Uninstall Office 2010 Technical Preview (Mondo)
Apparently I’m not the only one who checked out Office 2k10 Technical Preview (Mondo) and was then unable to uninstall it. When trying to remove with Add/Remove Programs, I would just get an error that it was corrupt, and I had to re-install from the CD or file. Re-installation did nothing to fix the problem, but a bit of searching turned up this little gem in a help forum:
To uninstall Office 2010 14.0.4302.1000 if you have an uninstall error message “This product installation has been corrupted”.
The Problem is a missing file in the installation folder of office 2010. Office 2010 has an Setup Controller directory and uses the directory to check the installed components. please check the directory “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE14\Office Setup Controller\Groove.en-us\”. if you have no “Setup.xml” file there please copy the file from the “Groove.en-us” directory of the source files to this directory and test the uninstallation again.
Many thanks to Vikas Narula at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/ for the amazing fix.
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Excellent worked a treat thanks very much!!
Excellent tip. I wonder why Microsoft did not take care of this issue.
holy crap that’s awesome! THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this fix!
please tell how to uninstall… i lost the setup files… now im trying to uninstall… its saying please use ur cd or dvd to uninstall… i deleted the folder but its not removed… once i select the office in programs its starting automatically running setup and opening… i don wan dis 2010… i want to uninstall… please help me..
@vin
Oh my goodness dude he just posted the fix. Follow the directions and it works.
Wonder full……. & Thank You….
Let me try then i will say you..
Great job. Thank you
Thank you so much for that!
I cannot try this because i deleted all folders and entries bus it still appears as if it’s installed i don’t know what to do can any ine help?
EXCELLENT JOB! WORKS WONDERFULLY!!!!
If you still need help email me i got any files you need or whole disc @Sergio
i founf where it says office14 but cant find the other paths/options
found it but now cant find groove en us file dont even think have groove came with version i have not listed in programs
could you please send me the file “setup.xml”. my email is negativezero@hotmail.co.uk @ dan
much obliged
send me the setup.xml @ negativezero@hotmail.co.uk @Dan
Initially I downloaded MS off 2010 beta from windows MS site; but i stopped its installation in the middle… Now am not sure whether the system has it installed or not… but when i try to uninstall ofice 2010 with ADD or Remove programs – I get an error msg as “THE LANGUAGE OF THIS INSTALLATION PACKAGE IS NOT SUPPORTED BY YOUR SYSTEM”… Pls pls pls help me out fix this issue…
Setup.xml exits at the specified location. Uninstaller shows the first screen and then “Corrupt Installation” message.
i even tried to run the original setup, same error message
thank you very mush
direct answer
no turning
thanks
@xero
can u pls send me the setup.xml file for microsoft office 2010 mondo uninstallation.
thanks!!
@Adi
can u pls send me the setup.xml file for microsoft office 2010 mondo uninstallation.
thanks!!
Please e-mail me the file m_12monkeys@yahoo.com
Thanks
Download setup.xml file here: http://tech-buzz.net/wp-content/uploads/Office2010/setup.xml
Wonder full.
Good work. many thanks.
Thanks bro…it really helps me….
thanks very much for your perfect solution
@Vimal
vimal did you get the information about how to fix youre problem because i have the same problem here:S
Wonderful tip!! Thanks so much.
Thanks chief;) It was uninstalled successfully!
This is of great help! Thank you!
This was of great help! Thank you!
@vimal & @shark
I have a fix for the error of Language is not supported!!!
If you copy the content of the installation CD to a folder or just haved unpacked the iso in a folder… do that again, it seems that some installation file is missed or corrupted.
I did that and worked for me, and I installed without problems.
Thanx a million dude !! it really worked . gr8 job
I too Am having an issue installing office 2010. The error message I receives says I must first uninstall the pre-release version. I have un-installed all of the programs associated with office 14, still receive the same message. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
I got the setup file and put it in the correct folder. I tried to un-install the program. I got the same error message. I tried to restart my computer, then un-install it. Still nothing. Can someone please help me to get this off my computer? I installed Microsoft office 2007 but the default is stuck on 2010. no matter what I do 2007 won’t stick to default it just tells me its not the right kind of file to open.
Thanks, it worked
Hey it worked … wow , been messing with this for a while. Thanx a mill
Thanx… dude
I was tired.. trying to remove office14….. now this fix helped me
Thanx buddy….
yahoooooooooooooooooo
It worked to perfection. That great, Knowledge is shared not in one persons head. God bless u.
Hi
Where do i get this file from?
i would like to uninstall this program but it ask me for orginal cd . i have try even from the original cd but it could not how can i uninstall it.
@Dan could you please send me the files: marctavenier@gmail.com
can u pls send me the setup.xml file for microsoft office 2010 mondo uninstallation.
thanks!! to sensujit@gmail.com
I seem to be having the same problems. I have it stuck on my computer. All the websites on here seem to not want to load. Can someone please send me the information that everyone got that worked perfectly for them. I would greatly appreciate it. Please email me @ abarai_uchiha@yahoo.com. Thank you!
Thanks. It worked like a charm
Please could you email me the file to leo_ekn@hotmail.com I have the same problem and cant find the file anywhere and the link doesnt work. Thanks
@skintownace
Its ok guys thanks but i found the original download and just copied and pasted it over.
thanks its very usefull
If you are trying “C:\Program Files(x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE14\Office Setup Controller\Groove.en-us\” Like I did it will not work. You need to try “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE14\Office Setup Controller\Groove.en-us\” Like the guy suggests.
Hi
I had office mondo 2010 & i did the above steps for uninstalling the same.
But when i tried to install Office 2010 Professional plus it throws the below Setup Errors
Setup is unable to proceed due to the following error(s):
Microsoft Office 2010 does not support upgrading from a prerelease version of
Microsoft Office 2010. you must first uninstall any preprelease versions of
Microsoft Office 2010 products and associated technologies.
Correct the issue(s) listed above and re-run setup.
Please help me out.
Thanks!!!
Karthik
I had the same problem but i downloaded “regseeker”(google it).then went in “find in registry’ typed the name of the exact file i wanted deleted and got rid of them..worked for me!! even got rid of the stubborn uninstalled AVG.Hope it works for you ..all the best.
ahhh! finally… tyvm!