Removal of Microsoft Office 97 from Computer

[jlmfrustrated]

I recently upgraded to Microsoft Office 2007 from Microsofot Office 97.
Unfortunately, I have lost the Microsoft Office 97 Disk. Is there a way I can
remove Office 97 from my computer without the disk?

 

[LVTravel]

I recently upgraded to Microsoft Office 2007 from Microsofot Office 97.
Unfortunately, I have lost the Microsoft Office 97 Disk. Is there a way I
can
remove Office 97 from my computer without the disk?

If it won't remove from the Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel you are
stuck with it. The only other option would be to remove items one by one
from the registry which can be a very tricky maneuver. I don't think
Microsoft has provided a utility that would uninstall it like they have for
later versions of Office. If it isn't causing any issues, why don't you
just leave it alone.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158658/EN-US/

 

[LVTravel]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158658/EN-US/

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

I recently upgraded to Microsoft Office 2007 from Microsofot Office 97.
Unfortunately, I have lost the Microsoft Office 97 Disk. Is there a way I
can
remove Office 97 from my computer without the disk?

JoAnn, thanks for reminding me about this KB article and correcting my
slight error (about the download uninstall fix.) Unfortunately the
uninstall fix is designed to "be run only after you run the Setup program
for Office 97 and click Remove All to remove Office." Since the OP doesn't
have the install CD I don't think the download fix will work.

I have a hunch that the below article would be more appropriate since the OP
did say that Office 2007 was installed, therefore at least XP SP2 is also on
the OP's system. "OFF97: How to Completely Remove Microsoft Office 97 on
Windows XP, Windows Me, and Windows 2000"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/254250/EN-US/

Hard to tell what is going to happen if the OP dumps the Office 97 install
after installing 2007 on top of it. Should be no issues but I hope the OP
has a good system backup.

Another article that has a erase utility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176823/EN-US/

 

[Peter Foldes]

In your case you need the original Office 97 install CD to uninstall\remove Off 97.
Your other option is a reformat

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I saw that one too. I'ver never known anyone personally who had to go thru
this process and posters rarely ever come back and let us know that
something worked. There's a mention of a removal wizard so hopefully the OP
will get some resolution soon.

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

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158658/EN-US/

--

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

I recently upgraded to Microsoft Office 2007 from Microsofot Office 97.
Unfortunately, I have lost the Microsoft Office 97 Disk. Is there a way
I can
remove Office 97 from my computer without the disk?

JoAnn, thanks for reminding me about this KB article and correcting my
slight error (about the download uninstall fix.) Unfortunately the
uninstall fix is designed to "be run only after you run the Setup program
for Office 97 and click Remove All to remove Office." Since the OP
doesn't have the install CD I don't think the download fix will work.

I have a hunch that the below article would be more appropriate since the
OP did say that Office 2007 was installed, therefore at least XP SP2 is
also on the OP's system. "OFF97: How to Completely Remove Microsoft
Office 97 on Windows XP, Windows Me, and Windows 2000"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/254250/EN-US/

Hard to tell what is going to happen if the OP dumps the Office 97 install
after installing 2007 on top of it. Should be no issues but I hope the OP
has a good system backup.

Another article that has a erase utility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176823/EN-US/

 

[LVTravel]

I saw that one too. I'ver never known anyone personally who had to go thru
this process and posters rarely ever come back and let us know that
something worked. There's a mention of a removal wizard so hopefully the
OP will get some resolution soon.

--

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

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158658/EN-US/

--

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


message I recently upgraded to Microsoft Office 2007 from Microsofot Office 97.
Unfortunately, I have lost the Microsoft Office 97 Disk. Is there a way
I can
remove Office 97 from my computer without the disk?

JoAnn, thanks for reminding me about this KB article and correcting my
slight error (about the download uninstall fix.) Unfortunately the
uninstall fix is designed to "be run only after you run the Setup program
for Office 97 and click Remove All to remove Office." Since the OP
doesn't have the install CD I don't think the download fix will work.

I have a hunch that the below article would be more appropriate since the
OP did say that Office 2007 was installed, therefore at least XP SP2 is
also on the OP's system. "OFF97: How to Completely Remove Microsoft
Office 97 on Windows XP, Windows Me, and Windows 2000"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/254250/EN-US/

Hard to tell what is going to happen if the OP dumps the Office 97
install after installing 2007 on top of it. Should be no issues but I
hope the OP has a good system backup.

Another article that has a erase utility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176823/EN-US/

Unfortunately if the OP does not have the CD for their version of Office 97
it can't be uninstalled easily. That is one version that required the
original CD to uninstall if originally installed from a CD. Since I always
used either a copy of the CD on the computer's hard drive or across the
network at work I never had the issue when I had to uninstall. Lucky me, I
guess. And you are right, they very seldom do post back, even when asked.