Microsoft Office Word has not been installed for the current user.

[CR Geissler]

Hi,

I am working as sole user (administrator) on Office 2003 Profesional
(EN)
under XP Professional. When trying to open Word I used to get the
following warning (4
times):

"The function you are attempting to run contains macros or content
that
requires macro language support. When this software was installed, you
(or
your administrator) chose not to install support for macros or
controls."

In order to solve this issue, I ran the Repair Wizard from the
Office2003
Setup CD. Since, I am stuck with following error:

"Microsoft [Program_name] has not been installed for the current user.
Please
run setup to install the application"

I've found KB898512 which states that permissions should be changed in
Opa11.dat in order to solve the issue, but it did not work for me.
Reinstalling didn't work neither.

The only temp solution I've found is by creating another user account
under
XP (Office works fine there), opening every office app under that
login, then exporting the registry key values (described
http://www.anypcinfo.com/MS_Office_Not_Installed_Fix.shtml), finally
importing the registry values in the original user account.

This works, but usually after about a week I have to do it all over
again.

I have uninstalled Office many times -- under various user accounts.
Office works without any problems in any other user account I create,
just not the one that I want to use.

Does somebody have an idea for how I can get permanentely get rid of
the "Microsoft office has
not been installed for the current user" problem?

 

[Peter Foldes]

CR Geissler

You may want to post this to the *word* newsgroup

microsoft.public.word.application.errors

 

[CR Geissler]

Hi Peter,

The problem isn't just with Word, it is with every Office product --
which is why I wrote the error message as ...

"Microsoft [Program_name] has not been installed for the current
user." This problem effects Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Access.

Thanks for the suggestion, though. I will try that group.

 

[Abdul Muneem Khan]

Hey,

Follow this procedure.. helped me for office 2k3 !

You receive a "Microsoft <Program_name> has not been installed for the
current user" error message when you try to start an Office 2003 program or
an Office XP program for the first time

you receive the following error message:
Microsoft Program_name has not been installed for the current user. Please
run setup to install the application.



RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem, follow these steps: Log on to the
computer by using an...To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
Log on to the computer by using an Administrator user account.
Start Microsoft Windows Explorer.
On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
Click the View tab.
Under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders.
Click to clear the Hide extensions for known file types check box, and then
click OK.
Open the following folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Data\
If you are running Office 2003, right-click Opa11.dat, and then click
Properties. If you are running Office XP, right-click Data.dat, and then
click Properties.
Click the Security tab.
Click Advanced.
Click the Permissions tab.
Click to select Everyone in the Permission entries list, and then click Edit.
Click to select the Full Control check box.
Click OK three times.
If these steps do not resolve this issue, delete the Opa11.dat file or the
Data.dat file from the following folder, and then restart an Office 2003
program or an Office XP program
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Data


Gud Luck !
Abdul Muneem Khan

Hi Peter,

The problem isn't just with Word, it is with every Office product --
which is why I wrote the error message as ...

"Microsoft [Program_name] has not been installed for the current
user." This problem effects Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Access.

Thanks for the suggestion, though. I will try that group.

CRGeissler

You may want to post this to the *word* newsgroup

microsoft.public.word.application.errors

 

[gigittygigittyzipper]

I am running Vista Home 64bit.
I am the sole user on this computer as Administrator.

After installation I was getting the same error message.
Many uninstalls and reinstalls later I found this on another forum.

My fix was to delete all shortcuts from the start menu and desktop i
you had any.

Go to the Office directory (in Computer>Local Disk>progra
filesx86>Microsoft Office>Office12) and *right* click on each .exe fil
for the application. eg. winword, excel, powerpoint etc.

Choose properties > compatibility. Click on the "Run this program a
Administrator" box. Close and then click on the application and it wil
start.
Create new short cuts from the .exe files you just changed and the
should now work.

I never touched the registry.

It fixed mine. Good luck

 

[ur012]

I am having the same problem.
Running 32bit Vista Ultimate with Office 2007 Ultimate.
Went to do what you directed and found I cannot select 'run a
administrator'.

I installed office before I sent my computer back to Acer (for othe
problems) and it worked fine. Now, nothing.

I've really reached the end of my tether. Please help. Thanks, ur012.

 

[headline]

Tryed this but it did not help...


I´m running out of options, can not find any solution for this.


I have office 2007 and Vista Home Premium. How can I tell if it is
64bit?
The Office package is not genuine.

Thanks for help!

/headline