How to Uninstall Office XP Without a CD
If you attempted to uninstall Office XP and were prompted to enter an Office XP Installation CD by the Office XP Uninstaller, chances are that your computer has damaged registry entries. The normal solution would be to provide the Office XP Uninstaller with a “Proplus.msi” file present on the installation CD. If you do not have such a CD, however, you will need to manually repair the damaged registry entries.
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Instructions
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Click “Start,” then click “Run.” Type “regedit” (without quotes) and press “Enter” to open the Registry Editor.
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Expand the registry keys labeled “HKEY_CURRENT_USER,” “Software,” “Microsoft,” “Office” and “9.0,” which are located on the left side of the Registry Editor navigation pane. Expand the keys by double clicking on them.
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Click the “Common” registry folder that is located under the “9.0” registry key. Next, right-click the entry labeled “UserData” and click “Modify.” Type “00000001” (7 zeros and a 1) into the “Value Data” dialog box and click “OK.” Do the same for the other “UserData” registry entries present inside the “FrontPage,” “Excel,” “PowerPoint,” “Word,” and “Outlook” registry folders. You can find these registry folders under the “9.0” registry key.
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Click “File,” then click “Exit” to close the registry editor.
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Click “Start,” select “Control Panel” and double click “Add Remove Programs."
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Click to select “Microsoft Office XP.”
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Click “Remove” to uninstall Office XP.
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Tips & Warnings
Create backups of the “9.0” registry key before editing the registry entries inside it. Right-click on the “9.0” registry key and click “Export.” Specify a location on your hard disk to save the registry key and click “Save.” If you feel that you may have improperly edited the registry, click “File” on the registry editor and click “Import” on the drop-down menu. Select the backed up registry key and click “Open” to restore it.
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