XSlimmer and MS Office

[lugesm]

Can XSlimmer be used to reduce the size and increase the speed of MS Office . . . or is it just for Apple applications?

Is XSlimmer safe for removing unwanted Apple applications such as Garage Band, etc ?

 

[Jethryn Freyman]

Word checks itself when it launches for tampering. I don't think the other MS Office apps do. XSlimmer's developers have a list of software on their site which are damaged when slimmed.

 

[nadyne]

You should not use XSlimmer (or any other similar application, such as Monolingual) with Office 2008. Those applications take out files that are necessary to running Office 2008.

If you want to reduce the size of your Office installation, you should uninstall it, and reinstall it with a custom installation. During the custom install, you can choose to not install the things you don't use. For example, I never install the various language proofing tools. You can also choose not to install all of the applications that are included with Office 2008.

Regards,
Nadyne.

 

[lugesm]

Thanks for the comments.

Probably saved me a lot of grief.

 

[SHADO]

Also XSlimmer cannot be used to uninstall applications. Use AppCleaner for that.

 

[rhett7660]

Also XSlimmer cannot be used to uninstall applications. Use AppCleaner for that.

Thanks for the appcleaner link!

 

[dirt farmer]

Xslimmer is great. It has a built in blacklist of applications, that gets updated all the time. If the application is blacklisted, the application will be totally left alone.

I don't have MS Office, but if you drop it onto Xslimmer, you'll most likely be told it's blacklisted.

 

[michael.lauden]

Thanks for the appcleaner link!

appcleaner ftw