Uninstall Office 2007 Beta - Completely

[Jerry]

Can anyone tell me how to uninstall Office 2007 Beta 2 completely. I've run
uninstall and the install cleanup and there are still duplicate icons of
Office 2003 and a heck of a lot of folders with Office (12) in the names.
I can not get my Office Standard Edition back up and running. I'm getting a
host of error messages when I try. The most recent is, In the Windows
Installer Dialogue Box: This package could not be opened. Verify that the
package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor
to verify this is a valid Windows Installer patch package.
Don't know what all of that means but, truthfully and respectfully to MS,
I've had absolutely nothing but problems since installing the 2007 Beta 2,
mostly with Outlook which has prompted me to uninstall and TRY to go back to
2003.
thanks for the help. My Office is dead in the water!!

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

And now you see why you should not install beta software on production
systems. Try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;290301

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INSTALLER STATES THE FOLLOWING:

Important Warning
The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility is provided "as is" to help resolve
installation problems for programs that use Microsoft Windows Installer. If
you use this utility, you may have to reinstall other programs. Caution is
advised.

 

[Jerry]

I did run the cleanup utility and most of the 2007 office programs/icons were
not there to remove.
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 (Beta) still appears in the control
panel. When I click to remove it I get the message: Setup could not find any
programs to install. Please contact your system administrator.


--
Jerry

And now you see why you should not install beta software on production
systems. Try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;290301

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INSTALLER STATES THE FOLLOWING:

Important Warning
The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility is provided "as is" to help resolve
installation problems for programs that use Microsoft Windows Installer. If
you use this utility, you may have to reinstall other programs. Caution is
advised.




--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Can anyone tell me how to uninstall Office 2007 Beta 2 completely. I've
run
uninstall and the install cleanup and there are still duplicate icons of
Office 2003 and a heck of a lot of folders with Office (12) in the names.
I can not get my Office Standard Edition back up and running. I'm getting
a
host of error messages when I try. The most recent is, In the Windows
Installer Dialogue Box: This package could not be opened. Verify that the
package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application
vendor
to verify this is a valid Windows Installer patch package.
Don't know what all of that means but, truthfully and respectfully to MS,
I've had absolutely nothing but problems since installing the 2007 Beta 2,
mostly with Outlook which has prompted me to uninstall and TRY to go back
to
2003.
thanks for the help. My Office is dead in the water!!

 

[DefenderD90]

Jerry

You may have to bribe with 40 soj's and a windforce

I did run the cleanup utility and most of the 2007 office programs/icons were
not there to remove.
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 (Beta) still appears in the control
panel. When I click to remove it I get the message: Setup could not find any
programs to install. Please contact your system administrator.


--
Jerry

And now you see why you should not install beta software on production
systems. Try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;290301

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INSTALLER STATES THE FOLLOWING:

Important Warning
The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility is provided "as is" to help resolve
installation problems for programs that use Microsoft Windows Installer. If
you use this utility, you may have to reinstall other programs. Caution is
advised.




--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Can anyone tell me how to uninstall Office 2007 Beta 2 completely. I've
run
uninstall and the install cleanup and there are still duplicate icons of
Office 2003 and a heck of a lot of folders with Office (12) in the names.
I can not get my Office Standard Edition back up and running. I'm getting
a
host of error messages when I try. The most recent is, In the Windows
Installer Dialogue Box: This package could not be opened. Verify that the
package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application
vendor
to verify this is a valid Windows Installer patch package.
Don't know what all of that means but, truthfully and respectfully to MS,
I've had absolutely nothing but problems since installing the 2007 Beta 2,
mostly with Outlook which has prompted me to uninstall and TRY to go back
to
2003.
thanks for the help. My Office is dead in the water!!

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Tweak UI used to have a feature that would remove the leftover names after
the program was uninstalled. I don't know if it still does but that's what I
would try.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I did run the cleanup utility and most of the 2007 office programs/icons
were
not there to remove.
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 (Beta) still appears in the
control
panel. When I click to remove it I get the message: Setup could not find
any
programs to install. Please contact your system administrator.


--
Jerry

And now you see why you should not install beta software on production
systems. Try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;290301

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INSTALLER STATES THE FOLLOWING:

Important Warning
The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility is provided "as is" to help resolve
installation problems for programs that use Microsoft Windows Installer.
If
you use this utility, you may have to reinstall other programs. Caution
is
advised.




