OFF97: Utility to Completely Remove Remaining Office 97 Files and Registry Entries
ID: Q176823
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
SUMMARY
A utility that helps you completely remove Office is
available. The Office 97 File and Registry Eraser Utility removes most of
the files and Windows registry settings that remain on the computer after
you remove Office. This utility is designed to be run after
you run the Setup program for Office and click Remove All to remove
Office. This utility is also designed to be used on stand-alone computers or workstations.
NOTE: If there are no other programs installed in your Microsoft Office
folder (Microsoft Publisher 98, for example), make sure you delete the
Microsoft Office folder from your Program Files folder before you run
the Office 97 File and Registry Eraser Utility. The Microsoft Office
folder and Office fonts are not removed with this utility.
Microsoft does not recommend running the Office 97 File and Registry Eraser Utility on a computer where Office 2000 has been installed. This utility is not designed for use with Office 2000.
Updates
The following updates have been made to the Office 97 File and Registry
Eraser Utility:
- Version 2.0 dated August 10, 1998:
Detection of the operating system (Microsoft Windows 95 and later and, Microsoft Windows NT). Running Windows 98, the file
Mfc40.dll is not removed due to a conflict with the Microsoft System
Information program. Running Windows NT, the file Comcat.dll is not
removed due to a conflict with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 when
using the Active Desktop.
For more information about these problems, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q191190
OFF97: Errors Running System Information After Removing Office
Q177943
OFF97: ActiveX Errors Running Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0
MORE INFORMATION
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft
Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:
Eraser97.exe
For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft
Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web
address
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp
and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.
Additional query words:
Eraser97 Eraser97.exe offcln97 Utility Aid Removal clean erase tool
Keywords : kbfile kbsetup kbtool offwinsetup
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
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