Remove Office 2000 CD 2

[Bobz]

i had been running office 2000 Prefessional. I recently updated to Office XP.
My OS is Windows XP. After I installed Office XP and I still have left over
componants from Office 2000(ie, clip art 5.0, etc.)

My question is how can I totally remove Office 2000 CD 2.

Please help.

Thank you.
Bob Z

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Hi, Bob Z,

See if this helps:

OFF2000: Utility to Completely Remove Remaining Office CD2 Files:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;247674

 

[Bob Z]

Susan:

I went to the web site you suggested and found the following:

For information about using the utility, see the Readmea.txt file. NOTES: •
The Office 2000 File and Registry Eraser Utility is not recommended for use
on Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Server.
• The Office 2000 File and Registry Eraser Utility will not run on operating
systems later than Windows 2000.

i am running Windows XP.

Please advise.
Thanks.
Bob Z

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Hi, Bob,

Here's another article that gives the manual steps:

How to remove Office 2000 CD2:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247684/EN-US/

Searching the Microsoft Knowledge base is a great way to find self-help
support articles. Post back if this works or not.

 

[Bob Z]

Susan:

I read this article but it still has no mention to Windows XP which I am
running. Furthermore it has no reference to cag.exe which is the Clip Art
gallery for Office 2000 Professional.
I have tried to searching the Miscrsoft Knowledge base for a similar
procedure to remove Office CD 2 in Windows XP and can't find a thing.

I did not try the procedure for the above reasons.

Any addition suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank You.
Bob Z

 

[Bob Z]

Susan:

i more piece of imformation. on my laptop running Windows 98 2nd edition, I
also installed Office XP over Office 2000 and everything is fine.
All the old Clip Art is gone including cag.exe.

I am so confused.

Thanks.
Bob Z

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Hi, Bob Z,

Differences between the two operating systems are not surprising, so I
wouldn't spend too much time comparing. The installer technology is
probably different, and the software may install and uninstall differently
depending on the OS.

When you go into Windows Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs applet on the
Windows XP system, what Office programs does it say are installed? Are all
references to Office 2000 eliminated in there, or do some still exist? If
they exist, then perform the uninstall from there. (You may need the CD or
CDs in order to uninstall.) An upgrade to Office XP might not have removed
Publisher and all its components. CAG was probably installed as part of
Publisher, which is mentioned in that article.

After you have uninstalled from the Windows Control Panel, if files remain,
you can use the manual steps in the second article I referenced. It gives
you all the files to remove for Office 2000 CD 2. It doesn't much matter
which operating system you use, as long as you delete those files. For
example, if you don't have a Windows directory, you may have a Winnt
directory. Otherwise, you should be able to adapt the instructions to your
own system. Ignore the utility and use the manual instructions, but only
after you've uninstalled from Add/Remove Programs (if Office 2000 programs
are still listed there).

I hope that provides a bit more clarification.

 

[Bob Z]

Susan:

Thanks for all your help. here is what i did.

I reinstalled just the clip art from Office 2000.
Then I removed it using the Maint function from the Office 2000 CD.
Guess what? It worked. All the clip art files(corpbas, corpmm, etc.) are gone.

Now I will finilaze buy using the info you last gave me.

Bob Z