Uninstalling MS Office

When I bought my new MS Office 2004, I installed it without uninstalling that annoying "Test Drive" version first, which I later learned is something you're supposed to do.
A couple of people here recommended that I uninstall my MS Office 2004, then install it again, after I've uninstalled the Test Drive.
But I can't figure out how to uninstall MS Office 2004. Help?

No problems anymore, Walt. I broke down and called the non-toll-free MS help line. They said that as long as I've uninstalled the Test Drive, trashed it and successfully emptied the trash, then all should be well--I don't need to uninstall Office 2004 and install again.
We firgured out the reason why they recommend removing Test Drive first is like why they tell you to remove the lint from the lint filter in the public laudramats before you load your wash--because if you don't, chances are you'll forget to do it afterward. But if you remove it after you've loaded, it doesn't harm anything. So installing Office 2004 and then removing the Test Drive is fine.
They said having Test Drive active while also running Office 2004 might cause some problems. But it seems that in your case it hasn't.

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Hi,
I'm deploying an uninstallation package to uninstall Office 2013 using the ingenious Microsoft Fix it (located here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2739501/en-us)
called O15CTRRemove.
When running it manually, it removes everything that is related to Microsoft Office 2013 and I am able to install a new Office 2013 without any problems (changing from Office 365 to VL).
The problem is as follows:
I need to do this silently on a lot of computers using a deployment tool. I figured out how to use powershell and I'm doing it in the following way:
Import-Module TroubleshootingPack
$DIAGOFFRemoveOff2013 = Get-TroubleshootingPack -Path "C:\Deployment\Office2013Uninstall\O15CTRRemove"
Invoke-TroubleshootingPack -Pack $DIAGOFFRemoveOff2013 -AnswerFile "C:\Deployment\Office2013Uninstall\DIAG_Off_RemoveOff2013.xml" -unattended
I created the Answerfile DIAG_Off_RemoveOff2013.xml in the following way (according tohttp://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/02/09/use-powershell-troubleshooting-packs-to-diagnose-remote-problems.aspx):
Get-TroubleshootingPack "C:\Deployment\Office2013Uninstall\O15CTRRemove" -answerfile "C:\Deployment\Office2013Uninstall\DIAG_Off_RemoveOff2013.xml"
It looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Answers Version="1.0" />
When I run the script it works but for some reason, it doesn't work when I run it as system (my deployment tool runs the script as system, and I've tried it manually like this):
psexec -i -s cmd
cmd /C powershell -executionpolicy unrestricted -file "C:\Deployment\Office2013Uninstall\Uninstall_Office2013.ps1"
It just hangs and I can see in eventviewer that it has run a few troubleshooting packs, that the uninstall of Office is complete but it doesn't continue until I force kill sdiagnhost.exe.
If I run the script after killing sdiagnhost.exe, it finishes without a problem.
I have temporarily solved it like this (I run the same job twice, to be sure everything is removed and the second one finishes quickly while the first hangs until the timeout):
Start-Job -ArgumentList -ScriptBlock {
$DIR = "C:\Deployment\Office2013Uninstall"
Import-Module TroubleshootingPack
$DIAGOFFRemoveOff2013 = Get-TroubleshootingPack -Path "${DIR}\O15CTRRemove"
Invoke-TroubleshootingPack -Pack $DIAGOFFRemoveOff2013 -AnswerFile "${DIR}\DIAG_Off_RemoveOff2013.xml" -unattended
Get-Job | Wait-Job -Timeout 1200
Get-Job | Receive-Job
Get-Job | Remove-Job -Force
Start-Job -ArgumentList -ScriptBlock {
$DIR = "C:\Deployment\Office2013Uninstall"
Import-Module TroubleshootingPack
$DIAGOFFRemoveOff2013 = Get-TroubleshootingPack -Path "${DIR}\O15CTRRemove"
Invoke-TroubleshootingPack -Pack $DIAGOFFRemoveOff2013 -AnswerFile "${DIR}\DIAG_Off_RemoveOff2013.xml" -unattended
Get-Job | Wait-Job -Timeout 1200
Get-Job | Receive-Job
Get-Job | Remove-Job -Force
I am thinking that there is some kind of dialogue questions that I need to get into the answer file, but I have no idea how to do it.
Any help is appreciated!
Best regards,
Simon

