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by jmaier

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The OS is Win98. I uninstalled Office2000 with the "add and remove software" and then I used Office Eraser CD1 and CD2. I'm am still receiving the error "There is previous version installed, you must uninstall the previous version before.........."What else can I do in short of blowing away the OS?

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by stu mc

I just had a similar problem. The O2K writes to the registry and keeps other files on your hard drive. Do a file search for "OFF*" and I'm pretty sure you will find some install files. I deleted these and then went through the registry removing all references to Office and the products within it.

It may take you some time to carry out but it works.

Hope this helps.

Stu Mc

by gregory pleau

Use REGEDIT to blow away any keys in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software tree that are called "Microsoft Office", and use explorer or deltree to blow away "C:\PROGRAM FILES\Microsoft Office"

That ought to do it.

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