Guest Bob Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 If I do a restore point then upgrade office 2002 to office 2007 can I go back to restore point and office 2007 will be un-installed??? Thanks Bob
Guest TaurArian [MS-MVP] Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: System restore Question Does System Restore uninstall my program if I restore to a point before the program was installed? Answer: No, System Restore does not completely uninstall any program by itself if restoring to a point prior to the program installation. Since system restore is based on an inclusionary model, any file added or modified by the installation which System Restore does not monitor or files added to or modified in a non monitored drive will not be tracked by System Restore. Thus System Restore cannot delete or undo any modifications made to these files. To remove all the changes an installation may have made on the system, the user should first use the Add/Remove option in the control panel to remove the application prior to using System Restore. System Restore however will undo all recorded changes made to the registry & monitored files caused by the application install including: • Delete monitored files the program installation may have added to the system • Undo modifications to monitored files made by the installation • Replace the current registry with the registry snapshot taken when the restore point chosen was created. (*note: some current values will persist) • Any file type not monitored by System Restore added or modified on the system will not be restored or removed. E.g. .jpg, .txt files. From: System Restore FAQ: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/faqsrwxp.mspx -- ==================================== TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia ==================================== How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Defending your machine: http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/ http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Bob" <bob@the.races> wrote in message news:f8s4rj$a5g$1@lust.ihug.co.nz... | | | If I do a restore point then upgrade office 2002 to office 2007 can I go | back to restore point and office 2007 will be un-installed??? | Thanks Bob | |
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: System restore Question On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 20:35:21 +1200, "Bob" <bob@the.races> wrote: > > > If I do a restore point then upgrade office 2002 to office 2007 can I go > back to restore point and office 2007 will be un-installed??? No. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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