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Office content added with transforms - Office 2000 user configuration settings retained after uninstall

NOTE: The following only applies to installations of Office 2000 installed using a transform developed with the Custom Installation Wizard. Most of the content you can add to an Office installation with a Custom Installation Wizard (CIW) transform is regarded as permanent. If Office is removed, this content is not uninstalled and it is not reinstalled if Office is reinstalled. This prevents an accidental overwrite of user customized settings and content if Office is reinstalled.

If necessary, a reinstallation of added content is possible. The controlling registry values are contained in the following key. If you want to allow the update of Office applications and related settings, use one of the following procedures.

If Office 2000 has not been uninstalled from the computer, you can find the appropriate <GUID> by using the following procedure.

1. Start Windows Explorer.
2. Navigate to the Installer folder containing the cached transform used during the installation.
   
   For systems with machine installs, the default on NT, and for Win 9x systems where All Profiles is enabled and the Start menu is shared, look in C:\<windir>\Installer\<GUID>. Note the Installer folder is a Hidden folder.
   
   For Win 9x systems without User Profiles, at the time Office was installed, look in C:\<windir>\Application Data\Microsoft\Installer\<GUID>.
   
   For systems with user profiles which are not described above, look in C:\<windir>\<user profile>\Application Data\Microsoft\Installer\<GUID>.
   
   These folders may contain one or more cached .mst files. The appropriate folder will contain the cached .mst file applied during product installation.
3. Use the <GUID> folder name the mst file is stored in on the drive as a reference for searching/identifying the appropriate registry entry. If Office 2000 has been uninstalled from the computer, you can find the appropriate <GUID> by using the following procedure.
   
   
   1. Find the Administrative Installation Point where Office was installed from.
   2. Find the .mst file used to install the original instance of Office 2000.
   3. Right-click the .mst file and click Properties.
   4. In the Properties dialog, click the Summary tab and look in the Subject field. Check to see if the .mst file is for the version of Office originally installed on the computer (premium, professional, standard, etc).
   5. If the .mst file is the correct one, click the Statistics tab. In the Revision Number field is the GUID for Office. The GUID is the first numeric string in curly braces in the Revision Number field. You can copy the string and paste it into a text file if you need to.

When you have the correct GUID, you can search the registry for the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OfficeCustomizeWizard\1.0\RegKeyPaths\<GUID>] key. The key will contain one or more of the following Value Names.

OCWAddedContentWritten - controls Registry Keys, Shortcuts, added files, and added Installations or Programs in the transform. The presence of this key instructs the Windows Installer to not overwrite configuration settings (excepting the OPS content which is controlled by the OCWUserDataWritten key entry).

OCWUserDataWritten - controls any content added from an OPS (Office Profile Settings) file. The presence of this key instructs the Windows Installer to not overwrite Profile Settings. If removed, a reinstall of any OPS file settings occurs.

OCWOutlookSettingsWritten - controls Outlook settings.

You can force a reinstall of Installations or Programs, plus missing files or Registry entries that were added by the .mst file. Delete the appropriate Value Name prior to the reinstall.

NOTE: Remaining added content Registry entries may be overwritten by the reinstall as well.

If you cannot determine which specific values to remove using the previous steps, you can attempt the following global procedure. If you know you want to reinstall an instance of a Windows Installer application and allow update of content added with a transform (related to this application), you can remove the following key in its entirety. However, the effect of removing this key is that any application installed with a transform will now reinstall any added content. This occurs because the controlling registry values for all installer applications have been removed.