"Please wait while Windows Configures Microsoft Office 2007" Message

I just installed Office Enterprise 2007 on a brand new laptop. It has not had
any version of Office on it before. Installation went fine -- No errors.
However now every time I open any of the Office applications I get the Please
wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office 2007 message. If I go to the
actual .exe files and run one of them it comes up without the message.
However if I go to the start menu or if I open a file in the application I
get the message every time.

I have uninstalled, run CCCleaner and re-installed. That didn't work

I was going to run Windows Install Clean Up but the text file said "** NOTE:
The Windows Installer Clean Up Utility should not be used to remove the 2007
Microsoft Office System installation information. ***" so I didn't try to
run it.

Any advice as to how to get rid of this message?

[jajones20]

Change the shortcuts in Start | Programs. They are bad. Create new shortcuts from the actual files. It solved the problem for me, though I still have the problem if I try to open the files directly, without first opening the programs.

No. I haven't seen a solution, and the posts on this go back to 2005. Did you manage to change your shortcuts so that you can at least open the programs without configuration? I'm hoping Windows 7 solves the problem. Or Office 2010!

Was this question ever answered? I have the same problem.

I have a brand new laptop and it came with Microsoft Office 2007 Small
Business installed. I get this configuration error every time I open an
office program. I've used Office 2007 on a previous computer with no
problems. I've tried every solution I've found with no success. I don't
understand why it needs to configure every time it's opened.

I already have SP2 for Office and I still get the configuration on each
Office program start up.

[Tris]

I was getting this error:
window installer preparing to install Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007

As a workaround I created a shortcut on my desktop of the Microsoft Office executable files found in here C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12 which fixed the error only for opening new office documents not for existing ones.

To fix it completely I installed the 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Okay i finally solved this problem and it took me forever so i decided to post it everywhere i could since i thought so many other people could use it i tried all of the things you guys said even the service pack 2 but i downloaded the following from Microsoft and it installed it and it worked!

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

You can workaround it. It appears often for people who installed Office
2010 Beta. Simply go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 14\word.exe
(for example)>rt. click>run as admin.

To turn this workaround into 3 simple clicks that take a few seconds, copy
the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 14 folder (but not the actual
..exe because that will not work) to your desktop and drag it to your Start
Menu if you like and pin it there.

[pnisbet]

This doesn't work for me : I have an Office 12 folder, not Office 14. I had this with the Enterprise version of Office 2007 and so I switched to Home version, with same problem.

It started happening now and again, but now it is with every single Word file I try to edit, including new files I try to create. I have tried everything and Microsoft does nothing but ask me to pay - I have paid enough, and this is a MS problem, not mine, and I have visited dozens of forums dealing with this problem and nobody has come up with a definitive solution.

I am now switching to OpenOffice, because that is OK, but why should I have to when I have paid for two versions of Office already? It is a serious problem that a large number of people appear to be experiencing, yet nobody takes it seriously.