removing ALL of previous versions of office

I have discovered that even though I removed Office 2000 from my computer
using add/remove programs, there are still files left from Office 2000 (I am
now using 2007). The files are located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office. The Office 2007 components are in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office12. I'm sure there must be files in the registry, too.

I thought add/remove programs was supposed to remove everything.
How do I remove these files?

Also, I would like to know whether I can completely remove programs I don't
want on my computer that were installed by Hewlett-Packard if they do not
appear in add/remove programs? These are programs that will connect you to
aol, netscape, ebay, etc. Can I just remove the program file containing them?
I think not, but if not, is there another way to get rid of them.

Thanks.

See
http://uksbsguy.com/blogs/doverton/a...-messages.aspx
.. Although the article addresses Office 2003, it should also apply to
Office XP with Windows Vista.

lindalou wrote:
> I have discovered that even though I removed Office 2000 from my computer
> using add/remove programs, there are still files left from Office 2000 (I am
> now using 2007). The files are located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Office\Office. The Office 2007 components are in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Office\Office12. I'm sure there must be files in the registry, too.
>
> I thought add/remove programs was supposed to remove everything.
> How do I remove these files?
>
> Also, I would like to know whether I can completely remove programs I don't
> want on my computer that were installed by Hewlett-Packard if they do not
> appear in add/remove programs? These are programs that will connect you to
> aol, netscape, ebay, etc. Can I just remove the program file containing them?
> I think not, but if not, is there another way to get rid of them.
>
> Thanks.

Oops... sorry, please disregard my reply... it was intended for the
question before yours.

garfield-n-odie [MVP] wrote:

> See
> http://uksbsguy.com/blogs/doverton/a...-messages.aspx
> . Although the article addresses Office 2003, it should also apply to
> Office XP with Windows Vista.
>
> lindalou wrote:
>
>> I have discovered that even though I removed Office 2000 from my
>> computer using add/remove programs, there are still files left from
>> Office 2000 (I am now using 2007). The files are located in
>> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office. The Office 2007 components
>> are in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12. I'm sure there
>> must be files in the registry, too.
>>
>> I thought add/remove programs was supposed to remove everything.
>> How do I remove these files?
>>
>> Also, I would like to know whether I can completely remove programs I
>> don't want on my computer that were installed by Hewlett-Packard if
>> they do not appear in add/remove programs? These are programs that
>> will connect you to aol, netscape, ebay, etc. Can I just remove the
>> program file containing them? I think not, but if not, is there
>> another way to get rid of them.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>

I believe you will find that Office, any version, also installs
files/folders to that location.

You will probably find these are shortcuts or files on your desktop (aol
etc) you can delete these & any underlying folder, but do check there is no
uninstall file in the underlying folder.

"lindalou" <lindalou@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:37842412-EB3D-47D9-84E5-118000E72F82@microsoft.com...
>I have discovered that even though I removed Office 2000 from my computer
> using add/remove programs, there are still files left from Office 2000 (I
> am
> now using 2007). The files are located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Office\Office. The Office 2007 components are in C:\Program
> Files\Microsoft
> Office\Office12. I'm sure there must be files in the registry, too.
>
> I thought add/remove programs was supposed to remove everything.
> How do I remove these files?
>
> Also, I would like to know whether I can completely remove programs I
> don't
> want on my computer that were installed by Hewlett-Packard if they do not
> appear in add/remove programs? These are programs that will connect you to
> aol, netscape, ebay, etc. Can I just remove the program file containing
> them?
> I think not, but if not, is there another way to get rid of them.
>
> Thanks.