MS Office 2010 Beta – Refusal To Install After Using MS Office 2010 Technical Preview

thanks very much for the info, i had exactly the same error and when reading through the posts on other websites, they talked about deleting files manually, adjusting the register, etc.
And then i saw your post, so i uninstalled the Outlook Connector and hey presto, it worked.
thanks for the help – much appreciated.
m.
PS Microsoft really should have something about this on their website.

Hello martino,
Agree. MS should have posted this simple solution.

I did Tweet to the Office Team about this simple fix. Hopefully they will publish this fix.

Thank you VERY much – I had the excat same problem!

Hey, what if I don’t even use Outlook and don’t have Outlook connector installed? It still shows the same error on mine. Should I now first install Connector and uninstall it to get it to work?

HI, I also having exactly the same error. But i dont know how to uninstall outlook connector? it is not available even in add/remove program.

please help

regards

Thanks very much for sharing this information. You saved me a lot of frustration.

Thanks for the tip – I get the same error…cept I don’t have Outlook Connector installed

Jason,
Curious – what version of Windows are you using?

I also have the same error when trying to install Office 2010 Beta after uninstalling the technical preview. Hoever, I cannot find the Outlook Connector anywhere. Any other ideas?

Thanks,
Michael

Hello everybody,

On the Microsoft TechNet forum

Remove

Outlook Connector
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If none of these work, use Windows Installer Cleanup Utility:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

I haven’t used this tool so be careful. I would backup my stuff first.

“When you are working on your computer and installing a new program, the installation suddenly fails. Now you are left with a partly installed program. You try to install the program again, but you are unsuccessful. Or, maybe you have problems trying to remove an old program because the installation files are corrupted.

Do not worry. Windows Installer CleanUp Utility might be able to help. You can use the utility to remove installation information for programs that were installed by using Windows Installer. Be aware that Windows Installer CleanUp Utility will not remove the actual program from your computer. However, it will remove the installation files so that you can start the installation, upgrade, or uninstall over. “

Hello again,
This is another recommendation to try.
During the install choose Custom and only install Excel.
Go back later and install Office itself.

Some claim this worked for them.

good tip!! thanks
you help me a lot

Thanks, it took me the whole day to figure it out!

You are most welcome.

thank you very much ,Ron!

Hi Jane,
My pleasure

thanks alot

download the windows cleanup utility . It does not matter if the title says its for older versions. Select appropriate MS office and other apps to be removed from the system

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301/