Office 2007 Icons Do Not work in Start Menu

When I try to open any of the programs in Office 2007 via the Start Menu,
they will not open. If I select All Programs then go to Microsoft Office and
select a program like Word or Excel, the program will start. However when I
go back to the Start Menu and find the program in the list of the most recent
programs I used and click on them, nothing happens. Any other program that I
select in the Start Menu that is a non-Office 2007 program will work whether
its navigating through "All Programs" or if it's on the recent list. I know
the shortcuts made when Office was installed works because I right-clicked
the Microsoft Office folder and copied it onto the desktop and was able to
successfully open any and all of the Office programs.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

I am currently using Vista Home Premium 32-bit if that helps any.

Thanks
-Jeff

Sounds like your computer needs a cleaning out.

Download and install Crap Cleaner (slim version) and use the registry
cleaner to remove any deadend links. After that, run the Office repair
option and see if that helps.

http://www.ccleaner.com/download/bui...wnloading-slim

Make sure you create a restore point before using CCleaner. However, rest
assured that CCleaner is about the safest reg cleaner out there. I've never
had any problems to date with it.


"Jeff" <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:15B6A2E9-8663-4B65-ACC9-4BDBF83D9D4B@microsoft.com...
> When I try to open any of the programs in Office 2007 via the Start Menu,
> they will not open. If I select All Programs then go to Microsoft Office
> and
> select a program like Word or Excel, the program will start. However when
> I
> go back to the Start Menu and find the program in the list of the most
> recent
> programs I used and click on them, nothing happens. Any other program that
> I
> select in the Start Menu that is a non-Office 2007 program will work
> whether
> its navigating through "All Programs" or if it's on the recent list. I
> know
> the shortcuts made when Office was installed works because I right-clicked
> the Microsoft Office folder and copied it onto the desktop and was able to
> successfully open any and all of the Office programs.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> I am currently using Vista Home Premium 32-bit if that helps any.
>
> Thanks
> -Jeff

Your issue stems from the fact that re-opening up an Office program in the Most
Recent and not opening is normal and it will not. Keep using the Start\All
Programs\Office to open the Office programs as it should be.

Your issue is a non issue and the other OP that said to use a Registry cleaner like
CCleaner is out of his mind and has no clue as to what he posted

--
Peter

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"Jeff" <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:15B6A2E9-8663-4B65-ACC9-4BDBF83D9D4B@microsoft.com...
> When I try to open any of the programs in Office 2007 via the Start Menu,
> they will not open. If I select All Programs then go to Microsoft Office and
> select a program like Word or Excel, the program will start. However when I
> go back to the Start Menu and find the program in the list of the most recent
> programs I used and click on them, nothing happens. Any other program that I
> select in the Start Menu that is a non-Office 2007 program will work whether
> its navigating through "All Programs" or if it's on the recent list. I know
> the shortcuts made when Office was installed works because I right-clicked
> the Microsoft Office folder and copied it onto the desktop and was able to
> successfully open any and all of the Office programs.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> I am currently using Vista Home Premium 32-bit if that helps any.
>
> Thanks
> -Jeff

BALONEY.

Not knocking your first statement, but you are bad wrong about CCleaner. It
is an outstanding program,and has bailed me out many times.

"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OtP8C2s7JHA.6084@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> Your issue is a non issue and the other OP that said to use a Registry
> cleaner like CCleaner is out of his mind and has no clue as to what he
> posted
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Jeff" <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:15B6A2E9-8663-4B65-ACC9-4BDBF83D9D4B@microsoft.com...
>> When I try to open any of the programs in Office 2007 via the Start Menu,
>> they will not open. If I select All Programs then go to Microsoft Office
>> and
>> select a program like Word or Excel, the program will start. However when
>> I
>> go back to the Start Menu and find the program in the list of the most
>> recent
>> programs I used and click on them, nothing happens. Any other program
>> that I
>> select in the Start Menu that is a non-Office 2007 program will work
>> whether
>> its navigating through "All Programs" or if it's on the recent list. I
>> know
>> the shortcuts made when Office was installed works because I
>> right-clicked
>> the Microsoft Office folder and copied it onto the desktop and was able
>> to
>> successfully open any and all of the Office programs.
>>
>> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> I am currently using Vista Home Premium 32-bit if that helps any.
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Jeff
>

rustyfenders

No it is not Baloney. All it will take for you is one time. Seen this hundreds of
times on newsgroups. Even if it makes back ups of what it deletes as far as the
Registry is concerned, what will you do if the system will not boot anymore. How do
you get to your back ups.

In most cases registry cleaners cause more problems than they actually cure,
for that reason they are best left well alone. I just gathered a few articles for
you from others about this above. I also feel very strongly about Registry Cleaners
being snake oil remedies. The list goes on and on


Some facts that you should read

<snip>
From Bruce Chambers MS MVP

Why would you even think you'd ever need to clean your registry?
What specific *problems* are you actually experiencing (not some
program's bogus listing of imaginary problems) that you think can be
fixed by using a registry "cleaner?"

