"word has not been installed for the current user" error

Rabel · External Since: Dec 06, 2006 Posts: 2

I have a laptop that is all of the sudden started getting the error
"Microsoft Office word has not been installed for the current user. Please
Run setup to install the application." I have reinstalled word and it is
still not working. It is the same and only user the computer has ever had and
I am not sure what to do - any ideas what could be going on. Any help is
appreciated .

Thanks

jils · External Since: Oct 27, 2005 Posts: 2

google gives a few hits.
microsoft for one:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322206

and this:
http://forum.landesk.com/archive/index.php/t-2058.html

hope one of these is helpful!

Rabel wrote:
> I have a laptop that is all of the sudden started getting the error
> "Microsoft Office word has not been installed for the current user. Please
> Run setup to install the application." I have reinstalled word and it is
> still not working. It is the same and only user the computer has ever had and
> I am not sure what to do - any ideas what could be going on. Any help is
> appreciated .
>
> Thanks

Rabel · External Since: Dec 06, 2006 Posts: 2

Thanks Jils,
But those dont really help I have tried all of those in the microsoft page
but editing the registry I dont really want to mess with that and it just
started it worked for a while and the other is for a network, so im not sure
that applies. Anybody else ever have this problem.

Thanks
Randy

"jils" wrote:

> google gives a few hits.
> microsoft for one:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322206
>
> and this:
> http://forum.landesk.com/archive/index.php/t-2058.html
>
> hope one of these is helpful!
>
> Rabel wrote:
> > I have a laptop that is all of the sudden started getting the error
> > "Microsoft Office word has not been installed for the current user. Please
> > Run setup to install the application." I have reinstalled word and it is
> > still not working. It is the same and only user the computer has ever had and
> > I am not sure what to do - any ideas what could be going on. Any help is
> > appreciated .
> >
> > Thanks
>

Jay Freedman · External Since: Sep 16, 2003 Posts: 2367

Of course other people have had that problem -- that's why there's a KB
article about it.

It can be fixed, but not by only doing half of what's in the article. To
solve the problem, you're going to have to edit the registry, or get someone
else to do it for you. If you follow the instructions in the article
exactly, you won't get into trouble -- just don't mess with any other parts
of the registry, and make sure you have exactly the correct thing
highlighted before you click Delete.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

Rabel wrote:
> Thanks Jils,
> But those dont really help I have tried all of those in the microsoft
> page but editing the registry I dont really want to mess with that
> and it just started it worked for a while and the other is for a
> network, so im not sure that applies. Anybody else ever have this
> problem.
>
> Thanks
> Randy
>
> "jils" wrote:
>
>> google gives a few hits.
>> microsoft for one:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322206
>>
>> and this:
>> http://forum.landesk.com/archive/index.php/t-2058.html
>>
>> hope one of these is helpful!
>>
>> Rabel wrote:
>>> I have a laptop that is all of the sudden started getting the error
>>> "Microsoft Office word has not been installed for the current user.
>>> Please Run setup to install the application." I have reinstalled
>>> word and it is still not working. It is the same and only user the
>>> computer has ever had and I am not sure what to do - any ideas what
>>> could be going on. Any help is appreciated .
>>>
>>> Thanks

dixi1968 · Joined: Mar 26, 2009 Posts: 1

Hello. Try this, it works.

"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.
Cool

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!!

Buckers · Joined: Jul 19, 2009 Posts: 1

check this link out and let me know what you think, it's very simple

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2009/05/12/fix-microsoft-office-wo...has-not

no_alone · Joined: Apr 22, 2010 Posts: 1

You need to replace the "MSO.DLL" file that is located at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE11 for Office 2003 and C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12 for Office 2007

you can download mso.dll from here enjoy

newbie1981 · Joined: Jul 06, 2010 Posts: 1

Dixi1968 - Thank you for your post. I first tried replacing the .dll file that was mentioned in other posts but that didn't fix the issue. I then followed your steps verbatim and it solved the problem - super easy and well explained.

You're a lifesaver!