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


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  1. Anonymous
    2011-05-24T13:47:58+00:00

    Hello

           I was reading the forums and I was wondering are you still having the problem with office 2007 as I had this problem and I found a fix, if you need it contact me.

    I'm having the exact same problem, please let me know what you found.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-02-25T09:16:25+00:00

    I'm not sure subacl.exe exists anymore. If you Google it, it takes you to subinacl.exe. This is not an easy tool to use, nor is it guaranteed to work. I have tried resetting the registry permissions using similar techniques and the areas of the registry blocked after failed Office installations resist any changes at all.

    Using an install repair (which was also extremely useful for fixing Win XP) is pretty straightforward and a cure for most problems, including repeated reconfiguring of Windows Live Mail. Just be aware that as a precaution some software such as AV software and microsoft .net software do not always survive the repair.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-02-20T22:29:14+00:00

    Ok here is what you all need to do. Google "Subacl.exe" You need to get the msi and the bat file and download them both to your machine and run the bat file as an admin. This will reset all your registry permissions to the way they were out of the box. I had this same problem and this did the trick.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-02-08T13:34:09+00:00

    I have been slowly moving away from Microsoft Software as it is increasing becoming a fact that when their software doesn't work (which is becoming the norm of late) your on your own, or you have to pay them for the support to put it right. As I said earlier they will go under if they keep this up, if you look at history even the biggest go under when their own high and might attitude exceeds the worth of their products. Espcially when the free software that is begining to come on the internet is so good

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