A few months ago my system HD tender to reach it's limit so i decide to delete some files that i thought are no longer needed and occupied some big space under the WINNT\Installer folder of my Win2k Pro machine as a result of this action i can't be able to completely uninstall or make any change to my office 2003 installation.

Does anybody know how to modify or uninstall this software?
Does anybody know what can happen if i delete completely the office folder and all the related entries in the windows registry?
Is there exists a tool or alike that can help me to solve this problem?

thanks in advance.

Best regards,

just removing it isn't such a good idea. If it's possible (but since you can't make any changes I doubt it'll be possible), try to reinstall office.

Yes, you are right, i know that removing my office installation by deleting completely from my HD isn't a good idea and also i know that it would generate a lot of other problems but it will be my last chance.

I try to change, delete and reinstall it with the add or remove applet and with the office installation CD but when i do this the office installation program starts as usual and then the process stops automatically and nothing more happens.

One thing i forgot to mention in my previous post is that i also delete the MSOCache folder.

Do you know what will happen if i install a previous office version over my actual installation???

Best regards and thanks for your time,

Insert your Microsoft Office 2003 CD. Go to Start->Run and type in D:\setup.exe /x pro11n.msi /qb and hit OK. Replace D: with the letter of your CD drive. See if that will uninstall the Office software.

If that won't work either, try the steps mentioned at:

http://kb.iu.edu/data/ajkk.html

I wouldn't recommend installing older Office versions on top of this newer one. It will most likely give you an error and abort the installation because it's downgrading the Office software and may have compatibility issues. If you want to install more than one version of Office, you should always install from the oldest version up to the more recent ones

shift+del
regedit search for office and delete!
= )

I have a Dell 8400 Demension with an OEM version of Office SBE 2003 installed on it from the factory. I bought an upgrade (SBE 2007) package for the same program from Best Buy. It is from Microsoft. The clerk said it would install right over the 2003 version. IT DID NOT. NOW I HAVE 2003 AND 2007 ON MY MACHINE. HOW CAN I GET RID OF THE 2003 VERSION? OR CAN'T I?? HELP!

-reply by Frank Orlando

Office 2003 have auto repair feature that might help.
Please try re-run the installer and it should display a screen that allowed to uninstall it.

Or, you may first execute one of app, then, select repair from help menu.
It will repair files corrupted or missing.

Finally, you can uninstall it using add / remove program for control panel.

WeaponX: Please forgive me, I absolutely forgot your reply i will try it later.
magiccode9: I try the Office 2003 auto repair feature and also the repair option from the help menu of all office's applications and in all cases them don't work.

Best regards,

Remove Office 2003
How To Uninstall Completely Office 2003

Replying to iGuest Use the Office Removal Tool from Microsoft. It should do the trick.
Http://office.Microsoft.Com/en-us/ork2003/HA011401771033.Aspx

Can you provides the error message that was displayed on the screen ?

Thanks,