MS Works 2000 - error messages

[scotbruce]

1 when trying to open Works files:

" Works cannot access one or more files needed to run the word processor. Files may have been renamed deleted or removed. Try reinstalling works and try again. "

2 Tried to uninstall Works 2000, but:

"Setup is unable to register tasks"

Have tried manually deleting Works and related registry entries, but Works still thinks it exists and will only re-install. This leads back to error message # 1!

Have tried MS Knowledge Base without success.

[fishybawb]

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=270592

[RayH]

If that gets complicated. Just download Open Office 1.1 (www.openoffice.org) It's free and MS Office compatible!

[scotbruce]

I've managed to delete every trace of MS Works and convert all my old files, so I don't think I'm going to need to re-install Works now in any case.
Just one of those annoying vicious circles when it happened, tho!
Thanks, guys.