I am unable to open any Microsoft Office 2007 applications

This article describes how to troubleshoot problems that you may experience when you try to activate a 2007 Microsoft Office application. Additionally, this article contains several methods that you can use to troubleshoot activation issues.

This article is intended for a beginning to intermediate computer user.
You may experience the problems in the following scenarios:

Scenario 1
When you try to activate a Microsoft 2007 Office suite, you may experience one of the following symptoms:

• You receive the following error message:Your software cannot be activated because the product key you installed with is not valid. Please uninstall the software and reinstall it using a valid product key.
• The activation process fails. Additionally, you receive a message that states that you have reached the limit on the number of computers on which you can activate the 2007 Office suite.

Scenario 2
When you successfully started a 2007 Office application and all functions worked correctly for you in the past, you receive an error message. The error message indicates that significant changes were made to the configuration of the computer. In addition to this error message, you may also experience any of the following symptoms:

• When you try to activate the 2007 Office suite, the Activation Wizard disappears.
• When you try to to activate the 2007 Office suite over the Internet, you receive a communications-related error.
• When you try to activate a 2007 Office suite , the Activation Wizard does not start. Additionally, you receive no error messages.

Scenario 3
You try to activate the 2007 Office suite over the phone. However, after you enter the confirmation ID that the support staff supplied to you, you receive an error message. The error message states that the confirmation ID is invalid.

Scenario 4
When you successfully started a 2007 Office application and all functions worked correctly for you in the past, the 2007 Office application now runs in a reduced functionality mode.

Scenario 5
When you start a 2007 Office Trial version for the first time after you complete License Activation, the 2007 Office Trial version runs in a reduced functionality mode, and the Office Activation Wizard is displayed. Additionally, the following text is displayed:

2007 Office system is expired. In this expired state, many features of the version are unavailable until you convert to the full product. Click Convert to begin the conversion process.

Note This activation problem indicates that the Opa12.dat file is corrupt for the 2007 Office application. Scenario 6
When you try to obtain an activation key for a trial version of the 2007 Microsoft Office system over the Internet, you receive the following error message:The Microsoft Activation Assistant was unable to request your trial activation key
This issue is temporary until the updated version of Try Microsoft Office 2007 is available. Microsoft is in the process of updating Try Microsoft Office 2007 based on the January 2010 update for Office Word. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:978951 Description of the January 2010 update for Office Word

Please uninstall the previous version of Microsoft Office application, then try repairing the Office 2007 application.
To remove the previous version of application, please visit the following link.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
Select the proper application, to remove the previous version of Office.

Once you have removed the previous version office, please try repairing the application, to repair the application.
1.Press and Hold Windows Key + R key, this will launch the Run command Prompt, now in Run command Prompt type "appwiz.cpl" (Without codes).
2.This will open Application features/ ADD and remove Programs Window.
3.Now in the Programs and features/ ADD and remove Programs window please try to locate the Office professional application is listed, click on it and select the Change option.
4.This will open another Dialogue box with "Repair" and "Add and remove feature" options.
5. Select the repair option, it will repair the application and Office Professional is good to use.

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How much RAM (memory) do you have? Microsoft Office uses alot of memory, especially if the office startup tray is enabled. You probably need to add more memory to your computer or you need to disable background applications.I hope this helps.
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- HotRatchet

format it then install it again or reinstall it..

if you get the error message in word 2007 try this
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839367

Please let me know if you are getting this error through out Microsoft Office

Make sure that you dont have any other applications open during the install. For example, if you have a previous version of Office, close all programs, make sure MS Outlooks is closed.
If you are installing a fresh copy, there may be other applications or services running that need to be closed. One option could be to do a Safe Boot which will load up minimum drivers, then try installing MS Office - however you should not have to do this as I have never heard of this being necessary.

msconfig

it is conflicy with win xp updates.
check your ram.
go to device amanger then advanceced increase your virual memory to 1.5 *your rammmeory.

PL. GIVE THE PRODUCT KEY OF OFFICE PROFESSIONAL 2007

The resolution appears to be two fold,

First of all you might want to add the following registry key depending on the application for which the user gets a prompt:
Click on Start Run then type in the following command for respective applications.
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\<application>\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1 For Ex:
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Excel\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\PowerPoint\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1.
This should normally take care of the issue in applications like Outlook ,Word and Power point .

The user might also get a secondary error message when opening Excel application that states the following.



Note: Opening excel in the application safe mode would bypass the error. But this could be misleading coz the issue has more to do with permission than add-in within the application.

To resolve this problem you would need to perform the following steps:

1) Go to start > run > regedit

2) Navigate to the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT > Excel.Chart.8

3) Right Click on key and select Permissions

4) In the Permission windows > Click on Add Tab and add everyone

5) Once this is done Click on the Advanced Tab > Owner > Highlight Everyone > Click on Apply and Ok

6) In the Permission > Select Everyone > enable the check box for Full Control and Read, then Click on Apply and Ok.

7) Click on F5 to refresh, this should create a new Sub key below Excel.Chart.8 called Protocol > Right Click on the key and repeat step 3 – 5.

8) Refresh again and follow the same sequence of steps to add permission to the following Sub keys StdFileEditing >Server.

9) Close the registry editor.

This should resolve the issue for good.