Office Keeps Re-Installing When I Try To Open Word, Excel...etc.

Anonymous
2009-03-17T15:39:19+00:00

Everytime  I try to open office 2007, it keeps re-installing the software and takes a good while before it opens. 

This happens for all programs in the suite; excel, word...etc.  I am using Vista, can anyone please help?

Thanks.

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Anonymous
2009-03-18T20:20:05+00:00

Download, install and run the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/290301

Carey Frisch

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-08-21T01:13:40+00:00

    Hi, I am having similar troubles on a relatively new install (a few months) of Win 7 pro and MS Office 2007 standard. I have no prior versions of office.

    Specifically, when I try your regedit I get an error message - perhaps beacuse the string is so long that it wraps and I have been unable to maximize the regedit wiondow ... any suggestions ...?

    Thanks,

    Tony

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-08-03T11:45:31+00:00

    Dear Mithun

    I have the same problem with Office 2007 (Student & Home).  I used the MS clean-up utility for both 2003 and 2007 versions of Office just to be sure. I also tried the repair function, to no avail. My OS is XP Home sp3.

    I tried your suggested fix:

    reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0*word*\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1.

    This worked for Word, but when I tried it with Excel (reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0*Excel*\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1.) The problem persists. Is this an incorrect registry entry?

    Many thanks John.

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-02-12T05:31:02+00:00

    Keeping the history of the computer in mind, I would recommend you to completely remove office 2007 manually and reinstall it.

    Ensure that you have the Installation Disk for Office 2007 and Product Key for the same.

    Please follow the article below to do the same.

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218

    Do not use the Auto uninstall article - 971179.

    Mithun Pai, Microsoft Answers Support Engineer.

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