Article ID: 217584 - Last Review: November 22, 2000 - Revision: 1.0

OFF97: "Failed To Unregister .SRG File" Error When Uninstalling Office

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SYMPTOMS

When you run the Office 97 setup program to remove Office 97, you may receive the following error:
Failed to unregister .SRG file
NOTE: This message may be repeated more than one time.

CAUSE

This behavior will occur when you do the following:
  1. Install Office 97.
  2. Install Office 2000 without removing Office 97.
  3. You then remove some or all of Office 97 at a later time.

RESOLUTION

Click OK to each of the messages, Setup will continue and finish correctly. Office 2000 will run correctly.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
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