Solved Unneeded updates listed

[Britton30]

I just got my monthly dose of w7 updates and to my surprise, these were listed:


I don't have Office 2010 installed though yet they want me to have its updates. I did recently install MS Streets and Trips 2011, would that trigger Office updates? That is the only MS software I have other than Windows.

 

[NoelDP]

If you have any of the Office Viewers installed, they also get the updates - (Powerpoint Viewer, Word Viewer, etc)

 

[Britton30]

Thanks Noel, I went through my installed programs and IE addons and I don't see any MS viewers.

 

[NoelDP]

Are you running any database applications (one of the updates is for Access - which can be included as a runtime in custom databases - even very minor ones)?

 

[Britton30]

Unknown about the runtime and data base apps, I don't think I have ever installed any. I did find this entry in C:\Program Files (x86)
Office 14?

 

[derekimo]

It would appear you have some part of Office 2010 installed,

Microsoft Office 2010 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Britton30]

Odd, that's the only place I can locate any Office related files. I haven't installed any Office products yet, it's a new install, well 3-4 weeks old.

 

[derekimo]

That's a headscratcher, you sure get some interesting problems Gary.

 

[karlsnooks]

What's the chance that the laptop came with a "trial" version of Office?

What happens if you:
WIN | type WINWORD | ENTER

do you open up WORD?

 

[Britton30]

That's a headscratcher, you sure get some interesting problems Gary.

Yeah, tell me about it.

What's the chance that the laptop came with a "trial" version of Office?

What happens if you:
WIN | type WINWORD | ENTER

do you open up WORD?

Windows Explorer opened Karl.

I wonder what I would foul up if I just deleted the Office programs folder?
BTW, this is the PC in my specs, not a laptop. Specs updated, sorry for the confusion.

 

[karlsnooks]

Gary,
Can you navigate to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE

I do not recommend removing the office14 folder.

 

[Britton30]

The only folder in the Office 14 folder is "1033" which contains the following. This may be the data base that Derek Noel referred to?

 

[karlsnooks]

I didn't even know that the special purpose stslist existed. That's probably whats triggering your office updates.
Click on the stslist.chm file for info on stslist.

 

[Britton30]

I suspect you're right Karl, have a look at the help file title.


I didn't know I had an Office folder until I started digging earlier today. At this point I have the updates hidden. There is no entry in Programs to uninstall it.

 

[karlsnooks]

I'd unhide and install. Costs only a few megabytes.

 

[Britton30]

Done. It only installed 4 out of 5 updates saying one was unneeded, 25.6MB. Space isn't a concern, just getting updates for something I didn't know I had and don't use. Thanks for the help!