SMSINST: Office 4.3 Uninstall Leaves Files and Folders Behind
Article ID: 200620
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 5
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q200620
SYMPTOMS
After you remove Microsoft Office 4.3, some files or folders may be left on the computer.
CAUSE
All of the Office 4.3 programs can create files after you install the software. These files will not be in the Install.log file and therefore will not be removed when you uninstall the software. Also, any directory containing such files will not be removed.
An example of this would be the Normal.dot and the Winword.opt files that Microsoft Word creates the first time that it is run. Another example is a document that was saved in any of the Office directories.
This behavior is by design to prevent data files from being deleted when you remove the software.
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