OFF97: Utility to Completely Remove Remaining Office 97 Files

• Microsoft Office 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

A utility that helps you completely remove Microsoft Office 97 is available. The Office 97 File and Registry Eraser Utility removes most of the files and Windows registry settings that remain on the computer after you remove Microsoft Office 97. This utility is designed to be run after you run the Setup program for Office 97 and click Remove All to remove Office.

If you cannot run the Setup program to click Remove All, delete the Microsoft Office folder before you run the Office 97 File and Registry Eraser Utility.

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ Eraser97.exe (size: 1131232 bytes) 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from
               Online Services

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       README for Office 97 File and Registry Eraser Utility
                     for Microsoft(R) Office 97              
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                (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1998

System Requirements

To use this utility, you need:

• A computer with a 486 or higher processor
• Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 95

  -or-

  Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) Workstation version 4.0

• 2 megabytes (MB) free hard disk space required

Office 97 File and Registry Eraser Utility

Purpose:

The utility removes most of the files and Windows registry settings that remain on the computer after you remove Microsoft Office 97. This utility is designed to be run after you run the Setup program for Office 97 and click Remove All. Although all Office 97 files and registry settings are not removed, the settings that remain do not harm your system.

Obtaining More Information About the Utility:

For information about the files and registry settings that the utility removes, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base on the World Wide Web:

   http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/
   q158/6/58.asp

1. Connect to Support Online at the following Internet address:

         http://support.microsoft.com/support/default.asp
   

   NOTE: If you've never visited this site before, you will be required to register.

2. In the My Search Is About box, click All Products.

3. In the I Want to Search For box, type the Article ID (qnumber) of the article that you want to see. For example, type "Q162192" (without the quotation marks).

4. Click Find (next to the I Want to Search For box).

   This search will return one or several article titles. The Article ID appears in the upper-left corner of the article. You can see the Article ID only after you click to view the article.

5. Click the title of the article to view it.

    http://support.microsoft.com/support/default.asp

Known Issues

Shared Files Are Removed:

This utility removes shared system files that are installed by Microsoft Office 97. Because a shared file may be used by another program, other programs may not run correctly if a necessary shared file has been removed. If this problem occurs, reinstall the program to replace the required shared file.

Messages Appear Under Windows NT 4.0:

If your operating system is Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, when you run this utility and run Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, the following error message may appear:

   Microsoft Internet Explorer

   This page provides potentially unsafe information to an
   ActiveX Control. Your current security settings prohibit
   running controls in this manner. As a result, this page 
   may not display correctly.

   Microsoft Internet Explorer

   An ActiveX Control on this page is not safe.  Your current
   security settings prohibit running controls on this page. 
   As a result, this page may not display as intended.

   Internet Explorer Script Error

   An error has occurred in the script on this page.

   Line:  78
   Char:   1

   Error: Object doesn't support this property or method.
   Code:  0

   Do you want to continue running scripts on this page?

NOTE: These error messages appear again whenever you restart your computer. Because this utility removes shared system components, the Microsoft Internet Explorer Active Desktop doesn't work properly.

To correct these errors, reinstall Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.

For information about this problem with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base on the World Wide Web:

   http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/
   q177/9/43.asp

Using the Office 97 File and Registry Eraser Utility

IMPORTANT: This utility modifies the registry. Before you run the utility, make sure you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.

Using the utility incorrectly may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of this utility can be solved. Use the Office 97 File and Registry Eraser Utility at your own risk.

To run the utility, click the Start menu, point to Programs, and then click "Office 97 File and Registry Eraser Utility."

A dialog box with the following text may appear:

   Microsoft Office Upgrade Wizard

   You already have Microsoft Office 97 installed.

   Running the Microsoft Office Upgrade Wizard in Aggressive
   mode may remove some of the Microsoft Office 97 files and
   render it useless.
   Do you want to continue with an Aggressive Cleanup?

To view a list of files and registry settings that the utility removes from your computer, open the Log.txt file. This file is created in the folder named Eraser97.

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