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MS Office 2003 file structure
I have had progressive versions of Office for many years, since Windows 95
time. I have purchased upgrades to my current Office 2003 suite and am now considering purchasing Office 2007 (or wait for Office 2010?). Over the years I seem to have acquired a confusing file structure with both MS Office and MS Office 2003 folders under Program Files, each containing similar subfolders but with the MS Office folder containing additional subfolders - Office and Office12 folders in addition to the common Media, Office11 and Templates folders. These folders have almost certainly been copied across when I migrated from one machine to another over the years. I would very much like to clean up the file structure such that the system contains only the folders and files which are actually currently in use. Please advise the correct Program Files substructures for MS Office. |
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Well Office 12 is office 2007 and Office 11 is 2003 yet you say you are
considering upgrading to Offfice 2007 So where did the Office 12 folder come from? - maybe a trial that you failed to remove properly? Any folders will only have been migrated from other PC's if you cloned the origonal disk And what upgrades to 2003 do you refer to? By default since office 2002/xp the default installation of office creates a Microsoft Office Folder with various sub Folders, one of which is specific to the office version, eg Office 11 for 2003, so unless you did a custom installation there would'nt be an MS Office 2003 folder "Rattlingroger" wrote in message ... I have had progressive versions of Office for many years, since Windows 95 time. I have purchased upgrades to my current Office 2003 suite and am now considering purchasing Office 2007 (or wait for Office 2010?). Over the years I seem to have acquired a confusing file structure with both MS Office and MS Office 2003 folders under Program Files, each containing similar subfolders but with the MS Office folder containing additional subfolders - Office and Office12 folders in addition to the common Media, Office11 and Templates folders. These folders have almost certainly been copied across when I migrated from one machine to another over the years. I would very much like to clean up the file structure such that the system contains only the folders and files which are actually currently in use. Please advise the correct Program Files substructures for MS Office. |
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You have probably answered my question, many thanks. No doubt the Office12
folders have come from a trial version of Office 2007 which was supplied with this new pc. I ran the uninstall program to remove it as I was anticipating Office 2010 release in due course. Presumably the uninstall did not operate completely. Presumably if I delete the 'Microsoft Office' directory which includes Office12 I should be left with the files needed for Office 2003. No doubt the names including the words '2003' are as the result of a Custom installation at some point. Hopefully, if I delete the files above I can restore them from the Recycle Bin if anything untoward occurs? "DL" wrote: Well Office 12 is office 2007 and Office 11 is 2003 yet you say you are considering upgrading to Offfice 2007 So where did the Office 12 folder come from? - maybe a trial that you failed to remove properly? Any folders will only have been migrated from other PC's if you cloned the origonal disk And what upgrades to 2003 do you refer to? By default since office 2002/xp the default installation of office creates a Microsoft Office Folder with various sub Folders, one of which is specific to the office version, eg Office 11 for 2003, so unless you did a custom installation there would'nt be an MS Office 2003 folder "Rattlingroger" wrote in message ... I have had progressive versions of Office for many years, since Windows 95 time. I have purchased upgrades to my current Office 2003 suite and am now considering purchasing Office 2007 (or wait for Office 2010?). Over the years I seem to have acquired a confusing file structure with both MS Office and MS Office 2003 folders under Program Files, each containing similar subfolders but with the MS Office folder containing additional subfolders - Office and Office12 folders in addition to the common Media, Office11 and Templates folders. These folders have almost certainly been copied across when I migrated from one machine to another over the years. I would very much like to clean up the file structure such that the system contains only the folders and files which are actually currently in use. Please advise the correct Program Files substructures for MS Office. . |
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MS Office 2003 file structure
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us
I wouldnt mess with any Microsoft Office 2003 folder or any Office 11 folder unless after you follow the KB article, also uninstall Office 2003, to then reinstall after a reboot. Simply deleting apparant Office 2003 folders will leave entries in the registry. Its also odd that you have a Microsoft Office 2003 folder, if you had custom installed to that location I would have expected a Office 11 subfolder to have existed, off *that main folder* You may well find after following the KB article you will need to reinstall / repair 2003 "Rattlingroger" wrote in message ... You have probably answered my question, many thanks. No doubt the Office12 folders have come from a trial version of Office 2007 which was supplied with this new pc. I ran the uninstall program to remove it as I was anticipating Office 2010 release in due course. Presumably the uninstall did not operate completely. Presumably if I delete the 'Microsoft Office' directory which includes Office12 I should be left with the files needed for Office 2003. No doubt the names including the words '2003' are as the result of a Custom installation at some point. Hopefully, if I delete the files above I can restore them from the Recycle Bin if anything untoward occurs? "DL" wrote: Well Office 12 is office 2007 and Office 11 is 2003 yet you say you are considering upgrading to Offfice 2007 So where did the Office 12 folder come from? - maybe a trial that you failed to remove properly? Any folders will only have been migrated from other PC's if you cloned the origonal disk And what upgrades to 2003 do you refer to? By default since office 2002/xp the default installation of office creates a Microsoft Office Folder with various sub Folders, one of which is specific to the office version, eg Office 11 for 2003, so unless you did a custom installation there would'nt be an MS Office 2003 folder "Rattlingroger" wrote in message ... I have had progressive versions of Office for many years, since Windows 95 time. I have purchased upgrades to my current Office 2003 suite and am now considering purchasing Office 2007 (or wait for Office 2010?). Over the years I seem to have acquired a confusing file structure with both MS Office and MS Office 2003 folders under Program Files, each containing similar subfolders but with the MS Office folder containing additional subfolders - Office and Office12 folders in addition to the common Media, Office11 and Templates folders. These folders have almost certainly been copied across when I migrated from one machine to another over the years. I would very much like to clean up the file structure such that the system contains only the folders and files which are actually currently in use. Please advise the correct Program Files substructures for MS Office. . |
