Office 2007 removal using add/remove fails

[mkhh1]

I can't remove the Office 2007 from a new Acer laptop - the error message I get says that that the language is not installed ... Setup Error message box says "the language of this installation package is not supported by your system".

Actually I don't care what language it is removed with, I just want to put Office 2003 onto a clean slate.

 

[GrimR]

Have you tried this

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218

 

[mkhh1]

Thanks for that .. yes I suppose you could take a deep breath and follow those SIMPLE few steps .. but I found you can also use Revo Uninstaller to do the job - it is free and did seem to work.

I ran Revo in the safe level, and then had to manually delete the start menu shortcuts. The only residual problem, not sure if related to all this butchery, was a mapi32.dll error on starting Outlook 2003. I needed this link to solve that problem.

http://blogs.inetium.com/blogs/mhodnick/archive/2006/07/18/257.aspx

 

[SirBlack]

You might try using the next time unlocker, it's a free download available at:

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

It works excellent for those stubborn files that refuse to be deleted.

Remember, if you can't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them!

Bob B-)