Some Notes on the Machines

The procedure as currently understood, to reset Microsoft Teams and clear all stored/cached data, is:

1. Stop all Teams processes.
2. Clear these folders:

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe

C:\Users\%username%\%appdata%\Microsoft\Teams

3. Restart Teams.

Use this as the cell format:

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Gets rid of all custom names, and while doing so, gets rid of a lot of external references which may prevent you from deleting Links.

Excellent tool.

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/microsoft-support-and-recovery-assistant-sara-e90bb691-c2a7-4697-a94f-88836856c72f

From the indefatigable Mike Crayton:

https://www.thecloudjournal.net/2016/08/reset-microsoft-office-product-activation-status/

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/How-To-Reset-Office-01cf9c07

This can help a lot when Office will not activate.

There is a way:

https://rakhesh.com/windows/enabling-disabled-office-add-ins-automatically/

When recent versions of Outlook and other Office applications run certain plugins, sometimes the result will come up in a separate window called “AdxTaskPane”. To prevent this:

1. File > Options > General > User Interface options
2. Choose “Optimize for compatibility (application restart required)”
3. Restart the application

Try step #1 here:

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/odsupport/2015/05/01/how-to-reset-an-office-365-install-to-the-initial-activationinstall-state/

Courtesy of the extraordinary Mike Crayton.

It’s called the “Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool”, or OffCAT. Courtesy of the excellent Kaleb Carrol.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36852

Microsoft-provided removal tools for Office. A new page for 2007 through 2016:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Uninstall-Office-from-a-PC-9dd49b83-264a-477a-8fcc-2fdf5dbf61d8?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

Fix-Its now exist for Office 2010, 2007, and 2003:

http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/971179

A utility for manual removal of Office versions at and before XP, is reportedly in the 2003 Office Resource Kit, confirmed available at the link below as of right now, although the installer appears to crash:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/e/d/0eda9ae6-f5c9-44be-98c7-ccc3016a296a/ork.exe