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When you buy a brand new computer or laptop from any popular manufacturer, it is always filled with pre-installed software. Also you will find trial version of Office 2010 which is valid for only 60 days.There are complains from users that they are not able to remove Office 2010 from Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. The reason why Office 2010 cannot be removed is due to missing Setup.xml file.There are two methods to fix this problem. The first method is guaranteed to work, but if for any reason you are not able to remove Office 2010, follow the 2nd method(for advanced users only).Method 1 – The Manual solutionSince the Setup.xml file is missing. All you have to do is to copy the setup.xml file from the groove folder from the source and paste it in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE14\Office Setup Controller\Groove.en-us\Once done, run the uninstaller again and everything will be smooth again. For the sake of convenience I have provided both x86(32-bit) and x64(64-bit) setup.xml files in one simple zip archive. Just grab it and put it in the Groove folder as mentioned above. RECOMMENDED FOR YOU
Method 2 – The Advanced solutionWarning: Before following this method, create a system restore point just to be on the safe side. We are not responsible if any problem occurs.This method requires you to download and run the Remove Office 2007 app. The name says Office 2007 but I have tested it to work with Office 2010 as well. Just load it up and hit GO to begin.Make sure all windows and applications are closed before running the app.After the uninstallation is complete, it will automatically restart the computer. Once your computer starts again it will again look for traces of Office 2010 installation and remove them if any trace is found. When all is done, it will show you the success dialogPlease note that this app is quite powerful and will remove Office 2010 forcefully. It does however not remove certain parts of Office 2010, which you can remove manually.There are still some traces left behind. As you can see from the screenshot below Office 2010 is still present in Add/Remove Programs window. As long it is present here, you cannot reinstall Office 2010.So what will you do now? How will you remove the traces that are left behind. The answer is to use Windows Installer Cleanup Utility. Select Office 2010 from the list and hit Remove.Once done, Run CCleaner and fix all registry problems. Doing this will remove all Office 2010 registry entries. After you are done with all uninstall procedure, you won’t be able to re-install Office 2010 unless you do not remove each and every file and registry key as mentioned by Microsoft themselves. The method is for Office 2007(Office12), but works with Office 2010(Office14) as well, just make sure where they ask to locate Office12, look for Office14 instead. Now your uninstallation is complete.ConclusionI would highly recommend following the first method, but if it all else fails, then you can follow the 2nd method(only if you are an advanced user).
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Related ReadingCreate a simple installer from Visual StudioThe following article uses options that are available starting
edition and project
type.This tutorial will guide you step by step on how to create
installers for your Visual Studio 2015 solutions. In this tutorial we
presume to already have a Visual Studio solution for which we want to
create an install package. Later on, we will edit the information from
the installer project and add another Visual Studio project to the
solution.1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1. Open Visual Studio solutionIf Visual Studio 2015 is not currently running, start it and
open the solution for which you want to create the install
package.2. Add an Advanced Installer Project to the solutionOnce the Visual Studio solution is loaded we are going to add
an Advanced Installer Project by following these steps: From the “New Project” dialog of Visual Studio
select Advanced Installer ProjectIn the “Solution” field select Add
to solution optionIn the “Name” field you can write a name for
your projectPress [ OK ] to add the project to the
solutionBy default, when adding an Advanced Installer Project the build output of
the solution will not be automatically added to the installer project.
To do this you must use the "Add Project Output" button from
the "Files and Folders" section.After pressing "Add Project Output" button and selecting
application project references to be included in the installer
project, the Advanced Installer Extension for Visual Studio adds in the installer
project all application references except the Microsoft .NET
assemblies.3. Create the first install packageIn this step we are going to create an installation package
without modifying any of the installer settings.From the “Build” menu of Visual Studio
select the “Build Solution” option. Visual Studio
will build all the projects from the solution, will include the output
in the Advanced Installer Project and will build the installation package. After the
build is completed successfully you will obtain two files:
Hello_World.exe which is the output from the
C++ project and AIInstallProject.msi which is
the installation package.4. Edit the installer projectUsing the viewer that comes with any Advanced Installer Project you can
edit basic information about your installer like: Product
Details, Launch Conditions or Install
Parameters.Let's suppose we have an Enterprise edition
of Advanced Installer. By default, the installer project will be created based on a
Freeware license. Since we want to use features
from the Enterprise edition, like selecting a
for the installation dialogs, we
will need to upgrade our project type:Press the [ Edit in Advanced Installer ] button to open your
installer project in Advanced InstallerFrom the “Project” menu select
“Options...”Navigate to the
and select
EnterprisePress the [ OK ] buttonNow, that we have an Enterprise project we
have full access to all the available Enterprise features.In order to change the dialog theme go to From the right view select the desired theme and variation for
your installer dialogsSave the project and exit Advanced InstallerVisual Studio will ask you if you want to reload the
installer project since it was modified. Press the
[ Yes ] button. 5. Add another Visual Studio Project to the solutionIf an Advanced Installer Project is added to a solution it will
automatically import the build output and all useful information
related to the projects from the solution. If later, the existing
projects are modified or another project is added to the solution the
import operation must be redone.From the “New Project” dialog of Visual Studio
select Visual C# project typeIn the “Solution” field select Add
to solution optionPress the [ OK ] button. The new project will be
added to the solutionRebuild the solutionEven if three files will be generated the install package
will contain only the original project from the solution.
The other project build output will not be included. An easy way to
see this is from the “Files and folders”
page.6. Create the final install packageTo include the second project in the installer
package:Select the Installer_Project.aip file
from the "Solution Explorer"Check that both projects output builds are included in the
installer package from the “Files and Folders”
pageRebuild the solutionTest the new installation package The newly created installer will contain all the projects
from the solution.7. Project DependenciesSometimes, if projects are added to the solution
after the Advanced Installer Project, the build
dependencies are not correctly set. Because of this the
Visual Studio solution will not be properly built. The Advanced Installer Project
must be built last, after the other projects from the
solution were built in order to successfully create the installation
package.In order to fix this issue and set the build dependencies so
that the Advanced Installer Project is built last, the following steps must be
taken: Select the Installer Project using the
"Solution Explorer"From the context menu select the Project
Dependencies optionIn the "Depends on" section select both
projectsOptionally from the context menu select the Project
Build Order option. In the "Build Order" list be sure
the Advanced Installer Project is the last one.8. Automatically import .VDPROJ filesIf you have solutions that contain older Visual Studio
Deployment projects (.vdproj) you can automatically convert them to an
Advanced Installer project and have it included in your solution,
replacing the old VDPROJ. Just open the solution in Visual Studio,
with our Advanced Installer VS extension installed, and VS will prompt
you to accept the conversion from VDPROJ to AIPROJ (Advanced Installer
VS project).The new project Advanced Installer project will contain all
the resources from the old VDPROJ. If you want to customize it further
more just use the "Edit in Advanced Installer" button,
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