Whats up with my MS-Office?

kdog3683

United States916 Posts

August 08 2008 08:30 GMT

Recently, I haven't been able to run MS powerpoint / onenote.
(word still runs fine)

When I .exe it, this Windows Installer thing pops up say saying "preparing to install" and once the bar goes all the way complete, it starts all over again and doesn't end unless I press 'cancel.' It also lags my comp really badly when its going through this process.

Any reason why this is happening and how to get rid of it?

It just started happening recently.

Puosu

6992 Posts

August 08 2008 08:39 GMT

I've had the same problem with some other programs randomly, never found a way how to fix it sadly. :/

http://www.openoffice.org/ is a good alternative if you can't get it working.

thedeadhaji

39489 Posts

August 08 2008 09:11 GMT

oh, get ms office "activation killer"

I believe if you like, give it a directory of your isntallation cd rom or files it'll fix itself but i never bothered.

Here's the fix I use. HIT CANCEL. Now, what'll happen is, if you double clicked on a file, the file wont open but the program will!
now open the file since the program is open.

win!

thedeadhaji

39489 Posts

August 08 2008 09:11 GMT

btw this is assuming you use ms 2003
not sure if same quickfix shit works for 2007 and Vista.

AcrossFiveJulys

United States3612 Posts

August 08 2008 09:15 GMT

What version of Windows / Office are you using? Might be able to offer some help

IntoTheWow

is awesome32277 Posts

August 08 2008 09:19 GMT

Get Office Blue edition (torrents or blogs, google it), its a version that install all office programs and doesn't require validation.

It's the version MS employees use or so i heard...

nortydog

Australia3067 Posts

August 08 2008 09:23 GMT

Download the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility Clicky

download that, run it, get back to me

nortydog

Australia3067 Posts

August 08 2008 09:25 GMT

actually try this first

If, when using a MS Office application, you have the message "Preparing to install ....", just create an empty folder named "XLStart" in the following position: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11".
Now restart your excel application and it should work ...

it's low impact lol

nortydog

Australia3067 Posts

August 08 2008 09:38 GMT

if all else fails...

download and install SubInACL
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e8ba3e56-d8fe-4a91-93cf-ed6985e3927b&displaylang=en

open notepad and paste in the following text

cd /d "%programfiles%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools"
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f /
grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f /
grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f /
grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f /
grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %windir%\*.* /grant=administrators=f /
grant=system=f

save in notepad as fix_office_permissions.cmd
double click the newly created file and allow to run (took about
5-10 mins on my system)

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

August 08 2008 13:00 GMT

#10

On August 08 2008 18:23 nortydog wrote:
Download the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility Clicky

download that, run it, get back to me

I did this on a laptop at work and it made shit worse. I had to do a repair with Office 2003. The only solution I could find (besides a fresh reformat) was disabling Windows Installer in services, but you'd have to reenable it when installing new programs.

ToT)OjKa(

Korea (South)2437 Posts

August 08 2008 16:12 GMT

#11

I get this, when the installer pops up, just click cancel, then it will close and your program will open ;/

kdog3683

United States916 Posts

August 08 2008 22:43 GMT

#12

On August 09 2008 01:12 ToT)OjKa( wrote:
I get this, when the installer pops up, just click cancel, then it will close and your program will open ;/

I think what you are doing works for Ms 2003 b/c it happens @ my school computers.

I'm on vista / ms 2007 and I did what you suggested and nothing happened.

kdog3683

United States916 Posts

August 08 2008 22:54 GMT

#13

On August 08 2008 18:38 nortydog wrote:
if all else fails...

download and install SubInACL
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e8ba3e56-d8fe-4a91-93cf-ed6985e3927b&displaylang=en

open notepad and paste in the following text

cd /d "%programfiles%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools"
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f /
grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f /
grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f /
grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f /
grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %windir%\*.* /grant=administrators=f /
grant=system=f

save in notepad as fix_office_permissions.cmd
double click the newly created file and allow to run (took about
5-10 mins on my system)

This got my onenote + MS WOrd working.

However

When I try to open Powerpoint I get " this application has failed to start because msvcr80.dll was not found.

Re-installing the application may fix this problem."

Since I don't have the install CD, anywhere I can get this .dll and where should I put it?

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