How to Uninstall Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview

office2010_logo Microsoft Office 2010’s public beta just leaked on peer-to-peer file sharing. Prior to installing the latest beta, you must uninstall the previous version of Office 2010. If you try uninstalling it, you’ll be greeted with this error message:

“This product installation has been corrupted.  Please reinstall from original CD or source.”

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According to Vikas Narula from Technet, the problem is cause by a missing file from the installation folder of Office 2010:

“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 as a Setup Controller directory and uses the directory to check the installed components. Please check he 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”

To fix this issue, right click and save setup.xml to your computer and copy it to this folder:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE14\Office Setup Controller\Groove.en-us\

Now try uninstalling Office 2010 Technical Preview.

This post was published by on November 16, 2009

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  • Faisal

    Thanx a lot, it was really right action.

  • http://www.facebook.com/matthias.hanzel Matthias Hanzel

    what if you don't have that folder at all? I cannot find it

  • popins

    Thanks dude. perfect solution

  • Chris

    Thanks so much!

  • Santosh

    thanks dear,

  • Prateek

    thanks mate……

  • Prateek

    thanks mate……

  • Rob

    thanks it worked perfectly

  • Rob

    thanks it worked perfectly

  • ucef

    Thanks alot….I really help…thanks much

  • Vinay

    i did this and it coming up with this message. “Setup could not find any available products to install. Please contact your system administrator.”
    Can someone help me please
    thx.

  • Lich King

    Awesome. thx a lot

  • nicks

    thanks so much!

  • revid

    Thanks, you saved me big time because i could not find setup.xml anywhere.

  • Anonymous

    ek dam chakas

  • Anonymous

    ek dam chakas

  • himanshu

    thanx buddy…….
    u stopped me frm fromatting my drive…………..
    thanx a lot

  • himanshu

    thanx buddy…….
    u stopped me frm fromatting my drive…………..
    thanx a lot

  • Anonymous

    did not work for me :(

  • Anonymous

    did not work for me :(

  • BryanSchiller

    My suggestion is not to install Microsoft Office 2010 at all. What can it help you with? Let's be practical and ask ourselves and what improvements does it bring and if it worth while investing money in such an application

  • Anonymous

    Thanks It Was A Great Help

  • Anonymous

    dude microsoft is going under a major loss so they r just trying to cover up by coming up of different versions of office…..
    it doesnt make much of a idff actually because its the same thing with some additional features….but i srsly feel they shud come up to apple standarsds….they r atleast theyr straightforward…..ok fine the jesus tablet is an exception but then…..cummon man u cant possibly put in comparison the number of flops made by apple and tht of microsoft!!!!

  • Microsoft Sucks

    Fuck………..i didn’t saw this article before i messed up my windows 7 by manually installing that Microsoft shit………..time to get a Mac i think.

  • kknd

    Very perfect solution! Thx!

  • Juris

    Thanks. Nice and easy

  • Jai

    I also dont see that folder, any advice

  • joe

    thanks bud!

  • David

    hell yea thanx bro!!!

    100/100 (rating)

  • David

    hell yea thanx bro!!!

    100/100 (rating)

  • Pc Pro

    Awesome! You are the best!

  • casdel76

    Im sorry but I couldnt find that file.
    Where could I sneak for it?

  • azhar

    THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this fix!

  • Raymond

    Its working dude and its not right procedure

  • Mike

    I did this and it still didnt work. Getting the same error message. Any other solutions?

  • siju

    thanks great job yaar

  • bhavindave

    copy setup.xml file from your setup's Groove Direcctory and paste it to mentioned C Drive folder above.
    It will work

  • Zerty

    think you so much ;-)

  • Faixan

    i  earlier thought of not installing MS Office 2010 but later i found a
    solution that allowed me to install the program
    smoothly.http://backspacetab.com/2011/05/17/ms-office-2010-installation-problem-2/

  • ai

    it worked!!!! Thank you so much!!!!

  • http://tech-buzz.net Thilak Rao

    Awesome! Keep coming back for more!