Microsoft Office (Excel,Word ) - not opening

Conology

Hi

I'm having difficulty opening Microsoft Office ( XL, Word , Powerpoint ( & Photoshop.

The message I am getting is as follows.

" C\ProgramFiles(x86)Microsoft Office\Office14\Exel.exe. make sure you've typed the name correctly, then try again "

Can anyone advise me how to fix the problem.

Thank you

Kenny Logins

Type Excel into the Windows search box.

Conology

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Type Excel into the Windows search box.

I did that - I then get the same message - what do I do now ??

Atlantic Dawn

Did you delete any files/folders recently from the computer?

RedXIV

Conology wrote: »

Hi

I'm having difficulty opening Microsoft Office ( XL, Word , Powerpoint ( & Photoshop.

The message I am getting is as follows.

" C\ProgramFiles(x86)Microsoft Office\Office14\Exel.exe. make sure you've typed the name correctly, then try again "

Can anyone advise me how to fix the problem.

Thank you

Did you type the message or is the typo directly from the message? Excel instead of Exel would be better

Conology

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Did you delete any files/folders recently from the computer?

No - not that I'm aware of, I don't see how I could have done it by mistake even..

Conology

RedXIV wrote: »

Did you type the message or is the typo directly from the message? Excel instead of Exel would be better

That's a "Typo" by me - it should read " Excel" - sorry

RedXIV

How are you trying to open the programs? are you clicking on existing word documents etc to open Word? or are you searching for the application in the start menu? or via the command prompt?

Conology

RedXIV wrote: »

How are you trying to open the programs? are you clicking on existing word documents etc to open Word? or are you searching for the application in the start menu? or via the command prompt?

I'm clicking on the XL & Word icons, plus I'm trying to open specific XL & Word documents using the file names.

Control Panel
Uninstall Program
If office is listed (i believe office14 is Office2010)
Right click and repair

Conology

NoDrama wrote: »

Control Panel
Uninstall Program
If office is listed (i believe office14 is Office2010)
Right click and repair

Yes - doing that ok... but when I - Right Click - it only gives me two options
- Uninstall & Change

RedXIV

Conology wrote: »

Yes - doing that ok... but when I - Right Click - it only gives me two options
- Uninstall & Change

change is probably the one you want. I think it offers more options and one could be to move to the path mentioned in the original error?

Conology

RedXIV wrote: »

change is probably the one you want. I think it offers more options and one could be to move to the path mentioned in the original error?

I opened the " Change " option.
Its now says -
" Setup cannot find Office.en-us\osetupui.dll.Browse to a valid installation source & then click ok "

Have you tried the following
Type excel.exe into the search box, does it open.

For repair;

https://www.slipstick.com/tutorial/repair-office-2010-2007-2003-installations/

I believe when you click "change" you will be presented with other options and repair is one.

As a precaution, have you got the Licence key for it, in the event it is reset.

Conology

NoDrama wrote: »

Have you tried the following
Type excel.exe into the search box, does it open.

For repair;

https://www.slipstick.com/tutorial/repair-office-2010-2007-2003-installations/

I believe when you click "change" you will be presented with other options and repair is one.

As a precaution, have you got the Licence key for it, in the event it is reset.

I typed "excel.exe" into search box - but it doesn't open. However it doesn't give me an error message either.
No - I don't have the Licence key information.

smuggler.ie

What OS?
Did you upgrade(Win or Office) before issue show up?
"C\ProgramFiles(x86)Microsoft Office\Office14\Excel.exe" was on Win7 for Office2010
https://www.appuntidallarete.com/microsoft-office-default-installation-folders-for-windows/

Conology

smuggler.ie wrote: »

What OS?
Did you upgrade(Win or Office) before issue show up?
"C\ProgramFiles(x86)Microsoft Office\Office14\Excel.exe" was on Win7 for Office2010
https://www.appuntidallarete.com/microsoft-office-default-installation-folders-for-windows/

No - I didn't upgrade anything recently
OS - Windows

igCorcaigh

In the command prompt, go to the folder:

C\ProgramFiles(x86)Microsoft Office\Office14\

Can you see the Excel.exe file?

If so, type Excel and see what error message it gives you.

smuggler.ie

Yes Windows what? 7, 8.1, 10 ?
Latest Office installs are Click-to-Run(mostly) and itll go to

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\"

Conology

igCorcaigh wrote: »

In the command prompt, go to the folder:

C\ProgramFiles(x86)Microsoft Office\Office14\

Can you see the Excel.exe file?

If so, type Excel and see what error message it gives you.

When I do that - it brings me to
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smuggler.ie

I suspect, due to "end of life" of Office 2010 in October, Microsoft are pushing everyone to get latest Office and don't care if you willing to keep using old version to the end. They have done this before...
If you installed latest Windows updates(or, in Win10 you got them silently...) you might be victim of this...

Capt'n Midnight

yeah \Office14\ means Office 2010

have you tried system restore to restore windows to it's last working configuration ?

This page should let you download office 2010 , but you will need your licence key
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/office

Conology

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

yeah \Office14\ means Office 2010

have you tried system restore to restore windows to it's last working configuration ?

This page should let you download office 2010 , but you will need your licence key
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/office

I can't explain what happened but the problem seems to be resolved this morning. All Exel, Word & Photoshop have opened with no issues.

Thanks to all the answers from everyone.
Best wishes