Removing Office 95 from Vista

[RichK]

I just purchased a new PC that came with Vista Home Premium. I loaded my
Office Professional 95 software and then found they are really not
compatible. I tried to remove Office 95 however, Vista runs the Microsoft
removal program and it just locks up. It never finishes, ask me to install
the Office 95 disc 1, ask if I want all elements removed and then just hangs
up. I still show Office Professional when I go back to "Remove Programs". I
purchased and loaded Office Home 2007 and now get version error message when
I start Word, Excel or Power Point. However, the 2007 version seems to run
fine. Can anyone help in telling me how Office 95 can be removed from Vista?

 

[Peter Foldes]

Rich

Wow that has been a long time.If I remember correctly you need to put in the
installation CD and select Remove when you get to that option.
Hopefully I am remembering correctly and if not can someone correct me
Rich when you have removed it already ,then take the Office95 CD and ship it off to
any unknown destination maybe the Smithsonian . They might open a computer relic
exhibition in the near future. lol

 

[Earle Horton]

Iirc correctly that's right, but it looks as if he is doing that. Put in
the CD and when Setup runs, select Remove Office. That's where it looks to
me it is hanging. There is a KB article about running multiple versions of
Office, that may help with the Word, Excel and PowerPoint error message.
Load the page and search for "Multiple versions of Word".

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928091

Earle

 

[RichK]

Peter and Earle,

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Peter, I have loaded the disc #1 as
Earle said and it looks as if the removal tool started but never completes
just hangs up. I also ran the Vista conflict tool to see if it shows multiple
versions of office and it doesn't find the Win.95 version and shows no
conflicts. But if I go to add/remove programs it still shows office
professional as a loaded program. Still getting Incorrect version error
message when I just open 2007 word or excel.

 

[Earle Horton]

System Restore might fix this, but I doubt you have an old enough restore
point. Still, it wouldn't hurt to look at what restore points you do have.
You might have to eventually resort to massive surgery via Regedit and
directory removal. If you don't want to do this, look at the KB article I
posted, to see if the registry fix to prevent Word from trying to register
itself works. There is I believe free install support for Office 2007, if
you can't get anything to work. Look on the Office web site for this.

Cheers,

Earle

Peter and Earle,

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Peter, I have loaded the disc #1 as
Earle said and it looks as if the removal tool started but never completes
just hangs up. I also ran the Vista conflict tool to see if it shows
multiple
versions of office and it doesn't find the Win.95 version and shows no
conflicts. But if I go to add/remove programs it still shows office
professional as a loaded program. Still getting Incorrect version error
message when I just open 2007 word or excel.

 

[RichK]

Earle,

Thanks so much, appreciate your quick response. I will take your suggestion
and look at the KB and try to see if Microsoft 2007 support will try to
assist. Seeing how I am getting the error message when I start word or excel.