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uninstall and reinstall Outlook
I need to uninstall Microsoft Outlook. Somehow it appears that there are
folder withing the Outlook directory when I got to "My Computer" that don't look as tho they belong there and then there are some folder that I have never used and don't know what they are for I had only installed the WORD and the OUTLOOK and not the EXCEL. The folders I'm speaking of are MEDIA/ , CAGCT10 1033, ;OFFICE11 /1033: . Then OFFICE11/Autoshap/Bullets/Lines. Then Office11 is listed again with /1033/Addins/Convert/1033/Forms/1033, then HTML,Migration,Startup. Then Templates/1033/fax. That's it. It seems that some folders are listed twice? I really mostly only use the MS Word Program and sometimes the email or contacts . I use Outlook Express for my mail. The reason I say that I think I need to do a clean install is that when Windows does an update or if I click on Start/Programs/Microsoft Office/ I get a message that the path specified for the file C:\Documents and Settings\Carmen KKKKK\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst is not valid? Very strange because I also seem to have 2 Carmen directories I don't know how they got there but HP helped me reformat for different reasons. I could not get into Windows with ""ANY OPTION, Last known, system restore or any of the options I was prompted for. What I would like to do is to just "save my Word documents and uninstall the whole probram, reinstalling my documents and importing my addresses. I am just afraid of the possibility of uninstalling somethig that belongs in Windows or some other important part of my Directory Tree. Sorry to be so long but I'd rather be safe than sorry. I also cannot install any Windows Outlook updates and also again receive an error message regaring an incorrect path. Any help would be truly appreciated. I will probablu cross post this to another Outlook newsgroup, so I apoligize in advance. Carmen |
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I cannot see that an uninstall / reinstall of OL will do anything to your
installation Office 2003 installs by default to \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11 There are a number of 1033 folders within the structure, all your other folders appear valid. Office would install this structure, I believe, even if you only installed some of the components It seems a little odd if you have two same 'user name' directories under Docs & settings, but thats more a win installation thing, I would say. IMO there was something not quite right with the reinstallation of win, and perhaps your subsequent installation of Office Id suggest that you copied all your data to external media "Carmen O'Donnell" wrote in message news:P0Fbi.6569$xg4.6270@trnddc08... I need to uninstall Microsoft Outlook. Somehow it appears that there are folder withing the Outlook directory when I got to "My Computer" that don't look as tho they belong there and then there are some folder that I have never used and don't know what they are for I had only installed the WORD and the OUTLOOK and not the EXCEL. The folders I'm speaking of are MEDIA/ , CAGCT10 1033, ;OFFICE11 /1033: . Then OFFICE11/Autoshap/Bullets/Lines. Then Office11 is listed again with /1033/Addins/Convert/1033/Forms/1033, then HTML,Migration,Startup. Then Templates/1033/fax. That's it. It seems that some folders are listed twice? I really mostly only use the MS Word Program and sometimes the email or contacts . I use Outlook Express for my mail. The reason I say that I think I need to do a clean install is that when Windows does an update or if I click on Start/Programs/Microsoft Office/ I get a message that the path specified for the file C:\Documents and Settings\Carmen KKKKK\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst is not valid? Very strange because I also seem to have 2 Carmen directories I don't know how they got there but HP helped me reformat for different reasons. I could not get into Windows with ""ANY OPTION, Last known, system restore or any of the options I was prompted for. What I would like to do is to just "save my Word documents and uninstall the whole probram, reinstalling my documents and importing my addresses. I am just afraid of the possibility of uninstalling somethig that belongs in Windows or some other important part of my Directory Tree. Sorry to be so long but I'd rather be safe than sorry. I also cannot install any Windows Outlook updates and also again receive an error message regaring an incorrect path. Any help would be truly appreciated. I will probablu cross post this to another Outlook newsgroup, so I apoligize in advance. Carmen |
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Thanks for your reply" Please forgive me, I'm 70 years old and probably
shouldn't be fooling around with this stuff but I'm disabled and I really enjoy the newsgroups and shopping on line. Somehow I'll figure out what to do with this one. The main thing is that I have all my documents on a flash drive. Thank heavens!! Thanks again, Carmen DL" address@in. valid wrote in message ... I cannot see that an uninstall / reinstall of OL will do anything to your installation Office 2003 installs by default to \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11 There are a number of 1033 folders within the structure, all your other folders appear valid. Office would install this structure, I believe, even if you only installed some of the components It seems a little odd if you have two same 'user name' directories under Docs & settings, but thats more a win installation thing, I would say. IMO there was something not quite right with the reinstallation of win, and perhaps your subsequent installation of Office Id suggest that you copied all your data to external media "Carmen O'Donnell" wrote in message news:P0Fbi.6569$xg4.6270@trnddc08... I need to uninstall Microsoft Outlook. Somehow it appears that there are folder withing the Outlook directory