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
There is a "fix" presented but it seems to be 'not permanent.'
The solution proposed is at
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.
This problem - for me - has definitely not been solved! although there are threads suggesting solutions at
and
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
There is a "fix" presented but it seems to be 'not permanent.'
The solution proposed is at
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.
This problem - for me - has definitely not been solved! although there are threads suggesting solutions at
and
