Uninstallation of Office 2003 problems

[Paul]

I am trying to uninstall Office 2003 from my desktop. It has been working
fine, but when I went into Add-Remove Programs, I got an error message saying
something to the effect that "This patch could not be opened...verify that
this patch package exists..." OK so I looked this up on MS's site
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295823/en-us ) and there it was suggested to
use the MS Installer cleanup, which I did. I always have used it without any
problems.

Now, Office 2003 is no longer listed in the Add-Remove programs menu. When
I click on a shortcut, I get an error message saying "This action is only
valid for products that are currently installed" However, in Programs
Files/Office 11, I can click on the icons for the programs themselves and
open up a new instance--I can also open up a file with each of the programs,
but the shortucts on my Quick Launch bar or the Start>Programs menu won't
work anymore.

OK now what can I do to uninstall?

 

[Paul]

Hmmm a few minutes after my first post, now I see that the MS Word icon has
been removed from my documents, and they won't open now. But I can still go
into Program Files and open up new instances of Excel, ppt, and Word.
--
Paul

MS Office Pro 2003
Vista Home Basic
Dell Inspiron 1501

 

[DL]

Reinstall or repair the installation

Hmmm a few minutes after my first post, now I see that the MS Word icon
has
been removed from my documents, and they won't open now. But I can still
go
into Program Files and open up new instances of Excel, ppt, and Word.
--
Paul

MS Office Pro 2003
Vista Home Basic
Dell Inspiron 1501

 

[Paul]

I can't access it via the Add-Remove programs menu. I couldn't find any
program called "uninstaller" in the Program Files menu. And the CD doesn't
give me the option to repair install--at least not before I click a button
that says "Install," which I didn't want to do.

Should I simply install it again, over the other one, even if I can't do a
repair install?
--
Paul

MS Office Pro 2003
Vista Home Basic
Dell Inspiron 1501

 

[Paul]

Reinstalled it, and then uninstalled fine.
--
Paul

MS Office Pro 2003
Vista Home Basic
Dell Inspiron 1501