OFF98: How to Remove Microsoft Office 98 from Your Computer

ID: Q179861

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article discusses how to remove Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition from your computer.


MORE INFORMATION

Using the Microsoft Office Installer to Remove Office

You can use the Microsoft Office Installer to remove the main Office 98 program files from your computer. The Microsoft Office Installer does not remove any of your document files, custom templates, System Folder items, or Value Pack components.

To use the Microsoft Office Installer program to remove Office 98 from your computer, follow these steps:
  1. Insert the Microsoft Office compact disc (CD) into the CD-ROM drive.


  2. Open the Office Custom Install folder.


  3. Double-click Microsoft Office Installer.


  4. Click Remove in the list box.


  5. Click the hard disk on which Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition is installed in the Install Location list.

    NOTE: If you have moved or renamed the Microsoft Office 98 folder, you need to click Select Folder in the Install Location list box, then select your Office 98 folder. If you fail to do this, Office 98 will not be removed from your computer.


  6. Click Remove to begin the remove operation.


  7. Click OK in the dialog box that indicates the remove operation was successful.


  8. Click Quit to close the Microsoft Office Installer.


The files that are not deleted when you click Remove in the Microsoft Office Installer are listed in the following table.

NOTE: The Text Encoding Converter file is also installed by Microsoft Office (in the System Folder:Extensions folder) and is not removed when you click Remove in the installer dialog box. However, do not manually delete this file if you are using Macintosh System Software version 8.1 because the file is a required System file. You cannot restart your computer using the System Folder on your hard disk if the file is missing. 

   File Name                        Folder
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------

   Internet Config Extension        System Folder:Extensions
   Microsoft Component Library      System Folder:Extensions
   Microsoft Hyperlink Library      System Folder:Extensions
   Microsoft OLE Automation         System Folder:Extensions
   Microsoft OLE Library            System Folder:Extensions
   Microsoft RPC Runtime Library    System Folder:Extensions
   Microsoft Structured Storage     System Folder:Extensions
   MS C++ Library (PPC)             System Folder:Extensions:MS Library
                                    Folder
   MS Configuration Lib (PPC)       System Folder:Extensions:MS Library
                                    Folder
   MS Container Lib (PPC)           System Folder:Extensions:MS Library
                                    Folder
   MS Favorites Library (PPC)       System Folder:Extensions:MS Library
                                    Folder
   MS Internet Library (PPC)        System Folder:Extensions:MS Library
                                    Folder
   MS Parser Library (PPC)          System Folder:Extensions:MS Library
                                    Folder
   MS Preferences Library (PPC)     System Folder:Extensions:MS Library
                                    Folder
   MS Variant Lib (PPC)             System Folder:Extensions:MS Library
                                    Folder
   StandardOLE Types (PPC)          System Folder:Extensions:Type Libraries
   Standard OLE Types 2             System Folder:Extensions:Type Libraries
   vba en olb (PowerMac)            System Folder:Extensions:Type Libraries
   Configuration Manager            System Folder:Control Panels
   Microsoft Office Manager         System Folder:Control Panels
   Arial                            System Folder:Fonts
   Arial Black                      System Folder:Fonts
   Impact                           System Folder:Fonts
   Monotype Sorts                   System Folder:Fonts
   MT Extra                         System Folder:Fonts
   Symbol                           System Folder:Fonts
   Times New Roman                  System Folder:Fonts
   Wingdings                        System Folder:Fonts
   Advanced Networking              System Folder:MS Preference Panels
   Cookies                          System Folder:MS Preference Panels
   File Helpers                     System Folder:MS Preference Panels
   Generel E-mail                   System Folder:MS Preference Panels
   Home and Search                  System Folder:MS Preference Panels
   Password Dialogs                 System Folder:MS Preference Panels
   Protocol Helpers                 System Folder:MS Preference Panels
   Proxies                          System Folder:MS Preference Panels
   Ratings                          System Folder:MS Preference Panels
   Security                         System Folder:MS Preference Panels
   User Passwords                   System Folder:MS Preference Panels
   Custom Dictionary                System Folder:Preferences
   Embedding Preferences            System Folder:Preferences
   Excel Settings (8)               System Folder:Preferences
   Internet Preferences             System Folder:Preferences
   Microsoft Office Settings (8)    System Folder:Preferences
   MS Office ACL (8)                System Folder:Preferences
   Office Registration Cache        System Folder:Preferences
   PowerPoint Settings (8)          System Folder:Preferences
   PPC Registration Database        System Folder:Preferences
   Word Font Menu Cache (8)         System Folder:Preferences
   Word Settings (8)                System Folder:Preferences
NOTE: Deleting the following files may cause problems in some non-Office programs. For example, deleting these files may cause Microsoft Internet Explorer to display garbled text. 

   Arabic Encodings                 System Folder:Text Encodings
   Central European Encodings       System Folder:Text Encodings
   Chinese Encodings                System Folder:Text Encodings
   Chinese Encodings Supplement     System Folder:Text Encodings
   Cyrillic Encodings               System Folder:Text Encodings
   Greek Encodings                  System Folder:Text Encodings
   Hebrew Encodings                 System Folder:Text Encodings
   Indic Encodings                  System Folder:Text Encodings
   Japanese Encodings               System Folder:Text Encodings
   Korean Encodings                 System Folder:Text Encodings
   Symbol Encodings                 System Folder:Text Encodings
   Thai Encodings                   System Folder:Text Encodings
   Turkish Encodings                System Folder:Text Encodings
   Unicode Encodings                System Folder:Text Encodings
   Western Language Encodings       System Folder:Text Encodings

Using the Remove Office 98 Program to Remove Office

You can use version 1.1 of the Remove Office 98 program to completely remove Office 98 from your computer. Version 1.1 of the Remove Office 98 program is available at the Microsoft World Wide Web site.

To obtain Remove Office 98 version 1.1, use your Web browser to go to the following address:
http://www.microsoft.com/macoffice/productinfo/98dl/o98u.htm
NOTE: You may have a program named Remove Office 98 on your Office 98 CD. However, due to a problem that was found with the original version of the Remove Office 98 program Microsoft recommends that you use version 1.1 of Remove Office 98.

For more information about potential problems that may occur when you use the original version of the Remove Office 98 program, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q182936 OFF98: Remove Office 98 Utility Issue
To remove Office 98 from your computer, follow these steps:
  1. Double-click Remove Office 98 v1.1.


  2. In the Install Location list, click the hard disk on which Microsoft Office 98 is installed.

    NOTE: If you select a network volume from the Install Location list, you receive the following error message:
    The selected disk named <volume name> is a network server volume. The Installer cannot install onto network server volumes. Please select another disk.

    The Remove Office 98 program cannot be used to remove Office 98 from a network server volume.


  3. Click Remove.


  4. You must decide whether to delete preference files and library files that may be shared with other programs. Click Keep to keep the files or click Discard to delete the shared preference files.


  5. Click Discard when you are prompted to move the Microsoft Office 98 folder to the Trash. If you click Keep, the Microsoft Office 98 folder and its contents are not removed from the computer.


  6. Click OK in the dialog box that indicates that you successfully removed Office.


  7. Click Quit to close the Remove Office 98 v1.1 program.

    All of the Microsoft Office 98 program files are moved to the Trash. If you want, open the Trash to view the contents of the Trash to see if any of your document files have been moved there.

    Click Empty Trash on the Special menu to reclaim the hard disk space used by Office.


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Version : MACINTOSH:98
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Last Reviewed: October 28, 1999
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