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Uninstall Office 2010 Technical Preview (Mondo)

September 23rd, 2009 matt Leave a comment Go to comments

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.

  1. Jeff
    November 10th, 2009 at 18:49 | #1

    Excellent worked a treat thanks very much!!

  2. K. V. Kesava Rao
    November 14th, 2009 at 23:54 | #2

    Excellent tip. I wonder why Microsoft did not take care of this issue.

  3. November 15th, 2009 at 22:03 | #3

    holy crap that’s awesome! THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this fix!

  4. vin
    November 17th, 2009 at 22:57 | #4

    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..

  5. mingo
    November 19th, 2009 at 03:46 | #5

    @vin
    Oh my goodness dude he just posted the fix. Follow the directions and it works.

  6. ABR
    November 19th, 2009 at 15:22 | #6

    Wonder full……. & Thank You….

  7. November 21st, 2009 at 13:32 | #7

    Let me try then i will say you..

  8. Ascel
    November 26th, 2009 at 05:50 | #8

    Great job. Thank you

  9. Felix
    November 30th, 2009 at 02:40 | #9

    Thank you so much for that!

  10. Sergio
    December 22nd, 2009 at 21:29 | #10

    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?

  11. Adi
    January 4th, 2010 at 09:26 | #11

    EXCELLENT JOB! WORKS WONDERFULLY!!!!

  12. Dan
    January 16th, 2010 at 15:21 | #12

    If you still need help email me i got any files you need or whole disc @Sergio

  13. simone
    January 22nd, 2010 at 02:00 | #13

    i founf where it says office14 but cant find the other paths/options

  14. simone
    January 22nd, 2010 at 02:13 | #14

    found it but now cant find groove en us file dont even think have groove came with version i have not listed in programs

  15. xero
    January 27th, 2010 at 20:46 | #15

    could you please send me the file “setup.xml”. my email is negativezero@hotmail.co.uk @ dan
    much obliged

  16. xero
    January 27th, 2010 at 20:47 | #16

    send me the setup.xml @ negativezero@hotmail.co.uk @Dan

  17. Vimal
    January 27th, 2010 at 21:23 | #17

    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…

  18. Bilal
    February 1st, 2010 at 02:50 | #18

    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

  19. ikhameur
    February 1st, 2010 at 19:42 | #19

    thank you very mush
    direct answer
    no turning
    thanks

  20. sam
    February 6th, 2010 at 00:40 | #20

    @xero
    can u pls send me the setup.xml file for microsoft office 2010 mondo uninstallation.
    thanks!!

  21. sam
    February 6th, 2010 at 00:42 | #21

    @Adi
    can u pls send me the setup.xml file for microsoft office 2010 mondo uninstallation.
    thanks!!

  22. Mike
    February 7th, 2010 at 18:32 | #22

    Please e-mail me the file m_12monkeys@yahoo.com

    Thanks

  23. Gustavo Schuster
    February 16th, 2010 at 17:10 | #23
  24. A L I
    February 27th, 2010 at 04:11 | #24

    Wonder full.
    Good work. many thanks.

  25. AOmy
    March 1st, 2010 at 05:54 | #25

    Thanks bro…it really helps me….

  26. March 7th, 2010 at 14:29 | #26

    thanks very much for your perfect solution

  27. shark
    March 9th, 2010 at 19:06 | #27

    @Vimal
    vimal did you get the information about how to fix youre problem because i have the same problem here:S

  28. Orig
    March 26th, 2010 at 11:13 | #28

    Wonderful tip!! Thanks so much.

  29. Simon
    March 28th, 2010 at 10:26 | #29

    Thanks chief;) It was uninstalled successfully!

  30. Maarten
    April 3rd, 2010 at 11:05 | #30

    This is of great help! Thank you!

  31. Maarten
    April 3rd, 2010 at 11:15 | #31

    This was of great help! Thank you!

  32. citro
    April 4th, 2010 at 19:24 | #32

    @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.

  33. Shailendra Singh
    April 9th, 2010 at 15:43 | #33

    Thanx a million dude !! it really worked . gr8 job

  34. Bill
    April 12th, 2010 at 13:13 | #34

    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.

  35. Mike
    April 17th, 2010 at 10:00 | #35

    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.

  36. April 23rd, 2010 at 04:55 | #36

    Thanks, it worked

  37. JB
    April 24th, 2010 at 12:05 | #37

    Hey it worked … wow , been messing with this for a while. Thanx a mill

  38. neo
    May 6th, 2010 at 02:02 | #38

    Thanx… dude
    I was tired.. trying to remove office14….. now this fix helped me
    Thanx buddy….

  39. asim
    May 7th, 2010 at 01:52 | #39

    yahoooooooooooooooooo

  40. May 10th, 2010 at 14:44 | #40

    It worked to perfection. That great, Knowledge is shared not in one persons head. God bless u.

  41. Greg
    May 14th, 2010 at 08:28 | #41

    Hi

    Where do i get this file from?

  42. sudeep
    May 31st, 2010 at 13:50 | #42

    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.

  43. Marc
    June 18th, 2010 at 10:38 | #43

    @Dan could you please send me the files: marctavenier@gmail.com

  44. Sujit Sen
    June 21st, 2010 at 11:45 | #44

    xero :send me the setup.xml @ negativezero@hotmail.co.uk @Dan

    can u pls send me the setup.xml file for microsoft office 2010 mondo uninstallation.
    thanks!! to sensujit@gmail.com

  45. Sierra
    June 22nd, 2010 at 09:18 | #45

    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!

  46. SR
    June 29th, 2010 at 05:21 | #46

    Thanks. It worked like a charm

  47. skintownace
    July 3rd, 2010 at 08:51 | #47

    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

  48. skintownace
    July 3rd, 2010 at 09:01 | #48

    @skintownace
    Its ok guys thanks but i found the original download and just copied and pasted it over.

  49. aswin
    July 21st, 2010 at 12:19 | #49

    thanks its very usefull

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