Windows PowerShell

[John Kisha]

I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor in anticipation of upgrading the
Windows Vista. The report told me to remove Windows PowerShell and MS
FrontPage extensions 2002; which I did. (I got a warning that certain
programs might not work properly if I uninstalled PowerShell, but went ahead
and uninstalled anyway.)

Now, when I try to open Outlook 2003, I get this error:
Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. MAPI32.DLL is corrupt or the wrong
version. This could have been caused by installing other messaging software.
Please reinstall Outlook.

And when I try to run any Office Application I get this error:
The installation source for this product is not abailable. Verify that the
source exists and that you can access it.

Which is the same error I receive when I try to reinstall Office 2003 from
the original disk.

I then reinstalled PowerShell, thinking/hoping it would fix the problem, to
no availe.

I thought it might be a good idea for Office to be working properly before
the upgrade to Vista, but I need your advise on this. What should I do at
this point? Uninstall PowerShell again and go ahead with the upgrade to
Vista?

I am planning on upgrading to Office 2007 too.

Your speady reply is most appreciated.

Thanks,

John Kisha

 

[John Barnes]

I would uninstall Office before the upgrade and reinstall after. There is a
MSI cleanup tool available to help with this type of situation, but I would
prefer to avoid it in the first place.

 

[John Kisha]

Well, I upgraded to VISTA and to Office 2007. Thought Office 2003 would have
been upgraded, but all the 2003 versions of Office still remain.

So, I went to uninstall--both from the CD and from Add Remove Programs and
am not getting this error: "The installation source for this product is not
available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it."

Anybody got a clue as to how I can remove Office 2003??

Thanks,

John Kisha

PS The removal of PowerShell wasn't what created my initial problem, it was
removing Expressions Web Designer Beta. When I installed the release
version, the original problem with Outlook cleared up. Though now I can't
connect to exchange server with Outlook 2007, but that's an issue for
another forum.

 

[John Barnes]

This should help you with your problem.

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