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On my desktop computer every time I double-click a .doc or .docx file Word 2007 has to first reinstall itself.
I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that I have Word 2003, Word 2007, and Word 2010 all installed on my computer. Before you tell me to uninstall the other versions, let me explain. My clients typically use only one of those versions (though few use Word 2003 these days). When I design templates and demo them, I have to open the file in whichever version they use. Plus I have to test templates and files in the client's version and have to write proper instructions for their version.
In the past this was not much of a problem. Double-clicking a Word file would open the last version that I used. If I needed to open it in a different version, I would first open that version of Word and it would take a few moments to configure. After than, whenever I clicked a Word file, it would open in that version.
That still is the case for Word 2003 and 2010, but recently Word 2007 reinstalls itself every time. Even if Word 2007 was the last version used, Word goes through the installation and configuration process again. This doesn't matter if I open it by double-clicking a file or opening Word 2007 first from the Start menu.
My desktop is running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. My laptop is also Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with the same three versions of Word. Yet I don't have this issue with the laptop.
This behavior started several weeks ago after some Office updates. However I've made those same updates to my laptop without any problem.
Any suggestions?
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Answer accepted by question author
Follow the manual method in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2528748 but as you are using Office 2007, you will have to change the command to:
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1
Answer accepted by question author
See the "Hacking the registry" section in the article at http://www.gmayor.com/toolbars_in_word_2007.htm.
The "reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1" solution worked for me so thanks! For those of you who don't know what this does, it adds a registry entry to the registry database for the MS 2007 application. A Registry is a database that hold info about all software on the computer and how to run it (or at least that my understanding of it). There was mention that it may not work for Windows 7 users but it does (as well as XP and Vista). Thanks
"FIX IT FOR ME" was the ticket! http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9787448
I've never tinkered w/the registry in my many years and didn't really want to start today so I took the chance. Mr Wizard, very well done. Oh, and quickly too, less than a minute! Bubbye endless installation issues. IIIIIEEEEEEE
SOLUTION/ANSWER : Just went through the same thing with my MS Office 2007, every time I tried to access, Reconfig/Reinstall Windows 7 64bit. Kept saying something about the "User does not have permission to access ..." or something similar to that. What fixed it was doing a windows recovery to date prior to the mess. No loss of data, be aware you have to reinstall any programs (ie: last java, adobe flash/reader and anything else) installed after the recovery date. But was able to access all MS Office programs after that. I think the cause may have been that useed "Windows Install Clean Up" (among other things) to repair a failed link to my WD Network Drive,. Whatever I did it literally locked my access (or wiped out my permission to access) all of my Office programs, so the windows recovery reset all the permissions to access the MS Office to the prior settings. Hope this helps you some, I just took a chance on the Recovery, could not find it anywhere on the NET as a fix for this...Locked me out of my Office programs for finals !!!! ARGH !!!! Hate hacking the registry unless it is a last resort...too much work and mixed results -- for me anyway.
Good Luck to you and anybody else with the same problem. Be sure to pass on the fix online if it works for you so that others might benefit. AH, the windows recovery also fixed the bad link to my Network Drive...WooHoo...relief !