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Microsoft Office 2007 on Windows 8.1

When I click on a Word file, Windows Installer pops up and tries to install Office all over again. When I click on the MS Word 2007 icon itself, it works fine, without trying to install office. I have the program icon set so that it runs Office as administrator.  What can I do to make the program open when I click on individual files? I believe this is an incompatibility or permissions issue. 

Is it Word 2007 that it is trying to install when you click on a File?


In Windows Explorer, right click on a File and select Open with and then browse to the c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 12 folder and then select WINWORD.EXE as the default application to open such files.

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)
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