Office 2007 and 2003 on same computer
hakeem shabazz
December 10th, 2008
If I open Word 2007 it just opens. If I leave it open and click to open Word 2003 it triggers the need to setup/configure, but then it opens and I have both version open. (I can close Word 2007 then open 2003 and it does the same thing).
It also happens in reverse, if I open Word 2003, then try to open Word 2007 it triggers the need to setup/configure 2007. In summary, whichever version was the last "default" forces the other version to setup/configure.
What is odd is that this only happens with Word. All the other apps (Excel, Powerpoint, Access) open up and run parrallel without any problem at all.
Help?
Hi cochese (the cochese from CodeProject perhaps "In Cod we trust" ?)
Off the cuff, I'd say that something has 'escaped' the layer, and is landing on the base.
As the file on the base is different than what the 'currently running' word version expects or requires, the self reapair is initiated.
You could look in the event log, and see which component(s) are causing the self-repair, and examine the msi packages to see which files / registry entries are effected.
With no more info, that's the best I can offer,
Cheers
Phil
That's actually a default behavior of Office, I'm surprised you're only seeing with Word. What's going on is office is running a repair and is switching default app types between programs.
You still should check what Phil suggested but more often then not with Office isn't just this file association repair (there's a KB article on MS.com explaining this).
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hmmm, well that's annoying
Hello, On my laptop I am
Hello,
On my laptop I am using both MS Office 2003 and 2007, captured in 2 different layers. They work fine side by side, I can activate / open them in the same time, I can even have both versions of Word open in the same time, and edit different documents each in the same time. No installer gets triggered, all works fine.
Strange Office behaviour
The behaviour you are experiencing with office is a default problem.
Both Office word versions use a different value to write the user credentials.
This value makes the error occure.
ou can resolve this by opening the package and go to the windir\installer and delete the msi's there.
that will stop the auto creation and your word will run fine.
Regards
Erik
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