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Now I think we are both confused! It is the Office 2003 suite I want to
retain and to delete/fully uninstall 2007. I shall follow the KB article accordingly. Many thanks. "DL" wrote: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us I wouldnt mess with any Microsoft Office 2003 folder or any Office 11 folder unless after you follow the KB article, also uninstall Office 2003, to then reinstall after a reboot. Simply deleting apparant Office 2003 folders will leave entries in the registry. Its also odd that you have a Microsoft Office 2003 folder, if you had custom installed to that location I would have expected a Office 11 subfolder to have existed, off *that main folder* You may well find after following the KB article you will need to reinstall / repair 2003 "Rattlingroger" wrote in message ... You have probably answered my question, many thanks. No doubt the Office12 folders have come from a trial version of Office 2007 which was supplied with this new pc. I ran the uninstall program to remove it as I was anticipating Office 2010 release in due course. Presumably the uninstall did not operate completely. Presumably if I delete the 'Microsoft Office' directory which includes Office12 I should be left with the files needed for Office 2003. No doubt the names including the words '2003' are as the result of a Custom installation at some point. Hopefully, if I delete the files above I can restore them from the Recycle Bin if anything untoward occurs? "DL" wrote: Well Office 12 is office 2007 and Office 11 is 2003 yet you say you are considering upgrading to Offfice 2007 So where did the Office 12 folder come from? - maybe a trial that you failed to remove properly? Any folders will only have been migrated from other PC's if you cloned the origonal disk And what upgrades to 2003 do you refer to? By default since office 2002/xp the default installation of office creates a Microsoft Office Folder with various sub Folders, one of which is specific to the office version, eg Office 11 for 2003, so unless you did a custom installation there would'nt be an MS Office 2003 folder "Rattlingroger" wrote in message ... I have had progressive versions of Office for many years, since Windows 95 time. I have purchased upgrades to my current Office 2003 suite and am now considering purchasing Office 2007 (or wait for Office 2010?). Over the years I seem to have acquired a confusing file structure with both MS Office and MS Office 2003 folders under Program Files, each containing similar subfolders but with the MS Office folder containing additional subfolders - Office and Office12 folders in addition to the common Media, Office11 and Templates folders. These folders have almost certainly been copied across when I migrated from one machine to another over the years. I would very much like to clean up the file structure such that the system contains only the folders and files which are actually currently in use. Please advise the correct Program Files substructures for MS Office. . . |
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I was refering to the odd Office 2003 folder structure you have
"Rattlingroger" wrote in message ... Now I think we are both confused! It is the Office 2003 suite I want to retain and to delete/fully uninstall 2007. I shall follow the KB article accordingly. Many thanks. "DL" wrote: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us I wouldnt mess with any Microsoft Office 2003 folder or any Office 11 folder unless after you follow the KB article, also uninstall Office 2003, to then reinstall after a reboot. Simply deleting apparant Office 2003 folders will leave entries in the registry. Its also odd that you have a Microsoft Office 2003 folder, if you had custom installed to that location I would have expected a Office 11 subfolder to have existed, off *that main folder* You may well find after following the KB article you will need to reinstall / repair 2003 "Rattlingroger" wrote in message ... You have probably answered my question, many thanks. No doubt the Office12 folders have come from a trial version of Office 2007 which was supplied with this new pc. I ran the uninstall program to remove it as I was anticipating Office 2010 release in due course. Presumably the uninstall did not operate completely. Presumably if I delete the 'Microsoft Office' directory which includes Office12 I should be left with the files needed for Office 2003. No doubt the names including the words '2003' are as the result of a Custom installation at some point. Hopefully, if I delete the files above I can restore them from the Recycle Bin if anything untoward occurs? "DL" wrote: Well Office 12 is office 2007 and Office 11 is 2003 yet you say you are considering upgrading to Offfice 2007 So where did the Office 12 folder come from? - maybe a trial that you failed to remove properly? Any folders will only have been migrated from other PC's if you cloned the origonal disk And what upgrades to 2003 do you refer to? By default since office 2002/xp the default installation of office creates a Microsoft Office Folder with various sub Folders, one of which is specific to the office version, eg Office 11 for 2003, so unless you did a custom installation there would'nt be an MS Office 2003 folder "Rattlingroger" wrote in message ... I have had progressive versions of Office for many years, since Windows 95 time. I have purchased upgrades to my current Office 2003 suite and am now considering purchasing Office 2007 (or wait for Office 2010?). Over the years I seem to have acquired a confusing file structure with both MS Office and MS Office 2003 folders under Program Files, each containing similar subfolders but with the MS Office folder containing additional subfolders - Office and Office12 folders in addition to the common Media, Office11 and Templates folders. These folders have almost certainly been copied across when I migrated from one machine to another over the years. I would very much like to clean up the file structure such that the system contains only the folders and files which are actually currently in use. Please advise the correct Program Files substructures for MS Office. . . |
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Rattlingroger wrote: Now I think we are both confused! It is the Office 2003 suite I want to retain and to delete/fully uninstall 2007. I shall follow the KB article accordingly. Many thanks. DL is jobless and nobody wants to hire him because he is a stupid boy and consequently knows nothing except to troll!! |
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Let you out of college have they?
"ANONYMOUS" wrote in message ... Rattlingroger wrote: Now I think we are both confused! It is the Office 2003 suite I want to retain and to delete/fully uninstall 2007. I shall follow the KB article accordingly. Many thanks. DL is jobless and nobody wants to hire him because he is a stupid boy and consequently knows nothing except to troll!! |
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