Uninstalling TAL for Excel

    Microsoft Excel does not make the uninstallation of add-ins (including TAL) as clean as possible. The problem here is that Excel makes its own records about TAL. Because of this separate recording, normal uninstallation will not remove Excel's own records on TAL, so Excel still thinks TAL is installed even after uninstallation.

    Do not worry; imperfect uninstallation is not harmful in any way. The purpose of this section is so that you know what to do if you get any error messages after uninstalling TAL. Again, none of these error messages are harmful.

To uninstall TAL for Excel version 2.0 onwards:

1. Run the supplied Uninstall program to uninstall TAL. Alternatively, you can uninstall TAL through the Windows Add/Remove Programs which is found in the Windows Control Panel.
   
   
2. Run Excel. Excel may complain that a TAL file was not found. This is okay; just continue.
   
   
3. Go to the menu commands Tools|Add-ins. Find TAL's entry in the list of available add-ins, and remove the check mark. If there isn't any check mark beside TAL's entry, check it. Either way, Excel will complain that a TAL file was not found, and then Excel will remove TAL's entry from the list.
   
   
4. Uninstallation of TAL is now complete, and Excel is pacified. Don't blame me; complain to Microsoft Corp.!

To uninstall TAL for Excel version 1.0, 1.0b:

    These older versions do not have an uninstall facility because TAL was much simpler then. All of TAL files can be manually deleted. You can use go to DOS and issue the "del" command, or use the Windows File Explorer to delete all of TAL files.