For a Microsoft Office 97 version of this article,
see
158658.
: This article contains information about modifying the registry.
Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you
understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information
about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following
article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
For additional information about backing up Microsoft
Windows 98 registry files, click the article number below to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
183887 Description of the Windows Registry Checker Tool (Scanreg.exe)
For additional
information about backing up Microsoft Windows 95 registry files, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
132332
How to Back Up the Registry in Microsoft Windows 95
SUMMARY
This article describes how to completely remove Microsoft
Office 2000 from your computer. This article includes files installed from CD1
and does not apply to other compact discs included with your edition of
Microsoft Office 2000.
IMPORTANT: Do
not use this article if you are running Microsoft Windows 2000 as
your computer's operating system. Please see the following Knowledge Base
article, which describes how to completely remove Microsoft Office 2000 CD1
running on Windows 2000:
252566 OFF2000: How to Completely Remove Office CD1 on Windows 2000
For additional information about how to remove
CD2, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
247684 OFF2000: How to Completely Remove Microsoft Office CD2
For
additional information about how to remove PhotoDraw 2000 (CD3 and CD4), click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
237542 PhD1.0: How to Remove the Full or Trial Version of PhotoDraw 2000
CD1 includes the following Office programs.
Standard Small Business Professional Premium
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Excel Excel Access Access
Outlook Outlook Excel Excel
PowerPoint Word Outlook FrontPage
Word PowerPoint Outlook
Word PowerPoint
Word
Office 2000 File and Registry Eraser Utility
A utility that automates this process is also available. The
Office 2000 File and Registry Eraser Utility is designed to be run only after
you run the Setup program for Office 2000 and click Remove Office. This utility
also removes all of the remaining registry entries installed by Office.
For
additional information and download instructions about Eraser 2000, click the
article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
239938 OFF2000: Utility to Completely Remove Remaining Office 2000 CD1 Files and Registry Entries
: The Office 2000 File and Registry Eraser Utility has not been
tested with Microsoft Windows XP.
Microsoft Windows Installer
Removing Office removes the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI),
which may be required by other programs. If, after you remove Office, you need
to reinstall the Windows Installer, do either of the following:
- On the Office CD1, open the Msi folder and run either
Instmsi (Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me> or Instmsiw (Windows NT 4.0
or Windows 2000).
- Browse to the Microsoft Web site
http://www.msdn.microsoft.com
and search for Windows Installer.