outlook has not been installed for current user

[orangecat]

I have looked at the threads that were identified as similar.

None of those threads has a permanent fix for the problem.

I am copying my post from another forum hoping that someone has a solution.

I apologize in advance for cross posting, but no one is responding. There are several posts on this topic but no solutions.


I have XP Pro SP3 , Office 2003 Pro sp3. AMD Barton 2500+, 1 Gig ram.

This machine has been working fine for two years. I noticed that updates for VS2005 Express (Sp2 and 3) had failed. I tried to download these updates manully and install them. They continuously failed. At that point I decided to removed VS2005 Express and install VS2008 Express (latest version was sp1).
I did this Mar 3/09 - with some difficulty. Had to install new windows installer 4.5 as part of the process.

Got it all installed fine Mar 4/09 morning.

Then noticed that Outlook was giving this "Outlook not installed for current user" error.
Searched Google and M$oft found some threads, but none seemed to have a solution. The problem also seems to have happened in the past with Office 2000, and also with Office 2007 and Vista.

According to the items I found the problem happens with Outlook, Excel, Access, Word and Powerpoint.
ie <program> was not installed for the current user

I tried to do a repair of Office 2003 -- no change
I then did a remove and reinstall ( insert CD click on SETUPPro). Successful install messages, then got latest updates. Again applied successfully.

The error message is still there when I attempt to open any of Excel, Outlook, Word, Access.

I have tried creating a new user profile (Administrator priv). In setting up the email account I went to Control panel -- Mail and can see my old account and new account. I can expand the settings and actually test the connection successfully.

BUT, when I try to launch Outlook I get the error message still. I get the error message when I try to launch Access and Excel, and just tried Word (same error).

Seems something has modified a profile or some info.

I did the complete removal of Office 2003 Professional. I did a new reinstall into a different directory. All feedback from the installation indicates everything was successful.

After rebooting my machine, and trying my Outlook I get the same error message.
"Outlook not installed for current user"

After more searching I found a discussion here
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...730f4ca1?pli=1

There is a "fix" presented but it seems to be 'not permanent.'

The solution proposed is at
http://www.anypcinfo.com/MS_Office_N...lled_Fix.shtml

I actually tried it. I created a new admin account; set up an email account; and got that account working. I did the registry export and import as it suggested. By sending the newly downloaded emails from my new admin account to a Gmail account; then switching to my "regular id" and getting my email, I was able to get the mail I had missed. Then I was able to send and receive emails. I removed the new Admin account. Last thing Wed night (Mar 4/09) everything seemed to be working just fine - I could use Access, Excel, Word, and Outlook and had my mail rules all working.

However, this morning (Mar 5/09) when I tried to use Outlook from my regular id (the one that worked fine last night), the error message was received again.

"Outlook not installed for current user".

If the problem was introduced by a Microsoft Update, as per other posts/situations on various threads, then I can not identify any specific update that was the cause.

Any help or advice would be most appreciated.

I can find all kinds of references to this issue but NO SOLUTIONS.

[Macarenas]

To correct this problem, logon to your computer with administrator rights and remove Office 2003. Install Office 2003 without using the allusers="" command-line option. For example, double-click the Setup.exe file on the Office 2003 CD-ROM. This will install Office 2003 for all users of the computer.

If you do not want all users of the computer to have access to Office 2003, follow these steps: Temporarily grant each user who you want to have Administrator rights.
Log on to the computer as the appropriate user.
Install Office 2003 on a per-user basis.

[Raiz]

Refer this thread (2007) Office has not been installed for the current user , hope this will help, good luck

[orangecat]

Raiz,
Thanks for the link. I am not dealing with beta versions. You will note in the link you gave there is no solution. It is a set of best guesses that are specific to Office 2007 beta release.

My issue is with Office 2003 that has been working fine for over 2 years.
I have seen posts related to Office 2000 and Office XP as well as 2003 and 2007 that have this error message. Nobody has identified a permanent solution.

