MS should post Office X uninstall program

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V - 27 Feb 2005 03:44 GMT

Microsoft in its infinite wisdom decided not to install the Office X
uninstall program on hard drives. Instead you must find it on the
Office X CD. This is really stupid. Microsoft should post the Office X
uninstall program on its website. People shouldn't have to hunt down
their Office X CDs. I bet a few people bought Office 2004 and sold
their copies of Office X. Office 2004 does not ask you if you want to
uninstall older versions of Office.

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JE McGimpsey - 27 Feb 2005 14:14 GMT

> Microsoft in its infinite wisdom decided not to install the Office X
> uninstall program on hard drives. Instead you must find it on the
> Office X CD. This is really stupid. Microsoft should post the Office X
> uninstall program on its website. People shouldn't have to hunt down
> their Office X CDs.

I agree it would be convenient for MS to post Remove Office, and I'm not
sure why they don't (other than that they're confident that nobody will
want to). But if you're just getting rid of Office X, dragging the
Microsoft Office X folder to the trash is probably adequate for most
people, and the others will find the preferences. The only time it's
critical to remove all the preference files is when reinstalling X,
which obviously needs the CD to have been hunted down.

> I bet a few people bought Office 2004 and sold their copies of Office
> X.

I wonder. Most people I know buy the 2004 Upgrade version, in which case
they can't legally sell X and continue to use 2004.

However, you're right, there must be a few.

> Office 2004 does not ask you if you want to uninstall older versions
> of Office.

Um... yes, it does, if you install Office 2004 via the installer. At
least it did for me.

And if you don't use the installer, you can always run the Office 2004
Remove Office application, which *is* normally copied to your HD, and
remove Office X (and 2001 and 98).

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CyberTaz - 28 Feb 2005 14:02 GMT

And if you do reinvest in v.2004 rather than upgrade, the recommended
procedure is to remove previous versions before installing the new
package. IMHO, that would further imply doing so before you sell your
v.X license. |:>)

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JE McGimpsey - 28 Feb 2005 14:13 GMT

> And if you do reinvest in v.2004 rather than upgrade, the recommended
> procedure is to remove previous versions before installing the new
> package.

Just for my edification, who makes that procedural recommendation?
Office 98/01/v.X and 2004 all peacefully coexist just fine on my
machine...

> IMHO, that would further imply doing so before you sell your
> v.X license. |:>)

That's not implied at all. It's completely explicit. If you sell your
license, you're required to remove that version of Office from your
machine before transferring the disk and all the accompanying materials.

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MS should post Office X uninstall program