Help me remove MS Office 97 Please.

burnselk · 08-11-2008, 06:28 PM

I recently built a computer and installed an old version of MS Office 97 on it. Now I've purchased "MS Office 2007 Enterprise" and would like to completely un-install Office 97 before attempting the install of my new Office 2007 Enterprise.

But, everytime I go to the Control Panel and "Add/Remove Programs" and hit the remove button to remove Office 97, I'm told to insert the Office 97 disk. When I do this, all I get are a bunch of icons on a new page which makes no sense at all to me.....and none of the icons say anything about removing or un-installing Office 97.

Could someone in the know please tell me how to get MS Office 97 off of my new computer so I can install my new MS Office 2007 Enterprise?

I'm running Windows XP Home with SP2 if it matters. Thanks to all.

**peterhuang913** · 08-12-2008, 12:33 AM

Can you use the upgrade option on Enterprise?

jdwins · 08-12-2008, 03:15 AM

2007 upgrade does not work from 97 I guess

can you try an uninstall tool? for example http://www.crystalidea.com/download/

biz_kid1 · 08-12-2008, 10:08 AM

Uninstall the last service pack (or 2) that you had installed then try uninstalling the program.

If that doesn't work, I would also suggest an uninstaller app:
Advanced Uninstaller Pro 9.4: http://www.download.com/Advanced-Uni...dlPid=10867293
Revo Uninstaller: http://www.revouninstaller.com/

burnselk · 12-19-2008, 08:54 AM

biz_kid1, Revo Uninstaller doesn't even "see" Office 97....and I'm thinking if Revo can't, then the others can't see it either.

08-11-2008, 06:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
burnselk Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Almost Heaven... Posts: 6 OS: XP SP2 Home My System	Help me remove MS Office 97 Please. I recently built a computer and installed an old version of MS Office 97 on it. Now I've purchased "MS Office 2007 Enterprise" and would like to completely un-install Office 97 before attempting the install of my new Office 2007 Enterprise. But, everytime I go to the Control Panel and "Add/Remove Programs" and hit the remove button to remove Office 97, I'm told to insert the Office 97 disk. When I do this, all I get are a bunch of icons on a new page which makes no sense at all to me.....and none of the icons say anything about removing or un-installing Office 97. Could someone in the know please tell me how to get MS Office 97 off of my new computer so I can install my new MS Office 2007 Enterprise? I'm running Windows XP Home with SP2 if it matters. Thanks to all.

08-12-2008, 12:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
peterhuang913 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 946 OS: XP Home SP2	Re: Help me remove MS Office 97 Please. Can you use the upgrade option on Enterprise?

08-12-2008, 03:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
jdwins Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Brussels Posts: 7 OS: MS Vista	Re: Help me remove MS Office 97 Please. 2007 upgrade does not work from 97 I guess can you try an uninstall tool? for example http://www.crystalidea.com/download/

08-12-2008, 10:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
biz_kid1 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 44 OS: Windows XP	Re: Help me remove MS Office 97 Please. Uninstall the last service pack (or 2) that you had installed then try uninstalling the program. If that doesn't work, I would also suggest an uninstaller app: Advanced Uninstaller Pro 9.4: http://www.download.com/Advanced-Uni...dlPid=10867293 Revo Uninstaller: http://www.revouninstaller.com/

12-19-2008, 08:54 AM	#5 (permalink)
burnselk Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Almost Heaven... Posts: 6 OS: XP SP2 Home My System	Re: Help me remove MS Office 97 Please. biz_kid1, Revo Uninstaller doesn't even "see" Office 97....and I'm thinking if Revo can't, then the others can't see it either. Last edited by burnselk; 12-19-2008 at 08:56 AM.