ChatterBank0 min ago
Microsoft Office 2003
I`m trying to remove Office 2003 from my PC, in the remove and add program section in the control panel. I keep getting a message saying: "this patch package could not be opened. Verify if the patch package exists and that you can access it and that it is a valid Windows Installer patch package". Does anyone have any idea what this means? I just want to remove the program but it stubbornly remains! Help!!
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Download the free Ccleaner from Piriform ( http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download ) and use that to un-install your software.
Download the free Ccleaner from Piriform ( http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download ) and use that to un-install your software.
Well that certainly should be the correct thing to remove for office by the sounds... I guess the obvious question is, do you actually have office installed?.... as in, can you find it in the start menu and run the programs.
Also, do you have the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\office11 on your computer, and if so is there anything in it?
It may be that the program has been removed already and the entry in add remove programs is just a leftover (which does happen occasionally)
Also, do you have the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\office11 on your computer, and if so is there anything in it?
It may be that the program has been removed already and the entry in add remove programs is just a leftover (which does happen occasionally)
No... it could be safely ignored, orphaned entries in add remove programs aren't that unusual... but if it's annoying you then ccleaner (linked to in Grahams first answer) will let you remove the entry.
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