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Whats up with Office 2013

4 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/whats-up-with-office-2013.173013/

SaiyanGoku
SaiyanGoku Original post #1
Apr 23, 2013 at 1:46 AM
Ok, I wanted to try Office 2013 so I downloaded office 2013 .img files and installed it. Then as usual, i deleted all temporary and .msi files in %temp%, C:/windows/installer and MSOCache folder. Then when i launched PowerPoint through start menu, it can't run and says it needs some .msi file. I clicked cancel. But, then I tried opening powerpoint again from Program Files/Microsoft Office/OFFICE15 folder and for my surprise, it opened flawlessly.

So, this means even if I install Office completely, the stupid program will need the installer to run itself properly :evil: . Thats like a DRM on MS Office. This didn't happen with office 2007 though. This is convincing enough for me to not buy the latest Student version. I'm happy with office 2007.
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whitestar_999 #2
Apr 23, 2013 at 1:51 AM
you probably didn't select the options "run from hard disk" etc for various office components during customize install.
SaiyanGoku
SaiyanGoku #3
Apr 23, 2013 at 3:46 AM
whitestar_999 said:
you probably didn't select the options "run from hard disk" etc for various office components during customize install.
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I selected "Run all from hard disk" for all programs.
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whitestar_999 #4
Apr 23, 2013 at 11:04 AM
maybe it happened because you deleted files before launching & doing initial configuration of office components.after install launch each office application first before deleting anything & see if it solves the issue.