Microsoft Word has not been installed...

[theone00]

Hi Guys,
I am a computer idiot, running XP Home Edition with Office 2003. It has
all been working fine for the last few months, but when I open up Word I
recieve the error that:
'Microsoft Office Word has not been installed for the current user.
Please run setup to install the application'

I removed all traces of Office, but it's still there on reinstilation.
All of these actions were taken from the Admin account. Oddly, whilst
it doesnt work on the admin account, it works fine on the restricted
use accounts.

I understand its something to do with permissions, but could someone
give me a simple guide as to what to do to solve it?

Cheers,
Thone00

 

[Glen Gadowski]

I have tried EVERYTHING possible to fix this issue, and then finally found the solution! Here it is, if you follow this, you will not have anymore problems with this error!



***THIS FIX WAS ONLY TESTED WITH XP USING OFFICE 2K3, BUT SHOULD WORK ON OTHERS***



1) Create a Windows Account with full control admin rights, and then go ahead and log into that new account.

2) When under the newly created account, open every Office product you have, then close one at a time (Excel, Word, PP, etc...)

3) After opening every Office App, go into the registry editor (Start | Run, then type in Regedit)

4) Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Software | Microsoft | Office, and highlight Office

5) Then right click on Office, and go to Export, save the .reg file to somewhere you will be able to find it (Root of C:\ for me)

6) Log off your temp Windows account, and log back in under your normal Windows account that was giving you the error.

7) Open regedit again, and then go to File | Import and pick the file that was exported.

8) After it says that it was successfully imported, go ahead and try the app that was giving you problems.



Now it should work, just like it did for me. Also, remember you delete the temp account that you created!!



If this works for you, contact me at (e-mail address removed) and let me know what you think. Also, if you need more clarification about this, you can also contact me.


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[Glen Gadowski]

I have tried EVERYTHING possible to fix this issue, and then finally found the solution! Here it is, if you follow this, you will not have anymore problems with this error!



***THIS FIX WAS ONLY TESTED WITH XP USING OFFICE 2K3, BUT SHOULD WORK ON OTHERS***



1) Create a Windows Account with full control admin rights, and then go ahead and log into that new account.

2) When under the newly created account, open every Office product you have, then close one at a time (Excel, Word, PP, etc...)

3) After opening every Office App, go into the registry editor (Start | Run, then type in Regedit)

4) Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Software | Microsoft | Office, and highlight Office

5) Then right click on Office, and go to Export, save the .reg file to somewhere you will be able to find it (Root of C:\ for me)

6) Log off your temp Windows account, and log back in under your normal Windows account that was giving you the error.

7) Open regedit again, and then go to File | Import and pick the file that was exported.

8) After it says that it was successfully imported, go ahead and try the app that was giving you problems.



Now it should work, just like it did for me. Also, remember you delete the temp account that you created!!



If this works for you, contact me at (e-mail address removed) and let me know what you think. Also, if you need more clarification about this, you can also contact me.


EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
http://www.eggheadcafe.com