If you do have a problem that is rooted in the registry, it would
be far better to simply edit (after backing up, of course) only the
specific key(s) and/or value(s) that are causing the problem. After
all, why use a chainsaw when a scalpel will do the job? Additionally,
the manually changing of one or two registry entries is far less likely
to have the dire consequences of allowing an automated product to make
multiple changes simultaneously. The only thing needed to safely clean
your registry is knowledge and Regedit.exe.

The registry contains all of the operating system's "knowledge" of
the computer's hardware devices, installed software, the location of the
device drivers, and the computer's configuration. A misstep in the
registry can have severe consequences. One should not even turning
loose a poorly understood automated "cleaner," unless he is fully
confident that he knows *exactly* what is going to happen as a result of
each and every change.

Having repeatedly seen the results of inexperienced people using
automated registry "cleaners," I can only advise all but the most
experienced computer technicians (and/or hobbyists) to avoid them all.
Experience has shown me that such tools simply are not safe in the hands
of the inexperienced user. If you lack the knowledge and experience to
maintain your registry by yourself, then you also lack the knowledge and
experience to safely configure and use any automated registry cleaner,
no matter how safe they claim to be.

More importantly, no one has ever demonstrated that the use of an
automated registry "cleaner," particularly by an untrained,
inexperienced computer user, does any real good, whatsoever. There's
certainly been no empirical evidence offered to demonstrate that the use
of such products to "clean" WinXP's registry improves a computer's
performance or stability. Given the potential for harm, it's just not
worth the risk.

Granted, most registry "cleaners" won't cause problems each and
every time they're used, but the potential for harm is always there.
And, since no registry "cleaner" has ever been demonstrated to do any
good (think of them like treating the flu with chicken soup - there's no
real medicinal value, but it sometimes provides a warming placebo
effect), I always tell people that the risks far out-weigh the
non-existent benefits.

I will concede that a good registry *scanning* tool, in the hands
of an experienced and knowledgeable technician or hobbyist can be a
useful time-saving diagnostic tool, as long as it's not allowed to make
any changes automatically. But I really don't think that there are any
registry "cleaners" that are truly safe for the general public to use.
Experience has proven just the opposite: such tools simply are not safe
in the hands of the inexperienced user.

A little further reading on the subject:

From John Barnett MS MVP

Why I don't use registry cleaners
http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=643

AumHa Forums • View topic - AUMHA Discussion: Should I Use a Registry
Cleaner?
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099

From John John MS MVP

No, these tools cause more harm than good. If you want to keep your
Windows installation in good working order don't clean your registry
with these useless programs!


And the list goes on and on



--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"rustyfender04" <rustyfender04@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:e8X0N6t7JHA.5428@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> BALONEY.
>
> Not knocking your first statement, but you are bad wrong about CCleaner. It is an
> outstanding program,and has bailed me out many times.
>
> "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OtP8C2s7JHA.6084@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>> Your issue is a non issue and the other OP that said to use a Registry cleaner
>> like CCleaner is out of his mind and has no clue as to what he posted
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>>
>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>>
>> "Jeff" <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:15B6A2E9-8663-4B65-ACC9-4BDBF83D9D4B@microsoft.com...
>>> When I try to open any of the programs in Office 2007 via the Start Menu,
>>> they will not open. If I select All Programs then go to Microsoft Office and
>>> select a program like Word or Excel, the program will start. However when I
>>> go back to the Start Menu and find the program in the list of the most recent
>>> programs I used and click on them, nothing happens. Any other program that I
>>> select in the Start Menu that is a non-Office 2007 program will work whether
>>> its navigating through "All Programs" or if it's on the recent list. I know
>>> the shortcuts made when Office was installed works because I right-clicked
>>> the Microsoft Office folder and copied it onto the desktop and was able to
>>> successfully open any and all of the Office programs.
>>>
>>> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> I am currently using Vista Home Premium 32-bit if that helps any.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> -Jeff
>>
>
>

Sorry, I can't agree with that.

While there are some reg cleaners that can do harm, CCleaner is about the
mildest cleaner I know of. The program worked wonders on our class PCs,
which were bogged down with so many dead ends that some programs would
hardly come up to begin with...or worse yet, they would freeze up the
computer and some students would lose their work.

After much frustration, I took it on myself and used CCleaner, Disk
Cleaner, Easy Cleaner (removed junk files only with this app), MRU Blaster,
etc. on my PC and they did such a good job that our instructor used them on
all of the PCs in our class.

We ran MS Office 2007, AutoCAD 2008, GibbsCAM, Autodesk Inventor, Mazatrol,
PC-DMIS, plus some CNC simulators and had no ill effects from either
program...in fact they ran better than they did before.

I personally use RegSeeker at home, but it is a strong cleaner and needs to
used with caution.

Yes, I've seen the arguments for and against registry cleaners over the past
6 years, but I have never had a machine not boot because of them. I wouldn't
recommend just any reg cleaner, but CCleaner is pretty safe in my opinion.


