Office Versions finds both Excel version 4.0 and Excel version 5.0 on the computer, a check box labeled "Microsoft Excel (2 copies found)" appears in the dialog box. You can leave the check box selected to remove both versions of Excel, or clear the check box to remove neither version.
 * 1) Click Delete.
 * 2) After the software is successfully deleted, click Quit.

The Office programs that you selected in step 5 are removed from the computer. However, some files are not removed by the Remove Old Office Versions program.

NOTE: The Remove Old Office Version program will not search mounted network drives for earlier versions of the Office programs.

Files That Are Not Removed
The files that are not removed by the Remove Old Office Versions program are listed in the following tables.

NOTE: Many of the files listed, especially those files that are stored in the System Folder, may be shared with other programs or with the System Software. Manually removing these files may affect non-Office programs. If you delete any of the files that are stored in the System Folder, move them to another folder, and then restart the computer. If none of the other programs are affected, it is probably safe to delete the files.

Office versions 4.2 and 4.2.1:   Folder                                    File name

Microsoft                                All Files System Folder:Extensions                 Shared Library Manager System Folder:Extensions                 Microsoft Dialog Library System Folder:Extensions                 Microsoft Find File Library System Folder:Extensions                 Microsoft Mail Library System Folder:Extensions                 Microsoft Tool Editor Library System Folder:Extensions                 ObjectSupportLib System Folder:Extensions                 Microsoft OLE Automation System Folder:Extensions                 Microsoft OLE Library System Folder:Extensions                 Microsoft OLE Extension System Folder:Extensions                 Apple Event Manager System Folder:Extensions                 Genigraphics System Folder:Extensions                 ODBC Configuration Manager System Folder:Extensions                 ODBC Driver Manager System Folder:Extensions                 ODBC SQL Server ADSP Netlib System Folder:Extensions                 ODBC SQL Server Driver System Folder:Extensions                 ODBC SQL Server Setup System Folder:Extensions                 ODBC SQL Server TCP/IP Netlib System Folder:Extensions                 Shared Code Manager System Folder:Extensions                 Visual Basic for Applications System Folder:Extensions:Shared Code     Ole Client Dll System Folder:Extensions:Shared Code     OLE reg Dll System Folder:Extensions:Shared Code     OLE Derver Dll System Folder:Extensions:Type Libraries  Standard OLE Types (PowerMac) System Folder:Extensions:Type Libraries  Vba en olb (PowerMac) System Folder:Control Panels             Microsoft Office Manager System Folder:Control Panels             ODBC Setup System Folder:Fonts                      Arial Narrow System Folder:Fonts                      Arial Rounded Bold System Folder:Fonts                      Bauhaus 93 System Folder:Fonts                      Book Antiqua System Folder:Fonts                      Bookman Old Style System Folder:Fonts                      Bookman Oldstyle Bold System Folder:Fonts                      Braggadocio System Folder:Fonts                      Britannic Bold System Folder:Fonts                      Brush Script System Folder:Fonts                      Century Gothic System Folder:Fonts                      Century Schoolbook System Folder:Fonts                      Colonna System Folder:Fonts                      Desdemona System Folder:Fonts                      Footlight Light System Folder:Fonts                      Impact System Folder:Fonts                      Kino System Folder:Fonts                      Matura Script Capitals System Folder:Fonts                      Mistral System Folder:Fonts                      Monotype Corsiva System Folder:Fonts                      Monotype Sorts System Folder:Fonts                      MS LineDraw System Folder:Fonts                      MT Extra System Folder:Fonts                      Playbill System Folder:Fonts                      Stencil System Folder:Fonts                      Vivaldi System Folder:Fonts                      Wide Latin System Folder:Fonts                      Wingdings System Folder:Preferences                Microsoft Graph Settings (5) System Folder:Preferences                ODBC Preferences System Folder:Preferences                Office Manager Preferences System Folder:Preferences                PPC Registration Database System Folder:Preferences                Q+E ODBC FoxPro Driver License System Folder:Preferences                Registration Database PowerPoint version 4.0:   Folder                                                        File ---

Microsoft PowerPoint 4:PCS Files                             All Files Microsoft PowerPoint 4:Templates:B&W Overheads               All Files Microsoft PowerPoint 4:Templates:Color Overheads             All Files Microsoft PowerPoint 4:Templates:On Screen & 35mm Slides     All Files System Folder:Preferences                                    PowerPoint Settings (4) PowerPoint version 3.0:   Folder                                                        File ---

PowerPoint3:Clipart                                          All Files PowerPoint3:Template:35MSLIDE - Screen & Video               All Files PowerPoint3:Template:B&WOVRHD - & Grayscale                  All Files PowerPoint3:Template:CLROVRHD -Color Overheads               All Files PowerPoint3:Template:VIDSCREN - 16                           All Files PowerPoint3:Color PC Video                                   All Files Word versions 6.0 and 6.01:   Folder                                           File

Microsoft Word 6 Microsoft Word 6:Clip Art                       All Files Microsoft Word 6:Templates                      All Files Microsoft Word 6:Templates:Letters              All Files System Folder:Preferences                       Word Font Substitutes System Folder:Preferences                       Word Settings (6) System Folder:Preferences                       Word Startup Folder (6) Word versions 5.0 and 5.1:   Folder                                                 File

Microsoft Word:Word Commands                          Custom Dictionary Excel version 5.0:   Folder                                          File

System Folder:Preferences                      Excel Settings (5) System Folder:Preferences                      Excel Startup Folder (5) Excel version 4.0   Folder                                                File

System Folder:Preferences:Excel Startup Folder (4) System Folder:Preferences                            Excel Settings (4) System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:Help              Help on Help System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:Help              Microsoft Help System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:MSGraph System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:Spelling          Custom Dictionary System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:                  MS US English Dictionary System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:                  Spelling

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