Article ID: 252566
Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition
- Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business Tools
- Microsoft Office 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Edition
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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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This article describes how to completely remove Microsoft Office 2000 from a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 2000. This article includes files installed from CD1 and does not apply to other CDs included with your edition of Microsoft Office 2000.
CD1 includes the following Office programs:
Standard Small Business Professional Premium
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Excel Excel Access Access
Outlook Outlook Excel Excel
PowerPoint Word Outlook FrontPage
Word PowerPoint Outlook
Word PowerPoint
Word
Office 2000 File and Registry Eraser Utility
A utility that automates this process is also available. The Office 2000 File and Registry Eraser Utility is designed to be run only after you run the Setup program for Office 2000 and click Remove Office. This utility also removes all of the remaining registry entries that are installed by Office.
For additional information and download instructions about Eraser 2000, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
239938 OFF2000: Utility to Completely Remove Remaining Office 2000 CD1 Files and Registry Entries
Note The Office 2000 File and Registry Eraser Utility is not recommended for use on Windows 2000 Terminal Server.
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Note After you complete the following steps, you may have to reinstall earlier versions of programs that use the shared components that Microsoft Office uses. For example, to use any of the programs included with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 or Microsoft Publisher, you may need to reinstall these programs before you can use them again.
To remove Microsoft Office from your computer, follow these steps:
- On the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
In the list of installed programs, click Microsoft Office 2000, and then click Remove. If you installed Microsoft Office from a CD-ROM, you are prompted to insert CD1. - If you are prompted to restart the computer after Setup is completed, restart the computer.
- Using Windows Explorer, delete the following folders and their subfolders.
Note 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.
Note Deleting the Microsoft Office folder also deletes the Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\XLStart folder, which may contain personal files. Ensure that all personal files are removed 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. Ensure that all personal files, including custom macros, are removed from this folder before you delete it.C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office
Using Windows Explorer, delete the files in the following folders.
Windows Folder -------------- Ipsecpa.Log.Last Msoclip.232 Msoprefs.232 Nsrex.Ini Oakley.Log.Sav Shelliconcache Windows\System Folder --------------------- Comdlg16.Ocx Ctl3dv2.Dll Exsndopt.Hlp Faxad.Hlp Fixmapi.Exe Fm20.Dll Fm20enu.Dll Fntcache.Dat Imeshare.Dll Javale.Dll L3codeca.Acm Mapi.Dll Mapiform.Vbx Mapifvbx.Tlb Mapisrvr.Exe Mapistub.Dll Mapisvc.Inf Mdm.Exe Mdt2fw95.Dll Mfc42enu.Dll Mlctrl.Dll Mpg4c32.Dll Mscomctl.Ocx Msdbg.Dll Msdbgen.Dll Msimrt.Dll Msimrt16.Dll Msimrt32.Dll Msimusic.Dll Msms001.Vwp Msrdo20.Dll Msriched.Vbx Msrtedit.Dll Mssdm.Dll Msstdfmt.Dll Msstkprp.Dll Msvbvm60.Dll Msvcp60.Dll Mvoice.Vwp Nscmps.Dll