Office 2003

[Cobra]

Excel 2003
I have excel 2003 and it has been on my pc for over a year with no problems.
All of a sudden it would stop opening spread sheets that I have. So I
uninstalled it and tried to reinstall and when I go to open a spread sheet I
get the error.

"Microsoft excel has not been installed for current user" I went to this
site http://support.microsoft.com/kb/898512 and tried the following:

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

The problem with this is that I do not see ANY security tab.

Looking for help here.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

The security tab is only visible when you are logged in as
administrator. That's why it's the first step in the instructions.

 

[Cobra]

Umm I kinda figured that so there is only one account on this pc and I am
listed as administer. Hence, no security. But guess what, when you go into
safe mode there's the security tab. At any rate still following those
directions I noticed that everyone already has full control. So I am still
stumped.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Is there an opa11.bak file in the same folder as opa11.dat?
Deleting opa11.bak can cause the "not installed for current user"
error message, but the error message should appear in all Office
2003 applications, not just Excel 2003.

 

[Cobra]

Yes that file is there.

I have actually corrected the problem by doing the following.

***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!!

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

In other words, your solution was to create an administrator
account and then follow the instructions in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/898512 .