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MS Office Forum / Excel / New Users / May 2008Deleting files before Repairing or Re-installing Office or if corrupt
Greetings. I'm building a small free EXE that will do the following: delete all EXD files delete all files in docs and settings Temp folders and subfolders (for XP) delete alll files in user Temp folders and subfolders (for Vista) delete all files in the Windows Temp folder and subfolders delete all XLB files Each step is optional. The purpose is to clean the PC before doing a repair or re-install or to just remove the XLB file if it becomes corrupt My question: are there any other files that should be deleted prior to repairing or re-intalling office? Or become corrupt and sometimes need deleting. Bob Flanagan I don't have a file type for you to delete, but you may want to give the option to copy the *.xlb to a different location (and rename it to include the time/date). It might be painful if someone chose that option and clicked too fast--not that I've done anything like that! > Greetings. I'm building a small free EXE that will do the following: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Bob Flanagan  SignatureDave Peterson Good idea! I'll change it from a delete option on the XLB to a rename option. Bob >I don't have a file type for you to delete, but you may want to give the >option [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> >> Bob Flanagan If you're going to make this office wide, you may want to post (crosspost??) an equivalent message in some MSWord, PPT, Outlook, ... newsgroups, too. I think I've read some responses in MSWord newsgroups that describe problems when Normal.Dot gets corrupted. Deleting that file can make MSWord work ok, again. Since this file can contain macros, I would think moving/renaming would be an option here, too. > Good idea! I'll change it from a delete option on the XLB to a rename > option. [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > > > Dave Peterson SignatureDave Peterson Bob, Have you considered how you are going to handle all of the add-ins checkmarked in Tools|Add-ins when you delete or rename the .xlb file. Many add-ins create custom menu items which won't be there with a virgin .xlb file, but the .xla files will still be loaded. SignatureJim Cone Portland, Oregon USA http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware (Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming) "Bob Flanagan" wrote in message Greetings. I'm building a small free EXE that will do the following: delete all EXD files delete all files in docs and settings Temp folders and subfolders (for XP) delete alll files in user Temp folders and subfolders (for Vista) delete all files in the Windows Temp folder and subfolders delete all XLB files Each step is optional. The purpose is to clean the PC before doing a repair or re-install or to just remove the XLB file if it becomes corrupt My question: are there any other files that should be deleted prior to repairing or re-intalling office? Or become corrupt and sometimes need deleting. Bob Flanagan I'm planning to put a warnning that deleting the XLB file will remove all such customization and that it should only be deleted or renamed if new toolbars are not showing up and customization is not "sticking". Or if Excel will not open or the toolbars have disappeared and won't come back. Bob > Bob, > Have you considered how you are going to handle all of the add-ins > checkmarked in Tools|Add-ins when you delete or rename the .xlb file. > Many add-ins create custom menu items which won't be there with > a virgin .xlb file, but the .xla files will still be loaded. |
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