Remove Office 2000 Bus. Ed.

Someone gave me a used computer with MS Office 2000 for Small Business on it
and I cannot run updates from MS or uninstall it because it wants the
original disks which are not available to me. I have MS Office 2000 Pro but
cannot install it because of the existing program - which I manually deleted
- wnet through the registry with reg first aid and got rid og all the
references to it - to no avail. How do I get whatever is still hiding there
OFF?

The following procedure to manually uninstall Office 2000 was posted by
a Microsoft person some time ago in one of the Office newsgroups:

1. Download and install the Windows Installer Cleanup utility from
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=290301

2. Run this utility and check if Office 2000(or other Office version) is
listed.

3. Select Office Products and then click Remove.

4. Click Start, and then click Run.

5. In the "Open" (without the quotation marks) box, type "regedit"
(without the quotation marks), and then press ENTER.

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.

6. Backup the entire registry and then rename or delete the following
registry keys if present:
(Note: '#' represents any number {0-9, A-F})

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Components
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\904###0900063 D11C8EF10054038389C
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\904###0900063 D11C8EF10054038389C
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Patches

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Com ponents
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Fea tures\904###0900063D11C8EF10054038389C
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Pro ducts\904###0900063D11C8EF10054038389C
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Pat ches
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Installer\Products\904###0900063D11C8EF1 0054038389C

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Comp onents
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Feat ures\904###0900063D11C8EF10054038389C
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Patc hes
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Prod ucts\904###0900063D11C8EF10054038389C
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Installer\Products\904###0900063D11C8EF 10054038389C
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Installer\UserData\S-#-#-##\Products\904###0900063D11C8EF10054038389C

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\GUID

OFF2000: GUID = {0#0#0409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7}
OFF2002: GUID = {9###0409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0050048383C9}
OFF2003: GUID = {9###0409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}

7. Open Windows Explorer.

8. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options (or, click Folder Options on
the View menu), and then click the View tab.

9. Click to select the "Show hidden files and folders" check box (or
click to select the "Show all files" check box), and then click OK.

10. Rename or delete the following folders
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office9
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE11
C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Microsoft\Office
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Office
C:\Program Files\OfficeUpdate
C:\Program Files\OfficeUpdate11

11. To remove MAPI, search for and rename the following files/folders:
C:\Windows\system32\mapi32.dll
C:\Windows\system32\mapisvc.inf
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Msmapi
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi

In Office 2003, MAPI components are installed to the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Msmapi

In Office 2002, MAPI components are installed to the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi

12. Delete contents of %temp%


Pokerbum wrote:

Someone gave me a used computer with MS Office 2000 for Small Business on it
and I cannot run updates from MS or uninstall it because it wants the
original disks which are not available to me. I have MS Office 2000 Pro but
cannot install it because of the existing program - which I manually deleted
- wnet through the registry with reg first aid and got rid og all the
references to it - to no avail. How do I get whatever is still hiding there
OFF?

Thanks - but I already found that one and I had already done all that on my
own - unfortunately something was still in there somewhere because when I
tried again to install my legal copy It still would not let me. I finally
saved everything I didn't want to lose and reformatted the hard drive and
installed everything I wanted again. It's working great now.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

The following procedure to manually uninstall Office 2000 was posted by
a Microsoft person some time ago in one of the Office newsgroups:

1. Download and install the Windows Installer Cleanup utility from
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=290301

2. Run this utility and check if Office 2000(or other Office version) is
listed.

3. Select Office Products and then click Remove.

4. Click Start, and then click Run.

5. In the "Open" (without the quotation marks) box, type "regedit"
(without the quotation marks), and then press ENTER.

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.

6. Backup the entire registry and then rename or delete the following
registry keys if present:
(Note: '#' represents any number {0-9, A-F})

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Components
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\904###0900063 D11C8EF10054038389C
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\904###0900063 D11C8EF10054038389C
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Patches

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Com ponents
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Fea tures\904###0900063D11C8EF10054038389C
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Pro ducts\904###0900063D11C8EF10054038389C
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Pat ches
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Installer\Products\904###0900063D11C8EF1 0054038389C

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Comp onents
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Feat ures\904###0900063D11C8EF10054038389C
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Patc hes
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Prod ucts\904###0900063D11C8EF10054038389C
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Installer\Products\904###0900063D11C8EF 10054038389C
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Installer\UserData\S-#-#-##\Products\904###0900063D11C8EF10054038389C

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\GUID

OFF2000: GUID = {0#0#0409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7}
OFF2002: GUID = {9###0409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0050048383C9}
OFF2003: GUID = {9###0409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}

7. Open Windows Explorer.

8. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options (or, click Folder Options on
the View menu), and then click the View tab.

9. Click to select the "Show hidden files and folders" check box (or
click to select the "Show all files" check box), and then click OK.

10. Rename or delete the following folders
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office9
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE11
C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Microsoft\Office
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Office
C:\Program Files\OfficeUpdate
C:\Program Files\OfficeUpdate11

11. To remove MAPI, search for and rename the following files/folders:
C:\Windows\system32\mapi32.dll
C:\Windows\system32\mapisvc.inf
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Msmapi
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi

In Office 2003, MAPI components are installed to the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Msmapi

In Office 2002, MAPI components are installed to the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi

12. Delete contents of %temp%


Pokerbum wrote:

Someone gave me a used computer with MS Office 2000 for Small Business on it
and I cannot run updates from MS or uninstall it because it wants the
original disks which are not available to me. I have MS Office 2000 Pro but
cannot install it because of the existing program - which I manually deleted
- wnet through the registry with reg first aid and got rid og all the
references to it - to no avail. How do I get whatever is still hiding there
OFF?