Credit goes to MS for core script (its to long to post here).
Credit goes to the guy who wrote the cleaner script. Whoever packaged it and didn't build in silent switches gets zero points.
Please note that this will only work for C2R installs of Office 2013.
This is not true. There are scrub scripts specific to C2R as well as MSI.
I extracted the scrub vbs from O15CTRRemove.diagcab
This is what worked for me. Use 7-zip to extract the entire package to a directory. Then run "OffScrub_015msi.vbs all".

TS3938 how do i uninstall microsoft office 2004 from my new macbook pro intel 5.....

When it won't allow me. I get the same popup window message. "You can't open the app...beacause PowerPC apps are no longer supported."
Can anyone help or offer advice please.
kind regards
vickynsimon

vickynsimon wrote:
When it won't allow me. I get the same popup window message. "You can't open the app...beacause PowerPC apps are no longer supported."
Can anyone help or offer advice please.
kind regards
vickynsimon
Vicky: The initial question is why do you want to uninstall Microsoft Office 2004?
If your answer is that you are upgrading to Office 2011, my recollection is that the installation process of Office 2011 will do all of the proper "uninstalling" that is necessary as it installs all of the necessary new files.
If your answer is that you do not intend to ever use Office again, including any of the data files that were created from it: then at this point, I would suggest that you just leave it alone. Manually uninstalling raises more risks than it cures.
Even if you do upgrade to Office 2011, if you have continuous need to have access to your Office 2004 data files, you may find that Office 2011 does not properly translate some of your old files correctly. I have this problem with an Excel 2004 chart that I access on a weekly basis and it gets trashed by Office 2011.
I have solved this problem by installing Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) into Parallels 7 in Lion (and reinstalling Office 2004 inside the Snow Leopard environment):
[click on image to enlarge]
In this way I can access my Excel 2004 chart, modify it as needed and save the changes.
Full Snow Leopard installation instructions:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439

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Anyway...
I tried to use the "Remove Office" utility and it looked like it was working - it saw the test drive, started removing files and then stopped b/c I was in a non-admin account. I logged into my admin account and tried the same thing and now the Remove Office is not finding any installs of the software - but I can see then - click on them and it starts opening the trial.
Weird...
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Thanks,
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Also receiving a .NET error when shutting down the computer
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2398768
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Mr.Lobotomy wrote:
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If you manually put the trial version of Office in the trash, then that would explain the issues with the full version. The trial version must be removed with the uninstaller it puts on the drive. Download the trial version again if you need to. Install it and then use its uninstall app to remove it.
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How do i completely uninstall microsoft office 2011 from my new macbook pro ?

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Any ideas anyone on how to get rid of it?
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office
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[How to uninstall the 2007 Office system if you cannot uninstall it by using the Add or Remove Programs feature|http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218]
[Cannot Uninstall Office 2007 Beta from XP or Vista|http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1838/cannot_uninstall_office_2007_beta_xp_vista]
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I would like to install Neo Office to a Leopard OS. There is a demo of MS Office preinstalled and I was wondering if I uninstall it, is it going to remove the fonts of MS office. I would like to do this while I think there is a problem with the fonts.
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If it is Office 2004, on your hard disk, open Microsoft Office 2004 folder that contains the Test Drive. Any documents you saved in the Microsoft Office 2004 Test Drive should be moved somewhere in your documents folder.
In the Microsoft Office 2004 folder, double-click "Remove Office". In the Results window, choose Microsoft Office 2004 (including Test Drive) and then click "continue" and follow the prompts.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25399
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871017
-mj
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