Cannot Uninstall Office 2007 Pro Plus Beta 2

[zaidgs]

My current Office 2007 Beta 2 installation is corrupt, but i can neither uninstall or reinstall it! In the add\remove panel, if I choose: "Change" it gives me this msg: "This product installation has been corrupted. Run setup again from CD, DVD, or other original source."; If i choose "Remove", the setup shows for a split second and disappears instantly!

So, I try to use the OPPLUS-EN.EXE, that i downloaded from microsoft: It doesnt detect my installation of office 2007 Beta 2; It only gives me the option to install! No uninstallation option, no add\remove features option! It just doesnt detect my already installed office 2007 beta 2 at all!

I did uninstall office 2003 before installing office... Does microsoft provide any independent uninstaller? Is there a way to force uninstallation?

It is note worthy that I -trying to be a smartass but failing to be- didnt initially install the normal way (ie. double clicking OPPLUS-EN.EXE), but rather extracted the installation files and ran "ProWW.msi"; That was the beginging of all evil!

Any help appreciated...

[uniacidz]

So what happens when you install again normal method and select remove in add/remove in control panel?

[zaidgs]

I only had about 1.3GB free space on my system drive, now after office is installed (but not functioning), the left space is about 700MB!! When i try to install it as fresh install it say that there is no enough space (obviously because I had space for one copy of office not two)!! So it refuses to install a fresh copy, or uninstall the corrupt one to reclaim my free space!

[uniacidz]

How bout just deleting the folder Microsoft Office folder and hidden MSOcache folder located on the C Drive (thats a system file cache for the install)

That should clear up the space.

Make sure your temp folders cleared out as well.

Then run the install again.

[DACWILSOL]

My current Office 2007 Beta 2 installation is corrupt, but i can neither uninstall or reinstall it! In the add\remove panel, if I choose: "Change" it gives me this msg: "This product installation has been corrupted. Run setup again from CD, DVD, or other original source."; If i choose "Remove", the setup shows for a split second and disappears instantly!

So, I try to use the OPPLUS-EN.EXE, that i downloaded from microsoft: It doesnt detect my installation of office 2007 Beta 2; It only gives me the option to install! No uninstallation option, no add\remove features option! It just doesnt detect my already installed office 2007 beta 2 at all!

I did uninstall office 2003 before installing office... Does microsoft provide any independent uninstaller? Is there a way to force uninstallation?

It is note worthy that I -trying to be a smartass but failing to be- didnt initially install the normal way (ie. double clicking OPPLUS-EN.EXE), but rather extracted the installation files and ran "ProWW.msi"; That was the beginging of all evil!

Any help appreciated...

Unfortunately, you are going to have to reinstall windows xp. The good news is that if you have office 2003, just upgrade to office 2007. After the trial end date, you will have office 2007 basic.

[uniacidz]

Unfortunately, you are going to have to reinstall windows xp. The good news is that if you have office 2003, just upgrade to office 2007. After the trial end date, you will have office 2007 basic.

**************WARNING - DO NOT FOLLOW THIS ABOVE ADVICE*****************

See the attachment i added, its a Office Installer Remover by MS. Is very handy. Will remove all instances of corrupt installer files for any product you choose in fact. Is a great proggy.

Install the program and run from the Start Menu/All Programs.

Will give you a list of what can be cleared out and only select the one/ones you want.

It will remove any corrupt installer files for that respective proggy.

Now bed time for me, hope i have helped.

Patch_Fixer.zip

Edited May 26, 2006 by Jasur

[zeroday]

follow Jasur's instructions, and also have a look here: http://www.theeldergeek.com/manually_uninstall_programs.htm

Unfortunately, you are going to have to reinstall windows xp. The good news is that if you have office 2003, just upgrade to office 2007. After the trial end date, you will have office 2007 basic.

What!!??!!! :| :blink: why would he need to reinstall XP to fix Office. i managed to uninstall Office by following the ElderGeek page instructions.

[zaidgs]

Thank you guys for help, I managed to install office on another drive beside my C: , which used to fail until I used Jasur's little utility, and then deleted the relevant folders on the C: drive...

Thats the best i managed to do... Which is fine!

I wonder if my initial idea: to extract the files then install could be done one way or another? Because when the files are extracted to temp folder, they take space that has been crucial to install on C:

[Snoopy668]

thank you very much, I been looking for the solution for a long time. now I can reintalled the office 2007.and it is working.

thank you............... :laugh:

**************WARNING - DO NOT FOLLOW THIS ABOVE ADVICE*****************

See the attachment i added, its a Office Installer Remover by MS. Is very handy. Will remove all instances of corrupt installer files for any product you choose in fact. Is a great proggy.

Install the program and run from the Start Menu/All Programs.

Will give you a list of what can be cleared out and only select the one/ones you want.

It will remove any corrupt installer files for that respective proggy.

Now bed time for me, hope i have helped.

[lupey]

**************WARNING - DO NOT FOLLOW THIS ABOVE ADVICE*****************

See the attachment i added, its a Office Installer Remover by MS. Is very handy. Will remove all instances of corrupt installer files for any product you choose in fact. Is a great proggy.

Install the program and run from the Start Menu/All Programs.

Will give you a list of what can be cleared out and only select the one/ones you want.

It will remove any corrupt installer files for that respective proggy.

Now bed time for me, hope i have helped.

U just saved my computer thx a bunch,

Lupey

[empty86]

Hi, I am running into the same problems as described above. I am running Windows Vista Ultimate. I downloaded the zip file and extracted it, and then double-clicked the program file. It did not give me any list to check/uncheck the items I do not want. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.