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Comment from Leon on 2009-07-22

2009-07-22T15:50:24Z

You said MSO cache is about 200 MB; mine is 3.5 GB!

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Comment from Richard FDisk on 2009-04-30

2009-05-01T01:49:01Z

MSOCache is annoying @ best especially when it installs / appears on a disk that's not C:\ (which is where it should be, on C:\);
I don't know the method they programmed office to search for available space but it would seem to be that it checks from the CD Drive letter and then goes down one at a time rather than first checking C:\ which is what it should do (bad programming I guess, Oh yeah, it's MS)
the next time I install I'll try removing all the drive letters except the CD / DVD drive and C:\
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you can move the Office 2003 MSOCache from any drive to any drive using any method of file transfer (windows exploder, command window, etc.), just do a registry edit to search for MSOCache and change the drive letter indicated in each entry to the new location doing it from an administrator account = success

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Comment from Marilyn Moroni on 2009-03-04

2009-03-04T14:44:29Z

I lost my Graphics file and when I went looking for it I found it in a MSOcache file.
How could that happen.Ciao, Marilyn

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Comment from p on 2009-01-07

2009-01-07T17:38:39Z

You can just delete MSOCache folder if you have the installation CD around. The LISTool.exe just enables selectively deleting stuff from MSOCache folder.

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Comment from Roy Basan on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T11:05:34Z

How about transferring the MSO Cache from the C to the D drive would it be better than deleting it.
I am planning the transfer the contents of the folder in that drive and is looking for comments from knowledgeable people. Looking forward to your valuable suggestions
Thanks!

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Comment from John Lee on 2008-10-17

2008-10-17T16:16:39Z

Today, out of the blue, one big carpet "magically" move it self from the root directory, to the MSOCache carpet.
Yestarday, Windows made an atomatic update.
Could this be the reason?
Anyone?

I'm afraid I don't know what you mean by 'carpet'.

- Leo
18-Oct-2008

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Comment from Matt on 2008-09-29

2008-09-29T20:02:16Z

Why keep the files if you have them? Windows update may/will fail with Office updates, probably other tools as well, if you delete the files without cleaning up the registry. I'm currently in that situtation. Even changing drive letters can affect if the auto-update finds the installation as being not intact; move your CD/DVD to drive Z:. It tries to open files where it thinks they should be and may conclude that the installation is corrupted and stop. In my case, I removed the default Acer laptop D: partition, single drive with two partitions, after I installed Office. Windows update will no longer auto-update Office. It fails for all updates. No going back in my case. Now I'm trying to find the correct registry entires to remove or blank contents to avoid this check from failing the update.

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Comment from none on 2007-12-28

2007-12-28T18:14:44Z

the uninstall tool does not work for office2007 there is no mso.dll

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Comment from WeyrleaderZor on 2007-09-24

2007-09-24T19:04:13Z

You can use this tool (see direct-to-download URL below) from Microsoft to cut back on what is in the MSOCache directory, or to remove all Local Install files period. Very handy - why it needs to be done with this (or assumably a DOS prompt when Windows wasn't booted (ie: A boot disk or recovery/repair console) I don't know... But this IS the "official" way to "uninstall" the MSOCache files.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/7/b/b7b7d0e1-f125-46ed-9d65-95350e8d3f96/LISTool.exe

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Comment from Mark Plant on 2007-05-21

2007-05-21T11:48:14Z

The reason you should not just delete this file with windoze exploder is that it has registry entries pointing at it that will remain behind after the delete, and will bite you later.

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Comment from painterr on 2006-09-01

2006-09-01T21:58:13Z

I use a little program called unlocker that is a freeware I got off the internet and deleted it with no problem!

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Comment from Avner Falk on 2006-06-17

2006-06-17T22:02:40Z

P.S. After all the above, manually delete your MSOCache folder in your Windows Explorer (despite Microsoft's warning), then rerun your Registry Cleaner, which will find a few dozen new invalid entries in your Windows Registry. Delete those, and your problem is solved (hopefully ...)

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Comment from Avner Falk on 2006-06-17

2006-06-17T21:56:23Z

Here is a partial solution. Uninstall Office 2003. Reinstall it. On the Setup Completed page, check the box next to Delete installation files. Click Finish. Install Office 2003 Service Packs 1 and 2 and all the Office 2003 updates from the Microsoft Update site. Clean your Windowss Registry (with a program like Macecraft's jv16 PowerTools 2006 Registry Cleaner). Run Disk Cleanup. It will find all the files in your MSOCache folder and delete them, but will not remove the folder itself. Must be Microsoft's Revenge ...

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Comment from Tod on 2006-05-13

2006-05-13T17:37:12Z

I can't even get windows diskcleanup to get rid of it as it wont recognise its existance. Bets left alone, dont want to upset it ;)
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Comment from Bill on 2005-12-20

2005-12-21T00:20:25Z

I have used diskcleanup to get rid of MSOCache but it still remains. The dirs are actually on my H: drive. My other problem is all my attempts to update MS Office 2003 fail.

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Comment from Bubba on 2005-11-18

2005-11-18T22:04:22Z

" 'Never delete the MSOCACHE folder by using Microsoft Windows Explorer.' Why, I do not know."

Because you will hurt MicroSoft Office's feelings.

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