prefs chaos

[chocolatemandan]

Ok, with all my other issues today, I see that there are a bazillion MS prefs in my user Library folder. What I have:
In Preferences: 18 com.microsoft plist files
in preferences: one microsoft folder with 29 plist, custom dictionary, font caches etc.. Also, an office 2008 folder with 15 more items inside!

It is hard to judge by the dates on these files, but I am willing to guess that I could trash all, but leave the preferences/microsoft/microsoft 2008/(15 items) and all would be OK. True?

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Ok, with all my other issues today, I see that there are a bazillion MS prefs
in my user Library folder. What I have:
In Preferences: 18 com.microsoft plist files
in preferences: one microsoft folder with 29 plist, custom dictionary, font
caches etc.. Also, an office 2008 folder with 15 more items inside!

It is hard to judge by the dates on these files, but I am willing to guess
that I could trash all, but leave the preferences/microsoft/microsoft
2008/(15 items) and all would be OK. True?

If you don't mind losing and resetting the prefs, you can trash the

~:Libraryreferences:Microsoft

folder and any

com.microsoft.*.plist

files (though if you have a MS keyboard or mouse, you may want to keep
those prefs).

 

[chocolatemandan]

Some I do not mind resetting, but the user dictionary is annoying to have to do again.

But the question is - which ones does 2008 create? If it was a virgin installation, with no prior 2004, would it only be the preferences/microsoft/microsoft 2008 folder?