Error starting Microsoft office products

[James]

Hi All,

I am using Windows XP pro (oem) and Office 2007 Enterprise. I have installed
the office suite using the default option on a recent install (January) of
Windows. Windows is patched up-to-date, as is (I have tried this with and
without patching [after uninstalling and reinstalling]) Office. My PC spec
is: 3GB RAM, 600GB HD, 3700 64x AMD processor. Note: XP is installed as 32
bit.

Each time I open one of the main Office applications (Excel, Word or
Powerpoint, etc.) I get a variation of the following error in a msgbox:
Excel: "Not enough memory to run Microsoft Excel. Please close other
applications and try again.
Word: "There is not enough memory or disk space to run word."

There is plenty of both disk space and memory to run each application. I
have 2gb of RAM untouched (excluding virtual memory) and about 300gb of disk
space so this is obviously not the issue. I did come across KB article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305498 which did not help, presuming because
it relates to Office 2000.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Any help would be appreciated.

James

 

[Robert Flanagan]

Try starting your PC in safe mode and seeing if Office apps will run. If
so, then programs running at startup are causing your problem. If not, try
un-installing and re-installing Office. Delete any EXD files first by using
the Temp File Deleter found at http://www.add-ins.com/temp_file_deleter.htm.

Robert Flanagan
http://www.add-ins.com
Productivity add-ins and downloadable books on VB macros for Excel

 

[James]

Hi Robert,

Thank you for your post however this did not resolve the issue.

Thanks.

Try starting your PC in safe mode and seeing if Office apps will run. If
so, then programs running at startup are causing your problem. If not, try
un-installing and re-installing Office. Delete any EXD files first by using
the Temp File Deleter found at http://www.add-ins.com/temp_file_deleter.htm.

Robert Flanagan
http://www.add-ins.com
Productivity add-ins and downloadable books on VB macros for Excel

Hi All,

I am using Windows XP pro (oem) and Office 2007 Enterprise. I have
installed
the office suite using the default option on a recent install (January) of
Windows. Windows is patched up-to-date, as is (I have tried this with and
without patching [after uninstalling and reinstalling]) Office. My PC spec
is: 3GB RAM, 600GB HD, 3700 64x AMD processor. Note: XP is installed as 32
bit.

Each time I open one of the main Office applications (Excel, Word or
Powerpoint, etc.) I get a variation of the following error in a msgbox:
Excel: "Not enough memory to run Microsoft Excel. Please close other
applications and try again.
Word: "There is not enough memory or disk space to run word."

There is plenty of both disk space and memory to run each application. I
have 2gb of RAM untouched (excluding virtual memory) and about 300gb of
disk
space so this is obviously not the issue. I did come across KB article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305498 which did not help, presuming
because
it relates to Office 2000.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Any help would be appreciated.

James

 

[James]

To "fix" this problem I logged in under a different account name and
everything worked fine. Some profile issue, what - who knows!