Icedrake Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I've got Microsoft Works 8 installed, and I don't use it because I'm using Office. I was wondering if it was ok to uninstall Microsoft Works, and if it will affect my computer in a bad way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted July 5, 2009 Moderators Share Posted July 5, 2009 I uninstall MS works on computers pretty frequently without any problems. I always put openoffice on there instead as works is about useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Yeah, uninstall it. Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 Okay, I uninstalled it, and there's still a folder left in Program Files called Microsoft Works in which most of it's stuff has been deleted by the uninstaller of Works. There are only a few files left, so I tried to delete the folder, and it gives me a dialog box saying: "Moving, renaming or deleting "Microsoft Works" could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?" Should I still delete the folder? Or should I just leave it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 You use Microsoft Office right? So.. Microsoft Works is of no use Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 Yeah I know, but I'm not sure if I should delete that folder or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Refresh thing Happenend with me a couple of times. Well, I had Microsoft Works installed with my new Laptop. I installed Office 2010 and uninstalled Works. No problem so far Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithuk Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Okay, I uninstalled it, and there's still a folder left in Program Files called Microsoft Works in which most of it's stuff has been deleted by the uninstaller of Works. There are only a few files left, so I tried to delete the folder, and it gives me a dialog box saying: "Moving, renaming or deleting "Microsoft Works" could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?" Should I still delete the folder? Or should I just leave it? Well if you Run: regedit and do a search for any file that has been left the Works folder. Or search for the actual folder Program Files\Microsoft Works or what ever its called. This will normally mean there has been a dll file left behind thats been registered. You say you don't use Works so you can deleted any reference to that folder or files in it. Keith Windows XP 2002 SP3 IE 7.0 Martin2k Rorshach112 is the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 Ok, thanks for all the help guys. MW is uninstalled and gone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithuk Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Ok, thanks for all the help guys. MW is uninstalled and gone! So what have you done just deleted the folder or checked in the registry? Keith Windows XP 2002 SP3 IE 7.0 Martin2k Rorshach112 is the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Keith Windows ME IE6 SP1 Keith, you run Windows ME too? I have it partitioned. (Sorry this is all bold. Quoting your sig made it this way for some reason.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 So what have you done just deleted the folder or checked in the registry? After I uninstalled MW with it's uninstaller, I did both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithuk Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Keith, you run Windows ME too? I have it partitioned. (Sorry this is all bold. Quoting your sig made it this way for some reason.) You can easily edit the Bold Corona. Yes I'm using WinME at the moment because I had problems trying the to a rebuild with Win98SE last week. It kept on stopping with SUWIN errors with setupx.dll. A web search brings up loads of these errors. I have another brand new Win98SE CD and that would install the first half then restarted and it would come up with an error unable to write to PRN device. I thought the PRN was the printer which isn't installed? The last time I had WinME installed it was crap and it still is. Keith Windows XP 2002 SP3 IE 7.0 Martin2k Rorshach112 is the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted July 7, 2009 Moderators Share Posted July 7, 2009 There are only a few files left, so I tried to delete the folder, and it gives me a dialog box saying: "Moving, renaming or deleting "Microsoft Works" could make some programs not work. That will commonly happen with recently removed software if you haven't restarted Windows immediately after removing it. In most instances that I'm aware of restarting Windows will remove that warning, i.e.; software like Works "may or will" require a system restart to properly uninstall files in use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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