Nserror.Dll Oc25.Dll Olemsg.Dll Olfmnt40.Dll Pcdlib32.Dll Pdm.Dll Psapi.Dll Rdocurs.Dll Riched.Dll Scp32.Dll Scriptle.Dll Sl_Anet.Acm Smtp.Hlp Threed16.Ocx Tlbinf32.Dll Vaen2.Dll Vaen21.Olb Vb40016.Dll Vb4en16.Dll Vbaen32.Olb Vbaend32.Olb Vbame.Dll Vct3216.Acm Vct3216.Dll Ven2232.Olb Vsflex3.Ocx Wmsui.Dll X400.Hlp Windows\Fonts Folder (optional) ------------------------------- Antquab.Ttf Antquabi.Ttf Antquai.Ttf Arbli___.Ttf Arialn.Ttf Arialnb.Ttf Arialnbi.Ttf Arialni.Ttf Arialuni.Ttf Batang.Ttf Bkant.Ttf Bookos.Ttf Bookosb.Ttf Bookosbi.Ttf Bookosi.Ttf Century.Ttf Gara.Ttf Garabd.Ttf Garait.Ttf Gothic.Ttf Gothicb.Ttf Gothicbi.Ttf Gothici.Ttf Hatten.Ttf Msmincho.Ttf Mtcorsva.Ttf Outlook.Ttf Pmingliu.Ttf Simsun.Ttf Wingdng2.Ttf Wingdng3.Ttf Files in Other Folders (optional) --------------------------------- Inetpub\Wwwroot Folder _Vti_Inf.Html Postinfo.Html Inetpub\Wwwroot\_Vti_Pvt Folder Botinfs.Cnf Bots.Cnf Deptodoc.Btr Doctodep.Btr Frontpg.Lck Linkinfo.Cnf Service.Cnf Service.Lck Services.Cnf Writeto.Cnf Inetpub\Wwwroot\_Vti_Cnf Folder Help.Gif Iisstart.Asp Localstart.Asp Mmc.Gif Pagerror.Gif Print.Gif Warning.Gif Web.Gif Win2000.Gif Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Reference Titles Folder Msreftl.Dll Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Textconv Folder Html32.Cnv Msconv97.Dll Mswrd832.Cnv Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Triedit Folder Triedit.Dll Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VGX Folder Vgx.Dll Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders Folder Ragent.Dll Msows409.Dll Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\40\Admcgi Folder Check.Htm Contents.Htm Delsbweb.Htm Direxe.Htm Dirnoexe.Htm Disable.Htm Enable.Htm Footer.Htm Fpadmin.Htm Fpbanner.Htm Fpcreate.Gif Ipaddr.Htm Newsbweb.Htm Newsrvr.Htm Perms.Htm Recalc.Htm Rensbweb.Htm Topleft.Gif Topright.Gif Uninstal.Htm Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\40\Admcgi\Scripts Folder Fpadmcgi.Exe Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\40\Admisapi Folder Check.Htm Contents.Htm Delsbweb.Htm Direxe.Htm Dirnoexe.Htm Disable.Htm Enable.Htm Footer.Htm Fpadmin.Htm Fpbanner.Htm Fpcreate.Gif Paddr.Htm Newsbweb.Htm Newsrvr.Htm Perms.Htm Recalc.Htm Rensbweb.Htm Topleft.Gif Topright.Gif Uninstal.Htm Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\40\Admisapi\Scripts Folder Fpadmdll.Dll Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\40\Bin Folder _Vti_Inf.Htm Fp4anwi.Dll Fpmmc.Msc Fpserver.Exe Fpsread9.Txt Htimage.Exe Imagemap.Exe Postinfo.Htm Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\40\Bin\1033 Folder Fpext.Msg Fpmmc.Chm Fpmmcglo.Hlp Nortbots.Htm Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\40\Bots\Vinavbar Folder Vinavbar.Btl Vinavbar.Inf Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi Folder Exchcsp.Dll Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB Folder Msdaurl.Dll Msmdcube.Dll Msmdgdrv.Dll Msmdint.Dll Msolap.Dll Msolapr.Dll Msolapsl.Dll Msolapui.Dll Windows\System32\Inetsrv Folder Iis.Msc Metabase.Bin- On the Start menu, click Run.
In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
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 the following keys in the registry:
With the keys selected, click Delete on the Edit menu. When you are prompted to delete the key, click Yes.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0
Note Removing the following files from the C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\OLE Db directory will result in loss of connectivity to Microsoft OLAP Server 7.0:
- Msmdgdrv.DLL
- Msolap.DLL
- Msolapr.DLL
- Msolapui.DLL
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