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OFF98: How to Remove Earlier Versions of Office Programs

Article ID: 179862

Article Last Modified on 10/2/2002

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SUMMARY

When you perform a drag-and-drop installation of Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition, earlier versions of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint are not removed from the computer. This article explains how to use the Remove Old Office Versions program to remove earlier versions of the Office programs from the computer.

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The Remove Old Office Versions program searches the hard disk for earlier versions of Office programs. The Remove Old Office Versions program can detect and remove the following versions of the Office programs. 
   Program                Versions
   ---------------------------------------------------

   Microsoft Excel        4.0, 5.0, 5.0a
   Microsoft PowerPoint   3.0, 4.0
   Microsoft Word         5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a
To run the Remove Old Office Versions program, follow these steps:

  1. Insert the Microsoft Office compact disc (CD) into the CD-ROM drive.
  2. Open the Value Pack:Administration Tools folder.
  3. Double-click Remove Old Office Versions.
  4. Click Continue on the welcome screen.

    After the program searches for earlier versions of the Office programs, you are prompted to select the programs you want to remove.
  5. Select the programs that you want to remove, and then click Continue.

    NOTE: If Remove Old Office Versions finds two earlier versions of an Office program, you cannot remove one of the programs without removing the other one. For example, if Remove Old Office Versions finds both Excel version 4.0 and Excel version 5.0 on the computer, a check box labeled "Microsoft Excel (2 copies found)" appears in the dialog box. You can leave the check box selected to remove both versions of Excel, or clear the check box to remove neither version.
  6. Click Delete.
  7. After the software is successfully deleted, click Quit.
The Office programs that you selected in step 5 are removed from the computer. However, some files are not removed by the Remove Old Office Versions program.

NOTE: The Remove Old Office Version program will not search mounted network drives for earlier versions of the Office programs.

Files That Are Not Removed

The files that are not removed by the Remove Old Office Versions program are listed in the following tables.

NOTE: Many of the files listed, especially those files that are stored in the System Folder, may be shared with other programs or with the System Software. Manually removing these files may affect non-Office programs. If you delete any of the files that are stored in the System Folder, move them to another folder, and then restart the computer. If none of the other programs are affected, it is probably safe to delete the files.

Office versions 4.2 and 4.2.1: 
   Folder                                    File name
   --------------------------------------------------------------------

   Microsoft                                 All Files
   System Folder:Extensions                  Shared Library Manager
   System Folder:Extensions                  Microsoft Dialog Library
   System Folder:Extensions                  Microsoft Find File Library
   System Folder:Extensions                  Microsoft Mail Library
   System Folder:Extensions                  Microsoft Tool Editor Library
   System Folder:Extensions                  ObjectSupportLib
   System Folder:Extensions                  Microsoft OLE Automation
   System Folder:Extensions                  Microsoft OLE Library
   System Folder:Extensions                  Microsoft OLE Extension
   System Folder:Extensions                  Apple Event Manager
   System Folder:Extensions                  Genigraphics
   System Folder:Extensions                  ODBC Configuration Manager
   System Folder:Extensions                  ODBC Driver Manager
   System Folder:Extensions                  ODBC SQL Server ADSP Netlib
   System Folder:Extensions                  ODBC SQL Server Driver
   System Folder:Extensions                  ODBC SQL Server Setup
   System Folder:Extensions                  ODBC SQL Server TCP/IP Netlib
   System Folder:Extensions                  Shared Code Manager
   System Folder:Extensions                  Visual Basic for Applications
   System Folder:Extensions:Shared Code      Ole Client Dll
   System Folder:Extensions:Shared Code      OLE reg Dll
   System Folder:Extensions:Shared Code      OLE Derver Dll
   System Folder:Extensions:Type Libraries   Standard OLE Types (PowerMac)
   System Folder:Extensions:Type Libraries   Vba en olb (PowerMac)
   System Folder:Control Panels              Microsoft Office Manager
   System Folder:Control Panels              ODBC Setup
   System Folder:Fonts                       Arial Narrow
   System Folder:Fonts                       Arial Rounded Bold
   System Folder:Fonts                       Bauhaus 93
   System Folder:Fonts                       Book Antiqua
   System Folder:Fonts                       Bookman Old Style
   System Folder:Fonts                       Bookman Oldstyle Bold
   System Folder:Fonts                       Braggadocio
   System Folder:Fonts                       Britannic Bold
   System Folder:Fonts                       Brush Script
   System Folder:Fonts                       Century Gothic
   System Folder:Fonts                       Century Schoolbook
   System Folder:Fonts                       Colonna
   System Folder:Fonts                       Desdemona
   System Folder:Fonts                       Footlight Light
   System Folder:Fonts                       Impact
   System Folder:Fonts                       Kino
   System Folder:Fonts                       Matura Script Capitals
   System Folder:Fonts                       Mistral
   System Folder:Fonts                       Monotype Corsiva
   System Folder:Fonts                       Monotype Sorts
   System Folder:Fonts                       MS LineDraw
   System Folder:Fonts                       MT Extra
   System Folder:Fonts                       Playbill
   System Folder:Fonts                       Stencil
   System Folder:Fonts                       Vivaldi
   System Folder:Fonts                       Wide Latin
   System Folder:Fonts                       Wingdings
   System Folder:Preferences                 Microsoft Graph Settings (5)
   System Folder:Preferences                 ODBC Preferences
   System Folder:Preferences                 Office Manager Preferences
   System Folder:Preferences                 PPC Registration Database
   System Folder:Preferences                 Q+E ODBC FoxPro Driver License
   System Folder:Preferences                 Registration Database
PowerPoint version 4.0: 
   Folder                                                        File
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------

   Microsoft PowerPoint 4:PCS Files                              All Files
   Microsoft PowerPoint 4:Templates:B&W Overheads                All Files
   Microsoft PowerPoint 4:Templates:Color Overheads              All Files
   Microsoft PowerPoint 4:Templates:On Screen & 35mm Slides      All Files
   System Folder:Preferences                                     PowerPoint
   Settings (4)
PowerPoint version 3.0: 
   Folder                                                        File
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------

   PowerPoint3:Clipart                                           All Files
   PowerPoint3:Template:35MSLIDE - Screen & Video                All Files
   PowerPoint3:Template:B&WOVRHD - & Grayscale                   All Files
   PowerPoint3:Template:CLROVRHD -Color Overheads                All Files
   PowerPoint3:Template:VIDSCREN - 16                            All Files
   PowerPoint3:Color PC Video                                    All Files
Word versions 6.0 and 6.01: 
   Folder                                           File
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------

   Microsoft Word 6
   Microsoft Word 6:Clip Art                        All Files
   Microsoft Word 6:Templates                       All Files
   Microsoft Word 6:Templates:Letters               All Files
   System Folder:Preferences                        Word Font Substitutes
   System Folder:Preferences                        Word Settings (6)
   System Folder:Preferences                        Word Startup Folder (6)
Word versions 5.0 and 5.1: 
   Folder                                                 File
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------

   Microsoft Word:Word Commands                           Custom Dictionary
Excel version 5.0: 
   Folder                                          File
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------

   System Folder:Preferences                       Excel Settings (5)
   System Folder:Preferences                       Excel Startup Folder (5)
Excel version 4.0 
   Folder                                                File
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------

   System Folder:Preferences:Excel Startup Folder (4)
   System Folder:Preferences                             Excel Settings (4)
   System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:Help               Help on Help
   System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:Help               Microsoft Help
   System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:MSGraph
   System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:Spelling           Custom Dictionary
   System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:                   MS US English
                                                         Dictionary
   System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:                   Spelling

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