REMOVAL OF OFFICE 2004

[erniebird]

Hello-
I just installed Office 2004 on my G4 and had some issues. I installed
it again, this time doing a custom install, choosing not to load Excel,
PowerPoint and MSN Messenger. However, now I have BOTH Office 2004
programs on my computer. How do I remove the original one (with the
excel, powerpoint, etc...) Is it as simple as dragging it to the
trash? Or do I have to do some official removal?

Thanks!

-ellie

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Hello-
I just installed Office 2004 on my G4 and had some issues. I installed
it again, this time doing a custom install, choosing not to load Excel,
PowerPoint and MSN Messenger. However, now I have BOTH Office 2004
programs on my computer. How do I remove the original one (with the
excel, powerpoint, etc...) Is it as simple as dragging it to the
trash? Or do I have to do some official removal?

If you've managed to get two copies on your machine, I'd suggest running
the Remove Office application from your install disk (in the
Applications:Microsoft Office 2004:Additional Tools:Remove Office
folder).

Reset your disk permissions after removing office (using the Disk
Utility app in the Applications:Utilities folder). This may take a while
if you've never done this before.

Make sure you apply the latest updaters, found at Mactopia downloads:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx

Reset your disk permissions again after updating.

 

[erniebird]

Thanks for your help...however, I have one more question...I launched
the "remover" but it doesn't give me a choice as to which Office 2004
I'd like to remove. I'm afraid if I do it, it'll erase both (hmmm,
wonder what the harm would be in doing that...I've only gotten a
handful of e-mails in the new Entourage...)

-ellie

 

[Michel Bintener]

When you remove Office, your Microsoft User Data folder, which contains your
Entourage database, will *not* be deleted. It will remain in your Documents
folder, and nothing is going to happen to it. Delete both versions of
Office, simply to prevent any possible future erratic behaviour, and
re-install it. (Before doing so, however, do as JE McGimpsey told you, i.e.
repair your disk permissions.) The next time you launch Entourage, it will
check if there's already a database available, and it will launch that one.
You'll have access to all your previous data, since, as I've said, it will
not be affected by the Office removal.

Michel

 

[erniebird]

Thank you Michael,
Just wanted to clarify that when I remove the Office programs that I'll
be doing so with the official "removal" software that's on my hard
drive....

Again, thanks for your expertise.

-ellie