Microsoft KB Archive/299958

= Errors that the RegClean utility finds after you install Microsoft Office =

Article ID: 299958

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Basic 2007
 * Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
 * Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
 * Microsoft Office Professional 2007
 * Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
 * Microsoft Office Standard 2007
 * Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007
 * Microsoft Office Access 2007
 * Microsoft Office Excel 2007
 * Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
 * Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
 * Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
 * Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007
 * Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
 * Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007
 * Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007
 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
 * Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007
 * Microsoft Office Word 2007
 * Microsoft Office XP (Setup)
 * Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Access 2003
 * Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003
 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
 * Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q299958



SYMPTOMS
When you run the RegClean utility after you install one of the products listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section, you may experience one of the following symptoms:
 * The RegClean utility finds errors in the System Registry, and you receive the option to Fix Errors in the RegClean utility.
 * When you install a Microsoft Office program whose installation state is Installed on First Use and then double-click a document that is associated with that program, the Office program may not start. Instead, the Open With dialog box appears and the Office program is not listed.



CAUSE
This issue occurs because the RegClean utility is not compatible with the products listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. This issue occurs for any Microsoft Windows Installer product on which the program's installation state is set to Installed on First Use.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, try the following methods in the order that they appear in.

Method 1: Undo the Registry Changes from RegClean
To undo changes made by the RegClean utility, locate the Undo.reg file, and then double-click the Undo.reg file. This restores the registry entries that were removed.

The RegClean utility creates a file in the following format:

Undo   .reg

In this example,  is the computer name,   is the date that the RegClean utility made the registry changes, and   is the time that the RegClean utility made the registry changes.

Method 2: Demand Install the Office Program
If this issue occurs when you double-click a document from Microsoft Windows Explorer and the document should be associated with an Office program whose installation state is Installed on First Use, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Start, and then click Programs.
 * 2) On the Programs menu, click the shortcut for the Office program that you want to start--for example, click Microsoft Word.

The Office program is installed, and then you can double-click the associated document from Windows Explorer.

Method 3: Remove and Reinstall Office
You may have to remove and reinstall Office to resolve the issue. To do this, follow these steps:  In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs. In the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box, click the Office entry--for example, click Microsoft Office XP Professional.

If your operating system is Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows XP, click Remove.

If your operating system is Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), follow these steps:  Click Add/Remove In the Maintenance Mode Options dialog box, click Uninstall Office. Click Next. </li> Click Yes to confirm the removal.</li> When Office is removed, insert your Office CD-ROM, and then run the Setup program to reinstall Office.</li></ol>

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MORE INFORMATION
The RegClean utility is no longer supported and has been removed from all Microsoft download sites.

Additional query words: OFFXP prb OFF2000 OFF2K OFF2003 OFF2007 ACC2007 XL2007 OneNote2007 OL2007 PPT2007 PUB2007 SPD2007 VSO2007 WD2007

Keywords: kbprb KB299958

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