Word automation fails after un-installing Office 2007 Beta 2

[Ed Adamthwaite]

Hi all,
Another try..
After trialling Office 2007 Beta 2 and having it run out of time, I decided
to un-install it.
I develop Access applications, automating of Word and Excel is a common
task. Excel automation works OK, just using regserv32 to change to whatever
version of Excel I want as default has no problems.
I now find that automation of Word fails.
In the past, manually opening the version of word that I want to automate
causes the Windows installer to re-register that version as the default for
the machine. It goes through the process, but Access doesn't see the
MSWORDx.OLB file in references.
Browsing to it resolves this, but because the differnt versions of Office
are installed into different folders in C:\Program Files, distribution to
other machines fail because the path is hard-coded for browsed references.

How do I re-register Word for automation?
Thanks heaps for any suggestions.
Regards,
Ed.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

See the article "How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening
files" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

If that doesn't do the trick, you may have to edit the registry to remove
the keys for Office 2007, or you may be able to get around the problem using
the information in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306021/en-us


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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Ed Adamthwaite]

Hi Doug,
thank you for the reply.
I've tried the "Run --> Winword /r"
It goes through the install procedure in the same manner as if you open Word
2000 after using Word 2003 or vice versa. If I then open Access (even after
a re-boot), Word does not appear in the VBA IDE References dialog.

I've also removed all references to Office 2007 in the registry as decribed
in KB928218, but no joy.
I've tried completely re-installing Word 2000, no joy.

I am bereft of ideas.

Regards,
Ed.