Microsoft utility to completely remove remaining Office 97 files. Please read abstract.



SUMMARY

A utility that helps you completely remove Microsoft Office 97 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 Microsoft Office 97. 
This utility is designed to be run after you run the Setup program for Office 97 
and click Remove All to remove Office. 

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 C:\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. 


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, Microsoft Windows 98, 
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

To use this utility, you need: 

  A computer with a 486 or higher processor 
  Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 95 

  -or- 

  Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 98 

  -or- 

  Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) Workstation version 4.0 
  2 megabytes (MB) free hard disk space required 


Purpose: 

The utility removes most of the files and Windows registry settings that remain
on the computer after you remove Microsoft Office 97. This utility is designed 
to be run after you run the Setup program for Office 97 and click Remove All. 
Although all Office 97 files and registry settings are not removed, the settings
that remain do not harm your system. 



Known Issues


Shared Files Are Removed: 

This utility removes shared system files that are installed by Microsoft Office 97. 
Because a shared file may be used by another program, other programs may not run 
correctly if a necessary shared file has been removed. If this problem occurs, 
reinstall the program to replace the required shared file. 

Using the Office 97 File and Registry Eraser Utility

IMPORTANT: This utility modifies the registry. Before you run the utility, make 
sure you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information 
about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe 
or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe. 

Using the utility incorrectly may cause serious problems that may require you to 
reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting 
from the incorrect use of this utility can be solved. Use the Office 97 File and 
Registry Eraser Utility at your own risk. 

To run the utility, click the Start menu, point to Programs, and then click "Office 
97 File and Registry Eraser Utility." 

A dialog box with the following text may appear: 

  Microsoft Office Upgrade Wizard

  You already have Microsoft Office 97 installed.

  Running the Microsoft Office Upgrade Wizard in Aggressive
  mode may remove some of the Microsoft Office 97 files and
  render it useless.

  Do you want to continue with an Aggressive Cleanup?

  To continue running the utility, click Yes. If you click No, the utility does not 
  completely remove the files. 

  To view a list of files and registry settings that the utility removes from your 
  computer, open the Log.txt file. This file is created in the folder named Eraser97.