Comments on: Microsoft Office Windows Installer Problem

By: Legend73

Legend73 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:57:35 +0000

Use this link to fix this problem – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928091

I had same issue and its not the “addins”, its the program trying to rereg because another version is installed on the machine, this solved it for me, hope this helps

To bypass the auto-registration for Word 2007, follow these steps:
Exit Word 2007.
Start Registry Editor.
In Windows Vista, click Start
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, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

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If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.
In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
Locate and then click to select the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options
After you select the subkey that is specified in step 3, point to New on the Edit menu, and then click DWORD Value.
Type NoReReg, and then press ENTER.
Right-click NoReReg, and then click Modify.
In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
On the File menu, click Exit to close Registry Editor.

By: ZhenWei

ZhenWei — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:41:21 +0000

I seriously need a solution for this problem. I am a college student that depend on MS office!

By: Doug Klippert

Doug Klippert — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:56:21 +0000

Still no real solution. The Windows Installer Support KB says:

“We recommend that you do not use this utility with 2007 Office system products.”

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:36:53 +0000

Whenever anyone sees that installer box dialog, before they intall/reinstall any programs, a good idea is to try the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility, which removes a few files that the Installer doesn’t do. I did this when I had problems with Word and even NAV, and it did the job.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301