How do I uninstall Office 2007 if 2003 & 2007 both installed now

[Dennis]

ASUS laptop had trial version Office 2007 installed. I didn' know and
installed my Office 2003. This lead to a MAPI error as Office looks for the
2007 MAPI file. Tried to uninstall 2007 but this caused problems requiring
system Recovery. Seems that when I ununstall one of them the Windows
Installer program breaks and I cannot reinstall or fix 2003.

Q: How can I uninstall Office 2007 Trial version without causing MAPI,
Installer or other problems for Office 2003?

Thanks

 

[JoAnn Paules]

If you installed Office 2003, why can't you reinstall it?

 

[DL]

Uninstall all versions of Office useing add/remove dialogue, including any
Office activation assistant.
Clear out temp files, reboot PC. Install Office 2003

 

[Dennis]

Thanks Joann but reinstalling doesn't work as Office 2007 remains on the
machine and forces Office to use fifferent MAPI files, affacting Outlook.

If I uninstall one it leaves the other partly disabled.

Thanks
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Dennis

If you installed Office 2003, why can't you reinstall it?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

ASUS laptop had trial version Office 2007 installed. I didn' know and
installed my Office 2003. This lead to a MAPI error as Office looks for
the
2007 MAPI file. Tried to uninstall 2007 but this caused problems requiring
system Recovery. Seems that when I ununstall one of them the Windows
Installer program breaks and I cannot reinstall or fix 2003.

Q: How can I uninstall Office 2007 Trial version without causing MAPI,
Installer or other problems for Office 2003?

Thanks

 

[Dennis]

Thanks Dl however uninstalling one version removes the Installer program so
you cannot uninstall the other program or reinstall Office 2003.

 

[DL]

Uninstall 2007, including any activation wizard.
If you are then unable to install 2003, having cleaned temp & rebooted, use
the Uninstaller Clean up utility
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301 and reinstall
2003

 

[Dennis]

Thanks DL
I will give it a go
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Dennis

Uninstall 2007, including any activation wizard.
If you are then unable to install 2003, having cleaned temp & rebooted, use
the Uninstaller Clean up utility
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301 and reinstall
2003