Re: Unable to uninstall 2007

I am so in the same boat as you folks and just wrote a post myself. I didn't
see this one. I followed all the right steps to remove 2007 trial, but it has
done nothing but screw things up. I first tried to simply uninstall 07 (I had
and liked 03), but it dissabled 03. Then I too tried system restore, but it
didn't restore what we missing. Now, I've been able to uninstall 03 and I
have a full version 07, but the trial version won't uninstall. Of course, the
new version won't install as long as the corrupt trial version is on my
computer.

"Sue" wrote:

I made a mistake. Now when clicking the application and selecting uninstall
I get this message. "This patch could not be opened. Verify that the patch
package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor
to verify that this is a valid windows installer patch package."

"Sue" wrote:

HI, I am in the same boat as Cindy P. I tried add or remove programs in the
control panel and nothing happens when I click remove. I followed the
instructions from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218. When I right click
on the installer and click uninstall I receive this message "Windows
Installer - preparing
to remove" but then an error "this patch package could not be removed..."
Not sure what to try next. Any help would be apppreciated.
thx
"TaurArian" wrote:

See: How to uninstall the 2007 Office system if you cannot uninstall it by
using the "Add or Remove Programs" feature
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218

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"Cindy P" <Cindy P@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, I tried this method and in the registry, it still won't let me
uninstall
Microsoft Office 2007. It gives me a message "Windows Installer -
preparing
to remove" but then an error "this patch package could not be removed..."
Help, I am getting nowhere fast. Cindy

"Susan Ramlet" wrote:

Hi, Dan,

See if this helps:

Manually removing the Office 2007 Beta
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/79

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"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I was running Office 2003 and decided to try the 2007 Beta. I installed
and
ran successfully, but when the beta was up I uninstalled and 2003 would
no
longer work. I tried to re-install twice and both times the
installation
of
2003 failed. So I checked Add/Remove and there is an instance of 2007
Beta
Pro but when I click uninstall it tells me that my computer does my
computer
does not support the package language. I tried to download and install
the
2007 Trial, but it won't install because it sees another instance(that
I
can't remove) and won't install.






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