--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Can anyone tell me how to uninstall Office 2007 Beta 2 completely. I've
run
uninstall and the install cleanup and there are still duplicate icons
of
Office 2003 and a heck of a lot of folders with Office (12) in the
names.
I can not get my Office Standard Edition back up and running. I'm
getting
a
host of error messages when I try. The most recent is, In the Windows
Installer Dialogue Box: This package could not be opened. Verify that
the
package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application
vendor
to verify this is a valid Windows Installer patch package.
Don't know what all of that means but, truthfully and respectfully to
MS,
I've had absolutely nothing but problems since installing the 2007 Beta
2,
mostly with Outlook which has prompted me to uninstall and TRY to go
back
to
2003.
thanks for the help. My Office is dead in the water!!

 

[Jerry]

Where can I find Tweak UI ?
Thanks
--
Jerry

Tweak UI used to have a feature that would remove the leftover names after
the program was uninstalled. I don't know if it still does but that's what I
would try.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I did run the cleanup utility and most of the 2007 office programs/icons
were
not there to remove.
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 (Beta) still appears in the
control
panel. When I click to remove it I get the message: Setup could not find
any
programs to install. Please contact your system administrator.


--
Jerry

And now you see why you should not install beta software on production
systems. Try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;290301

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INSTALLER STATES THE FOLLOWING:

Important Warning
The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility is provided "as is" to help resolve
installation problems for programs that use Microsoft Windows Installer.
If
you use this utility, you may have to reinstall other programs. Caution
is
advised.




--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Can anyone tell me how to uninstall Office 2007 Beta 2 completely. I've
run
uninstall and the install cleanup and there are still duplicate icons
of
Office 2003 and a heck of a lot of folders with Office (12) in the
names.
I can not get my Office Standard Edition back up and running. I'm
getting
a
host of error messages when I try. The most recent is, In the Windows
Installer Dialogue Box: This package could not be opened. Verify that
the
package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application
vendor
to verify this is a valid Windows Installer patch package.
Don't know what all of that means but, truthfully and respectfully to
MS,
I've had absolutely nothing but problems since installing the 2007 Beta
2,
mostly with Outlook which has prompted me to uninstall and TRY to go
back
to
2003.
thanks for the help. My Office is dead in the water!!

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Where can I find Tweak UI ?
Thanks
--
Jerry

Tweak UI used to have a feature that would remove the leftover names
after
the program was uninstalled. I don't know if it still does but that's
what I
would try.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I did run the cleanup utility and most of the 2007 office programs/icons
were
not there to remove.
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 (Beta) still appears in the
control
panel. When I click to remove it I get the message: Setup could not
find
any
programs to install. Please contact your system administrator.


--
Jerry


:

And now you see why you should not install beta software on production
systems. Try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;290301

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INSTALLER STATES THE FOLLOWING:

Important Warning
The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility is provided "as is" to help
resolve
installation problems for programs that use Microsoft Windows
Installer.
If
you use this utility, you may have to reinstall other programs.
Caution
is
advised.




--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Can anyone tell me how to uninstall Office 2007 Beta 2 completely.
I've
run
uninstall and the install cleanup and there are still duplicate
icons
of
Office 2003 and a heck of a lot of folders with Office (12) in the
names.
I can not get my Office Standard Edition back up and running. I'm
getting
a
host of error messages when I try. The most recent is, In the
Windows
Installer Dialogue Box: This package could not be opened. Verify
that
the
package exists and that you can access it, or contact the
application
vendor
to verify this is a valid Windows Installer patch package.
Don't know what all of that means but, truthfully and respectfully
to
MS,
I've had absolutely nothing but problems since installing the 2007
Beta
2,
mostly with Outlook which has prompted me to uninstall and TRY to go
back
to
2003.
thanks for the help. My Office is dead in the water!!

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Jerry,

The Windows Installer Cleanup utility should be used 'sparingly' <g>.

First, because it only removes registry entries from an app, not any files on the hard drive. It's intended to get the computer
'clean enough' to reinstall software, rather than remove it.

Second, because it's going on the assumption you're going to reinstall, when you don't you can end up possibly causing an issue with
another app that you weren't targeting for removal, but that may be using a shared file.

If any of the shortcuts were not created by the original installation of Office (any version) but were, for example, added to the
desktop, or quick launch bar by a user, then the uninstall program basically isn't aware of them, as it didn't inventory those when
setup was run.

=========
I did run the cleanup utility and most of the 2007 office programs/icons were
not there to remove.
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 (Beta) still appears in the control
panel. When I click to remove it I get the message: Setup could not find any
programs to install. Please contact your system administrator.


--
Jerry >>
--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office system products MVP

LINKS for the 2007 Office System

1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie
the 2007 Microsoft Office system iinfo is at
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2?
Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures)
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033
b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net

 

[Patrick Schmid]

Hi Bob,

First, because it only removes registry entries from an app, not any files on the hard drive. It's intended to get the computer
'clean enough' to reinstall software, rather than remove it.

Really? I had to use it before and I could swear that it ran the MSI
uninstall.

Patrick Schmid