Vista - Script for Uninstall Access 2002

We need t uninstall Access 2002 from our Office XP Suite on our
workstations. Since it wasn't installed via group policy we can't use that
software installation method. However is there a way to run a scropt on
startup that would uninstall the Access component from our workstations?

Andy1974 wrote:hi Andy1974,

As far as uninstalling on startup, you could either place
a copy of your script in the startup folder, or store it
elsewhere and add a key to the registry to run it on
startup. (HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run).

As for unstalling access, I was about to suggest looking for
an "uninstaller" in the usual place:

[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\...

Problem with that (at least on my machine) is that there is
an uninstaller listed for ALL of ms office, no separate
uninstaller for access. I suppose that if you installed it
separately, you might find a separate uninstaller. Otherwise,
you could just look up the location of access and delete it.
(look in program files/office/... ). Uninstalling the main
app is unsatisfactory, because it leaves all the "helper files"
in place. But if you are preparing to install a later version
of access on all your workstations, all those "helper files"
will mostly likely get overwritten anyway.

cheers, jw
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"mr_unreliable" wrote:

Thanks for the insight.

I tested removing access.exe however when the shortcut or any databse is
run, Access automatically reinstalls with a new access.exe. Are there other
files I should be removing?

"mr_unreliable" wrote:

Andy1974 wrote:Andy, this smells like some sort of auto-magic app-backup-
and-restore feature that I'm unfamiliar with.

As a remedial step, you can also delete the shortcut files,
(shortcuts have the "lnk" extension). For example, there
may be a shortcut to access in your workstation's start menu.

As far as automagically calling access when the user clicks
on a database (that would be "*.mdb"?), you could address that
one in the registry. If you look up ".mdb", you should find
something like this:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mdb]
"Content Type"="application/msaccess"
@="Access.Application.9"
"ZAMailSafeExt"="zlh"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mdb\Access.Application.9]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mdb\Access.Application.9\ShellNew]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mdb\ShellNew]
"Command"="msaccess.exe /NEWDB 1"

(with maybe some more subkeys).

If you delete that key and all the subkeys, then if somebody
clicks on the mdb file, then nothing will happen. wsh/vbs
has reg read/write/delete capability.

Again, these suggestions are all of the "brute force" type.
I don't have that automatic app restore feature that you have.
Maybe somebody else will come along and give us some insight
into how to subvert that.

cheers, jw