OFF98: How to Remove Earlier Versions of Office Programs
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition
SUMMARY
When you perform a drag-and-drop installation of Microsoft Office 98
Macintosh Edition, earlier versions of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and
Microsoft PowerPoint are not removed from the computer. This article
explains how to use the Remove Old Office Versions program to remove
earlier versions of the Office programs from the computer.
MORE INFORMATION
The Remove Old Office Versions program searches the hard disk for earlier
versions of Office programs. The Remove Old Office Versions program can
detect and remove the following versions of the Office programs.
Program Versions
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Microsoft Excel 4.0, 5.0, 5.0a
Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0, 4.0
Microsoft Word 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a
To run the Remove Old Office Versions program, follow these steps:
- Insert the Microsoft Office compact disc (CD) into the CD-ROM drive.
- Open the Value Pack:Administration Tools folder.
- Double-click Remove Old Office Versions.
- Click Continue on the welcome screen.
After the program searches for earlier versions of the Office programs,
you are prompted to select the programs you want to remove.
- Select the programs that you want to remove, and then click Continue.
NOTE: If Remove Old Office Versions finds two earlier versions of an
Office program, you cannot remove one of the programs without removing
the other one. For example, if Remove Old Office Versions finds both
Excel version 4.0 and Excel version 5.0 on the computer, a check box
labeled "Microsoft Excel (2 copies found)" appears in the dialog box.
You can leave the check box selected to remove both versions of Excel,
or clear the check box to remove neither version.
- Click Delete.
- After the software is successfully deleted, click Quit.
The Office programs that you selected in step 5 are removed from the
computer. However, some files are not removed by the Remove Old Office
Versions program.
NOTE: The Remove Old Office Version program will not search mounted network
drives for earlier versions of the Office programs.
Files That Are Not Removed
The files that are not removed by the Remove Old Office Versions program
are listed in the following tables.
NOTE: Many of the files listed, especially those files that are stored in
the System Folder, may be shared with other programs or with the System
Software. Manually removing these files may affect non-Office programs. If
you delete any of the files that are stored in the System Folder, move them
to another folder, and then restart the computer. If none of the other
programs are affected, it is probably safe to delete the files.
Office versions 4.2 and 4.2.1:
Folder File name
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Microsoft All Files
System Folder:Extensions Shared Library Manager
System Folder:Extensions Microsoft Dialog Library
System Folder:Extensions Microsoft Find File Library
System Folder:Extensions Microsoft Mail Library
System Folder:Extensions Microsoft Tool Editor Library
System Folder:Extensions ObjectSupportLib
System Folder:Extensions Microsoft OLE Automation
System Folder:Extensions Microsoft OLE Library
System Folder:Extensions Microsoft OLE Extension
System Folder:Extensions Apple Event Manager
System Folder:Extensions Genigraphics
System Folder:Extensions ODBC Configuration Manager
System Folder:Extensions ODBC Driver Manager
System Folder:Extensions ODBC SQL Server ADSP Netlib
System Folder:Extensions ODBC SQL Server Driver
System Folder:Extensions ODBC SQL Server Setup
System Folder:Extensions ODBC SQL Server TCP/IP Netlib
System Folder:Extensions Shared Code Manager
System Folder:Extensions Visual Basic for Applications
System Folder:Extensions:Shared Code Ole Client Dll
System Folder:Extensions:Shared Code OLE reg Dll
System Folder:Extensions:Shared Code OLE Derver Dll
System Folder:Extensions:Type Libraries Standard OLE Types (PowerMac)
System Folder:Extensions:Type Libraries Vba en olb (PowerMac)
System Folder:Control Panels Microsoft Office Manager
System Folder:Control Panels ODBC Setup
System Folder:Fonts Arial Narrow
System Folder:Fonts Arial Rounded Bold
System Folder:Fonts Bauhaus 93
System Folder:Fonts Book Antiqua
System Folder:Fonts Bookman Old Style
System Folder:Fonts Bookman Oldstyle Bold
System Folder:Fonts Braggadocio
System Folder:Fonts Britannic Bold
System Folder:Fonts Brush Script
System Folder:Fonts Century Gothic
System Folder:Fonts Century Schoolbook
System Folder:Fonts Colonna
System Folder:Fonts Desdemona
System Folder:Fonts Footlight Light
System Folder:Fonts Impact
System Folder:Fonts Kino
System Folder:Fonts Matura Script Capitals
System Folder:Fonts Mistral
System Folder:Fonts Monotype Corsiva
System Folder:Fonts Monotype Sorts
System Folder:Fonts MS LineDraw
System Folder:Fonts MT Extra
System Folder:Fonts Playbill
System Folder:Fonts Stencil
System Folder:Fonts Vivaldi
System Folder:Fonts Wide Latin
System Folder:Fonts Wingdings
System Folder:Preferences Microsoft Graph Settings (5)
System Folder:Preferences ODBC Preferences
System Folder:Preferences Office Manager Preferences
System Folder:Preferences PPC Registration Database
System Folder:Preferences Q+E ODBC FoxPro Driver License
System Folder:Preferences Registration Database
PowerPoint version 4.0:
Folder File
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Microsoft PowerPoint 4:PCS Files All Files
Microsoft PowerPoint 4:Templates:B&W Overheads All Files
Microsoft PowerPoint 4:Templates:Color Overheads All Files
Microsoft PowerPoint 4:Templates:On Screen & 35mm Slides All Files
System Folder:Preferences PowerPoint
Settings (4)
PowerPoint version 3.0:
Folder File
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PowerPoint3:Clipart All Files
PowerPoint3:Template:35MSLIDE - Screen & Video All Files
PowerPoint3:Template:B&WOVRHD - & Grayscale All Files
PowerPoint3:Template:CLROVRHD -Color Overheads All Files
PowerPoint3:Template:VIDSCREN - 16 All Files
PowerPoint3:Color PC Video All Files
Word versions 6.0 and 6.01:
Folder File
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Microsoft Word 6
Microsoft Word 6:Clip Art All Files
Microsoft Word 6:Templates All Files
Microsoft Word 6:Templates:Letters All Files
System Folder:Preferences Word Font Substitutes
System Folder:Preferences Word Settings (6)
System Folder:Preferences Word Startup Folder (6)
Word versions 5.0 and 5.1:
Folder File
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Microsoft Word:Word Commands Custom Dictionary
Excel version 5.0:
Folder File
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System Folder:Preferences Excel Settings (5)
System Folder:Preferences Excel Startup Folder (5)
Excel version 4.0
Folder File
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System Folder:Preferences:Excel Startup Folder (4)
System Folder:Preferences Excel Settings (4)
System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:Help Help on Help
System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:Help Microsoft Help
System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:MSGraph
System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:Spelling Custom Dictionary
System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft: MS US English
Dictionary
System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft: Spelling
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Version : MACINTOSH:98
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