RE: Uninstall issues with Office 2007 non-beta

Check the manual removal steps linked from my RTM issues page.

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"Gil Tennant" <gtennant (@) rogers (dot) com> wrote in message news:1371A311-A167-4046-A3EA-B228090DA243@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Sorry to reply to my own post...

I have the tool Windows Installer Cleanup, which, as I understand it, simply
takes the entries out of Add/Remove programs, but does not remove the files
associated with the entry, is that correct?


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Gil Tennant
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"Gil Tennant" wrote:

> My attempt to completely remove Office Enterprise 2007 have had limited
> success. I want to go back to Office 2003 for technical compatibility issues
> and performance.
>
> Here's what I've done so far...
>
> Ran Installer
> Right-clicked on all of the "2007" office .msi packages, and selected
> UNINSTALL.
> This worked for all but "Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007" .msi file.
>
> When I click on to uninstall, the status window appears, then disappears.
> There appears to be some activity for 20 seconds or so, then the INSTALLER
> screen is refreshed with the "Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007" .msi still
> left. It is not removed like the others. No error is shown, and no feedback
> indicates there was a problem.
>
> When I use Add/Remove programs to uninstall the same entry, the process
> takes about 3 minutes, then a "Setup error" pops up indicating "The language
> of this installation package is not supported by your system".
>
> I can't get rid of this last remaining module.
>
> I could not locate manual instructions for removal, for anything other than
> beta product, and had planned on using the ones found at:
>
> http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=629070&SiteID=17
>
> ...for the remainder of the operation, if need be.
>
> Can anyone help me complete this so I can get back to Office 2003?
>
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> --
> Gil Tennant
> Lead Astronomer
> http://www.nightskytours.ca
>

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