"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ekTv5hu7JHA.4404@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> rustyfenders
>
> No it is not Baloney. All it will take for you is one time. Seen this
> hundreds of times on newsgroups. Even if it makes back ups of what it
> deletes as far as the Registry is concerned, what will you do if the
> system will not boot anymore. How do you get to your back ups.
>
> In most cases registry cleaners cause more problems than they actually
> cure,
> for that reason they are best left well alone. I just gathered a few
> articles for you from others about this above. I also feel very strongly
> about Registry Cleaners being snake oil remedies. The list goes on and on
>
>
> Some facts that you should read
>
> <snip>
> From Bruce Chambers MS MVP
>
> Why would you even think you'd ever need to clean your registry?
> What specific *problems* are you actually experiencing (not some
> program's bogus listing of imaginary problems) that you think can be
> fixed by using a registry "cleaner?"
>
> If you do have a problem that is rooted in the registry, it would
> be far better to simply edit (after backing up, of course) only the
> specific key(s) and/or value(s) that are causing the problem. After
> all, why use a chainsaw when a scalpel will do the job? Additionally,
> the manually changing of one or two registry entries is far less likely
> to have the dire consequences of allowing an automated product to make
> multiple changes simultaneously. The only thing needed to safely clean
> your registry is knowledge and Regedit.exe.
>
> The registry contains all of the operating system's "knowledge" of
> the computer's hardware devices, installed software, the location of the
> device drivers, and the computer's configuration. A misstep in the
> registry can have severe consequences. One should not even turning
> loose a poorly understood automated "cleaner," unless he is fully
> confident that he knows *exactly* what is going to happen as a result of
> each and every change.
>
> Having repeatedly seen the results of inexperienced people using
> automated registry "cleaners," I can only advise all but the most
> experienced computer technicians (and/or hobbyists) to avoid them all.
> Experience has shown me that such tools simply are not safe in the hands
> of the inexperienced user. If you lack the knowledge and experience to
> maintain your registry by yourself, then you also lack the knowledge and
> experience to safely configure and use any automated registry cleaner,
> no matter how safe they claim to be.
>
> More importantly, no one has ever demonstrated that the use of an
> automated registry "cleaner," particularly by an untrained,
> inexperienced computer user, does any real good, whatsoever. There's
> certainly been no empirical evidence offered to demonstrate that the use
> of such products to "clean" WinXP's registry improves a computer's
> performance or stability. Given the potential for harm, it's just not
> worth the risk.
>
> Granted, most registry "cleaners" won't cause problems each and
> every time they're used, but the potential for harm is always there.
> And, since no registry "cleaner" has ever been demonstrated to do any
> good (think of them like treating the flu with chicken soup - there's no
> real medicinal value, but it sometimes provides a warming placebo
> effect), I always tell people that the risks far out-weigh the
> non-existent benefits.
>
> I will concede that a good registry *scanning* tool, in the hands
> of an experienced and knowledgeable technician or hobbyist can be a
> useful time-saving diagnostic tool, as long as it's not allowed to make
> any changes automatically. But I really don't think that there are any
> registry "cleaners" that are truly safe for the general public to use.
> Experience has proven just the opposite: such tools simply are not safe
> in the hands of the inexperienced user.
>
> A little further reading on the subject:
>
> From John Barnett MS MVP
>
> Why I don't use registry cleaners
> http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=643
>
> AumHa Forums • View topic - AUMHA Discussion: Should I Use a Registry
> Cleaner?
> http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099
>
> From John John MS MVP
>
> No, these tools cause more harm than good. If you want to keep your
> Windows installation in good working order don't clean your registry
> with these useless programs!
>
>
> And the list goes on and on
>
>
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "rustyfender04" <rustyfender04@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:e8X0N6t7JHA.5428@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> BALONEY.
>>
>> Not knocking your first statement, but you are bad wrong about CCleaner.
>> It is an outstanding program,and has bailed me out many times.
>>
>> "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OtP8C2s7JHA.6084@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> Your issue is a non issue and the other OP that said to use a Registry
>>> cleaner like CCleaner is out of his mind and has no clue as to what he
>>> posted
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
>>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>>>
>>> "Jeff" <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:15B6A2E9-8663-4B65-ACC9-4BDBF83D9D4B@microsoft.com...
>>>> When I try to open any of the programs in Office 2007 via the Start
>>>> Menu,
>>>> they will not open. If I select All Programs then go to Microsoft
>>>> Office and
>>>> select a program like Word or Excel, the program will start. However
>>>> when I
>>>> go back to the Start Menu and find the program in the list of the most
>>>> recent
>>>> programs I used and click on them, nothing happens. Any other program
>>>> that I
>>>> select in the Start Menu that is a non-Office 2007 program will work
>>>> whether
>>>> its navigating through "All Programs" or if it's on the recent list. I
>>>> know
>>>> the shortcuts made when Office was installed works because I
>>>> right-clicked
>>>> the Microsoft Office folder and copied it onto the desktop and was able
>>>> to
>>>> successfully open any and all of the Office programs.
>>>>
>>>> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> I am currently using Vista Home Premium 32-bit if that helps any.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> -Jeff
>>>
>>
>>
>