Here is the proper google link from my original post, the one in the post is bad??
This link shows other discussions.
http://www.google.ca/search?q=Micros...e+current+user


This is a link to the solution I tried, as mentioned in original post.
http://www.anypcinfo.com/MS_Office_N...lled_Fix.shtml

Thanks.

I'm not sure why the links were bad in original>

[orangecat]

To correct this problem, logon to your computer with administrator rights and remove Office 2003. Install Office 2003 without using the allusers="" command-line option. For example, double-click the Setup.exe file on the Office 2003 CD-ROM. This will install Office 2003 for all users of the computer.

If you do not want all users of the computer to have access to Office 2003, follow these steps: Temporarily grant each user who you want to have Administrator rights.
Log on to the computer as the appropriate user.
Install Office 2003 on a per-user basis.

Macarenas,

I did what you are suggesting. I saw it in other posts and M$oft article.
Removed Office 2003 Professional via add/remove programs using an Administrator account. There are only 2 accounts on my machine - both are Admin accounts.

I did apply outstanding updates after the install. Perhaps it is an issue with the Auto updates from M$oft?

Thanks for your post.

[JonathanD]

"Outlook not installed for current user"

This error message indicates you have installed the Microsoft Office in another user account. So when you run it in this user account, it requires to initialize settings for the current user. Actually I don’t think there is any direct reason caused by the installation of your application unless your installation clean the key of the system register.

To install Office 2003 on a per-user basis, use a setup command line similar to the following example:
"path\Setup.exe" allusers=""

[Raine]

I had this problem earlier. After a few days of head scratching and dozens of installs, I figured out what was causing this. I got the hint when I tried to install office in another profile when it indicated that my installer was not working. I then went to the Windows Installer web page at MS and downloaded version 4.5. After installing it, my system rebooted. I went directly into Outlook. It even prompted me to activate Office, which I did. Now, all my Office applications are working again.

I hope this helps you and others. Here is the link to that website. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

[orangecat]

I had this problem earlier. After a few days of head scratching and dozens of installs, I figured out what was causing this. I got the hint when I tried to install office in another profile when it indicated that my installer was not working. I then went to the Windows Installer web page at MS and downloaded version 4.5. After installing it, my system rebooted. I went directly into Outlook. It even prompted me to activate Office, which I did. Now, all my Office applications are working again.

I hope this helps you and others. Here is the link to that website. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Raine,

When I was installing VS2008 Express sp1, part of that procedure is to download and Install the ver 4.5 installer, which I did. So I have that version of the installer. I had that version in place when I reinstalled Office 2003.

I did run Windows updates after the reinstall, so the updates may be part of the issue.

Here is what I have done for temp fix.

I created a new Admin account. I can run all of the Office 2003 programs from there.
As per my post, I opened each Office program from the newAdmin account. Then, as per the temp fix I mentioned, I opened Regedit, went to HKCurrentUser, Microsoft, Office and exported the reg entries to known location.
Logged off New Admin account. Logged on with my Regular Admin account,
opened regedit,Microsoft, Office and imported the reg file that I had just exported.

Went to Office 2003 and opened Outlook, Access and Word without a problem.

THen deleted the New Admin account.

Now I did this the other day also and, whether it is Microsoft Update or something else, I got the error message again.

But today so far so good. However, this is a temp fix to some problem. I'd like to know what the problem is for sure and what a permanent fix is.

Somewhere, something is adjusting privileges or is mixing up an account.
I have 2 Admin accounts only on my machine.

[orangecat]

Solved:

This error message was the result of a corrupt user profile.
The solution is to follow M$OFT KB811151 to create a new user profile and to copy relevant data to that new profile.

The error messages

OUTLOOK not installed for current user. or
WORD not installed for current user or
ACCESS not installed for current user

were resolved in my case.

XP SP3 and Office 2003 sp3.