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Steps to re-install Office 2008

Follow these steps to reinstall: (useful when you are having problems updating)

  1. Launch the Microsoft Autoupdater (MAU).To launch MAU, you can open any Office application and select 'Check for Updates' under Help in the Menu bar. Once MAU is launched, select 'Keep in Dock'
  2. Quit all Microsoft applications (Easy way: log out. When you log in, hold down the Shift key. This will disable all startup items including the hidden ones. It's important all Microsoft applications are quit, but quitting all applications will result in the best results. Any open application could be corrupted by the process.
  3. Drag the Microsoft Office 2008 folder to the Trash.
  4. Empty Trash.
  5. Reinstall Office 2008 from your original installation disk.
  6. Restart ( be sure you use the same log in with Shift key down between each update)
  7. Early Office CDs installed 12.0.0. (Later version came with 12.1.0 or 12.2.0. You can skip to step 9) Update to 12.1.0.
    1. Check this file after updating to 12.1.0 to be sure it is version 2.2.0.
      /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0
  8. Restart (restarting before you launch any app is important!)
  9. Update to 12.3.0
  10. Restart
  11. If you want to upgrade to EWS for Exchange support, go to Mactopia and download the latest EWS updater. It will update the Entourage app only to v13.x. It also updates the MAU so that future updaters will also update Entourage to the latest version. See Requirements for EWS. If you do not have an Exchange account you do not need to upgrade to EWS.

Note: some users have found that they need to use 'Remove Office' before re-install clears the problem. See this page for help using 'Remove Office'

I try to keep this page updated to show the latest updaters. So far Microsoft has been rolling previous updaters into a combo updater that makes updating so much easier and quicker. You can check this page for the latest updates or look in the left sidebar column under latest update.

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Summary

This article contains more information about the following topics that are related to the removal of Office updates:

  • The requirements to remove Office updates by using the Add or Remove Programs tool.
  • How to determine whether an Office update can be removed by using the Add or Remove Programs tool.
  • Known issue that may occur when you try to remove Office updates.
  • How to remove an update by using a Microsoft Windows Installer command.

Note Some Office updates cannot be removed. Some examples include the following:

  • Service packs
  • Office server product updates
  • Some updates to Office shared components. In this case, the Microsoft Knowledge Base article that describes the update notes that the update cannot be removed.

More Information

The requirements to remove Office updates by using the Add or Remove Programs tool

The computer that is running Microsoft Office must meet the following prerequisites to use the Add or Remove Programs tool to remove Office updates:

  • Microsoft Windows Installer version 3.0 or version 3.1 must be installed before you install the removable Office update.

    Notes

    • Microsoft Windows Installer version 3.1 is preferred.

      For more information about how to obtain Windows Installer 3.1 (v2), see Windows Installer 3.1 v2 (3.1.4000.2435) is available.

    • Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) already includes Microsoft Windows Installer 3.0.3790.2180. Additionally, the 2007 Microsoft Office suites require Windows XP SP2.

    • Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) already includes Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1.4000.1830.

    • Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 already includes Microsoft Windows Installer 4.00.6001.0

  • The computer must be running Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2003 SP1.

    Note When you install either of these service packs, the Add or Remove Programs tool is updated to display Windows Installer updates under the product name.

  • Removing an Office XP update requires the original installation source to be available. Removing an Office 2003 update requires the original installation source to be available if the Local Installation Source feature in Office 2003 Setup is not used.

How to determine whether an Office update can be removed by using the Add or Remove Programs tool

Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

To determine whether an Office update can be removed by using the Add or Remove Programs tool, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start, click Run, type appwiz.cpl in the Open box, and then click OK.
  2. In the left column, click Change or Remove Programs.
  3. Click to select the Show Updates check box.
  4. In the Currently installed programs and updates list, click the update that you want to remove.

If the Remove button is available, you can remove the Office update.

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

To determine whether you can use the Add or Remove Programs tool to remove an Office update, follow these steps:

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  1. Click Start, typeappwiz.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
  2. Under Tasks, click View installed updates.
  3. Locate and select the update in the list.
  4. If the update can be removed, theUninstall option will be available in the toolbar.

Known issue that may occur when you try to remove Office updates

The computer meets the prerequisites, but you cannot remove an update.

This issue may occur if the computer did not meet the prerequisites at the time that the update was installed. The computer must be running Windows Installer version 3.0 or version 3.1 before you install the removable update.

How to remove an update by using a Windows Installer

There are some cases in which you do not have the option to remove an update when you use the Add or Remove Programs tool.

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If this issue occurs, you can remove the update by using Windows Installer 3.1. The Windows Installer 3.1 redistributable system component will install on the following operating systems:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) and Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4)

  • Windows XP original release version, Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1), and Windows XP SP2

  • Windows Server 2003 original release version

    Note Windows Server 2003 SP1 already includes Windows Installer 3.1.

For more information about how to obtain Windows Installer 3.1 (v2), seeWindows Installer 3.1 v2 (3.1.4000.2435) is available.

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Command syntax

With Windows Installer 3.1, you can remove an update by typing a command in the Run dialog box. For example, to remove an update, click Start, click Run, type the following command in the Open box, and then clickOK:

msiexec /package {product_code} /uninstall 'full_path_to_.msp_file' /qb

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Notes

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  • When you try to remove an Office update, you may be prompted for your Office source CD-ROM.

  • The following explains the placeholders for this command:

    • The product_code placeholder represents the product code GUID that is associated with the Office product that you installed an update for.
    • The full_path_to_.msp_file placeholder represents the full path of the update package (.msp file).

  • The following explains the parameters for this command:

    The /qb switch. If you use the /qb switch, you are prompted if an update is not removable. If you use the /passive switch, you are not prompted if an update is not removable. If you use the /qb switch and if an update is not removable, you receive the following message:Uninstallation of the patch package is not supported.

For example, to remove an update where the product code is '{0C9840E7-7F0B-C648-10F0-4641926FE463}', and the path of the .msp file is 'C:Updatefile name.msp', you would type the following in the Run dialog box:

msiexec /package {0C9840E7-7F0B-C648-10F0-4641926FE463} /uninstall 'c:updatefile name.msp' /qb

To obtain the full path of the .msp file, follow these steps:

  1. Locate the .exe file that you used to install the Office update. If you do not have the file saved to the hard disk drive, download and then save the Office update to a folder on the computer.

  2. Use a file extraction utility, such as WinZip, to extract the files from the .exe update file.

    One of the files that is extracted should be a .msp file. This is the file that you must point to when you run the command to remove the Office update.

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Note Instead of the full path of the .msp file, you can also specify the patch GUID. For example, to remove an update where the product code is '{0C9840E7-7F0B-C648-10F0-4641926FE463}', and the patch GUID is '{EB8C947C-78B2-85A0-644D-86CEEF8E07C0}', you would type the following in theRun dialog box:

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msiexec /package {0C9840E7-7F0B-C648-10F0-4641926FE463} /uninstall {EB8C947C-78B2-85A0-644D-86CEEF8E07C0} /qb

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References

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For more information about how to remove Office updates that are installed by using Windows Installer version 3.0 or version 3.1, see Uninstalling Patches.