ACC95: How to Uninstall Microsoft Access 95

• Microsoft Access 7.0

SUMMARY

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

This article describes how to remove a typical, single-user installation of Microsoft Access for Windows 95 version 7.0 from your hard disk. Note that this article applies to Microsoft Access as a stand-alone product, and not as part of the Microsoft Office Professional for Windows 95 suite.

MORE INFORMATION

Before you uninstall the program, back up any databases (*.mdb or *.mda) that you created in Microsoft Access 7.0. If you implemented any security in your Microsoft Access 7.0 database, be sure to back up the System.mdw or other workgroup information files as well.

Uninstalling Microsoft Access 7.0

1. Run the Setup program to remove Microsoft Access 7.0.
   
   For Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0:
   
   
   1. Click the Start button on the Taskbar, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
   
   
   
   2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
   
   
   
   3. In the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box, select Microsoft Access 7.0, and then click Add/Remove.
   
   
   
   4. In the Installation Maintenance dialog box, click Remove All. Confirm that you want to remove the program.
   
   
   
   For Microsoft Windows NT version 3.51:
   
   
   1. Double-click the Microsoft Access program group in Program Manager.
   
   
   
   2. Double-click the Microsoft Access Setup icon.
   
   
   
   3. In the Installation Maintenance dialog box, click Remove All. Confirm that you want to remove the program.
   
   
   
   Follow the instructions on your screen to remove all of Microsoft Access 7.0.



2. After Setup removes Microsoft Access 7.0, some files may remain on your computer. This occurs because the Setup program does not remove files that may be used by other applications. To remove Microsoft Access 7.0 completely from your computer, you must manually delete the remaining files. But before you begin this process, consider the following information:
   
   
   • If you remove any files that are being used by other applications -- Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Visual Basic, or Microsoft Visual C++, for example -- those applications may not work correctly.
   
   
   
   • Depending on the type of installation you performed when you ran Setup for Microsoft Access 7.0 (Typical, Compact, Custom, Run from CD-ROM), some of the files listed below may not be on your hard disk.
   
   
   
   • In Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT version 4.0, you may not be able to see all of the files listed until you perform these steps:
     
     
     1. Open My Computer or start Windows Explorer.
     
     
     
     2. On the View menu, click Options.
     
     
     
     3. Click the View tab.
     
     
     
     4. Click Show All Files, and click to clear the "Hide MS-DOS file extensions for all file types that are registered" check box. Click OK.
     
     
     
     Following is a list of files that may remain on your hard drive after you run Setup to remove Microsoft Access 7.0. File names that are preceded with an asterisk (*) may be required by one or more of the following products:
     

     
           Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
           Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
           Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 

     
     Consider carefully whether to delete them.
     
     Files in the \Windows\System Folder
     -----------------------------------
     
     

     
        NOTE: Files listed in the \Windows\System folder may be in the
        \Winnt\System32 folder on computers running Microsoft Windows NT.
     
        *12520437.cpx    *12520850.cpx    *Commtb32.dll    *Dbnmpntw.dll
        *Drvssrvr.hlp    *Ds16gt.dll      *Ds32gt.dll       Flist32.ocx
        *Hlp95en.dll      Imxgrd32.ocx     Mfc40.dll        Msacal70.cnt
         Msacal70.hlp     Msacal70.ocx    *Mscpxl32.dll     Msjeterr.cnt
         Msjeterr.hlp     Msjetsql.cnt     Msjetsql.hlp     Msjetsql.tlb
        *Msjint32.dll    *Msjt3032.dll    *Msjter32.dll     Mslt3032.dll
        *Mso5enu.dll     *Mso95.dll       *Msothunk.dll    *Mspx3032.dll
        *Msrd2x32.dll    *Mstool32.dll    *Mstx3032.dll     Msvcrt40.dll
         Mswng300.dll    *Msxb3032.dll    *Msxl3032.dll    *Odbc16gt.dll
        *Odbc32.dll      *Odbc32gt.dll    *Odbcad32.exe    *Odbccp32.cpl
        *Odbccr32.dll    *Odbcinst.hlp    *Odbcint.dll     *Odbcjet.hlp
        *Odbcji32.dll    *Odbcjt32.dll    *Odbcjtnw.hlp    *Odbckey.inf
        *Odbcstf.dll     *Odbctl32.dll    *Oddbse32.dll    *Odexl32.dll
        *Odfox32.dll     *Odpdx32.dll     *Odtext32.dll     Olepro32.dll
        *Openenu.dll     *Sqlsrv32.dll     Vaen232.dll      Vba232.dll
        *Vbajet32.dll     Vbar2232.dll    *Vbrun300.dll     Ven2232.olb
        *Visx.exe        *Visxutil.dll 

     
     Files in the \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Dao Folder
     --------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     

     
        NOTE: Files listed in the \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
        Shared\Dao folder may be in the \Winnt\Msapps\Dao on computers running
        Microsoft Windows NT.
     
        *Dao.aw          *Dao.cnt         *Dao.hlp          Dao2532.tlb
        *Dao3032.dll 

     
     Other Files Not Removed (Windows 95 Path Names)
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         \Windows\Desktop\My Briefcase\Briefcase Database
         \Windows\Desktop\My Briefcase\Desktop.ini
         \Windows\SendTo\My Briefcase.lnk
        *\Windows\Odbcinst.ini
        *\Windows\Odbc.ini 

     
     Other Files Not Removed (Windows NT Path Names)
     -----------------------------------------------
     
     

     
         \Winnt\Profiles\<UserName>\Desktop\My Briefcase\Briefcase Database
         \Winnt\Profiles\<UserName>\Desktop\My Briefcase\Desktop.ini
         \Winnt\Profiles\<UserName>\SendTo\My Briefcase.lnk
        *\Winnt\Odbcinst.ini
        *\Winnt\Odbc.ini 

   
   
   

REFERENCES

For more information about the files installed by Microsoft Access 7.0, please refer to the Acreadme.txt file in your Microsoft Access program folder, or see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q138668 ACC95: Microsoft Access 95 Acreadme.txt File Contents

For more information about issues related to removing Microsoft Access 7.0 from your computer, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q161090 Remove All in Setup Removes System.mdw File

Q133161 Maintenance Mode Setup Does Not Remove Shared Programs

Additional query words: uninstall remove delete

Keywords          : kbsetup StpHowto 
Version           : 7.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto 

Last Reviewed: May 19, 1999