when I got to "My Computer" that don't look as tho they belong there and then there are some folder that I have never used and don't know what they are for I had only installed the WORD and the OUTLOOK and not the EXCEL. The folders I'm speaking of are MEDIA/ , CAGCT10 1033, ;OFFICE11 /1033: . Then OFFICE11/Autoshap/Bullets/Lines. Then Office11 is listed again with /1033/Addins/Convert/1033/Forms/1033, then HTML,Migration,Startup. Then Templates/1033/fax. That's it. It seems that some folders are listed twice? I really mostly only use the MS Word Program and sometimes the email or contacts . I use Outlook Express for my mail. The reason I say that I think I need to do a clean install is that when Windows does an update or if I click on Start/Programs/Microsoft Office/ I get a message that the path specified for the file C:\Documents and Settings\Carmen KKKKK\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst is not valid? Very strange because I also seem to have 2 Carmen directories I don't know how they got there but HP helped me reformat for different reasons. I could not get into Windows with ""ANY OPTION, Last known, system restore or any of the options I was prompted for. What I would like to do is to just "save my Word documents and uninstall the whole probram, reinstalling my documents and importing my addresses. I am just afraid of the possibility of uninstalling somethig that belongs in Windows or some other important part of my Directory Tree. Sorry to be so long but I'd rather be safe than sorry. I also cannot install any Windows Outlook updates and also again receive an error message regaring an incorrect path. Any help would be truly appreciated. I will probablu cross post this to another Outlook newsgroup, so I apoligize in advance. Carmen |
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If you dont actually use Outlook for mail or its Contacts, but use Outlook
Express and its address book; see here for info on OE http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/ eg how to backup your mail & address book NB Outlook is a completely different application to Outlook Express, which is part of Internet Explorer, the OE address book is not the same as the Outlook Contacts (address book) "Carmen O'Donnell" wrote in message news:d_Gbi.3770$O15.3732@trnddc03... Thanks for your reply" Please forgive me, I'm 70 years old and probably shouldn't be fooling around with this stuff but I'm disabled and I really enjoy the newsgroups and shopping on line. Somehow I'll figure out what to do with this one. The main thing is that I have all my documents on a flash drive. Thank heavens!! Thanks again, Carmen DL" address@in. valid wrote in message ... I cannot see that an uninstall / reinstall of OL will do anything to your installation Office 2003 installs by default to \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11 There are a number of 1033 folders within the structure, all your other folders appear valid. Office would install this structure, I believe, even if you only installed some of the components It seems a little odd if you have two same 'user name' directories under Docs & settings, but thats more a win installation thing, I would say. IMO there was something not quite right with the reinstallation of win, and perhaps your subsequent installation of Office Id suggest that you copied all your data to external media "Carmen O'Donnell" wrote in message news:P0Fbi.6569$xg4.6270@trnddc08... I need to uninstall Microsoft Outlook. Somehow it appears that there are folder withing the Outlook directory when I got to "My Computer" that don't look as tho they belong there and then there are some folder that I have never used and don't know what they are for I had only installed the WORD and the OUTLOOK and not the EXCEL. The folders I'm speaking of are MEDIA/ , CAGCT10 1033, ;OFFICE11 /1033: . Then OFFICE11/Autoshap/Bullets/Lines. Then Office11 is listed again with /1033/Addins/Convert/1033/Forms/1033, then HTML,Migration,Startup. Then Templates/1033/fax. That's it. It seems that some folders are listed twice? I really mostly only use the MS Word Program and sometimes the email or contacts . I use Outlook Express for my mail. The reason I say that I think I need to do a clean install is that when Windows does an update or if I click on Start/Programs/Microsoft Office/ I get a message that the path specified for the file C:\Documents and Settings\Carmen KKKKK\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst is not valid? Very strange because I also seem to have 2 Carmen directories I don't know how they got there but HP helped me reformat for different reasons. I could not get into Windows with ""ANY OPTION, Last known, system restore or any of the options I was prompted for. What I would like to do is to just "save my Word documents and uninstall the whole probram, reinstalling my documents and importing my addresses. I am just afraid of the possibility of uninstalling somethig that belongs in Windows or some other important part of my Directory Tree. Sorry to be so long but I'd rather be safe than sorry. I also cannot install any Windows Outlook updates and also again receive an error message regaring an incorrect path. Any help would be truly appreciated. I will probablu cross post this to another Outlook newsgroup, so I apoligize in advance. Carmen |
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uninstall and reinstall Outlook
Carmen O'Donnell wrote:
I need to uninstall Microsoft Outlook. Somehow it appears that there are folder withing the Outlook directory when I got to "My Computer" that don't look as tho they belong there and then there are some folder that I have never used and don't know what they are for Here's a document that lists files that may be installed with certain versions of Office: http://www.tripwire.com/products/ent...ements/pdf.pdf All of the folders you mention appear normal to me. -- Brian Tillman |
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