Microsoft Word Starter 2010 can't be opened. Try again or repair the product in control panel

Anonymous
2010-10-13T07:43:14+00:00

When i try to open my Microsoft Word Starter i get an error message saying,"Microsoft Word Starter 2010 cant be opened. Try again or repair the product in control panel" and i cant access any of the word file!!

I haven't tried anything to solve this problem. But i had recently deleted a registry from HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Folder types{ef87b4cb-f2ce-4785-8658-4ca6c63e38c6} in order to solve the search problem in my windows 7. so help!!

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Anonymous
2011-10-01T07:45:42+00:00

You can try what I did; just Click Control Panel < Programs< Programs and Features, then find Microsoft Office Starter - English, and right click it.  Click Change < Click Yes.

And after a few minutes, your Office Starter should be good and ready to go! :)

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2012-06-23T12:57:49+00:00

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Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2012-02-13T20:33:01+00:00

See http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/click-to-run-switch-to-using-an-msi-based-office-edition-HA101850538.aspx

Click-2-Run is the Application Virtualization (App-V) streaming version of Office 2010. It is available for both the Office Home and Student 2010, and Office Home and Business 2010 products. For more information about Click-2-Run, you can check the link below:

http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2009/11/06/click-to-run-delivering-office-in-the-21st-century.aspx

Based on the current situation, we can try to remove the virtual drive and the Click-2-Run program, then install the Click-2-Run version again. If you do not want to install the Click-2-Run version, you can choose to install the traditional version.

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Remove the drive (which can be with any name other then the one you use by default). Check any drive that got created (drive which you normally don�??t find in your system). Remove the drive.

Open the temp folder and delete all the files in the temp folder.

Try to uninstall Click-2-Run from Windows installed application under Control Panel--> Programs and Features.

Restart the computer and click on the link below:-

http://us20.office2010beta.microsoft.com/product.aspx?sku=10199928&culture=en-US <http://us20.office2010beta.microsoft.com/product.aspx?sku=10199928&culture=en-US> to get the Click-2-Run version

orhttp://us20.office2010beta.microsoft.com/product.aspx?sku=10199914&culture=en-US for the traditional install.

Also you can refer to this link for similar issue:http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/office2010/thread/ba63fad4-1a00-45a8-a007-82c853ea56e3

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Mine is saying the same thing tha KaraJones is saying, but when i go to control panel its not in there at all.

http://answers.microsoft.com/message/779eece7-6827-44d2-a2de-b7912c580e69?threadId=79de76bb-f46a-421c-833d-10d0bdd795e8
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  1. Anonymous
    2012-05-03T23:49:52+00:00

    I found this solution on an HP website. Uninstall and reinstall.

    Control panel-programs and features-click on Microsoft Office Starter 2010-English.

    At the top click uninstall. Click all check boxes that show up then finally click YES.

    Now to reinstall: When done click on Start-All Programs-Microsoft Office Starter 2010-

    Use Office Starter 2010.

    This worked for me. The MS directions to repair were useless.

    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=uk&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c02981221#N272

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-05-05T03:56:38+00:00

    I thought this was going to be the answer but no such luck. I uninstalled and reinstalled and finally got the message to use but then I ended up getting the same message that Microsoft Office cannot open and to repair thru control panel. Frustration!!!!!!!!!!!

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