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can't open office file or office exe file

hi everyone!
i can't open excel,word,or powerpoint file, everytime i double click to open these file, nothing happen.
when i open excel.exe or winword.exe i was received this message.
windows cannot find "C:\program files\microsoft office\office10(11)\excel.exe"
windows cannot find "C:\program files\microsoft office\office10(11)\winword.exe"
i've tried many solution i found on the internet but nothing happen even remove office and reinstall it.

for example: excel /unregserver(/regserver) command.
or reconfig file type for word or excel or powerpoint file.
but when i create a copy of excel.exe or winword.exe to excel1.exe or winword1.exe and change default open word doc or excel xls with excel1.exe and winword1.exe , i can open  these doc file or xls file.

how can i solve this problem?
 
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It sounds like something has blocked the running of those applications.
Do you have a firewall, anti-virus, anti-spam, etc installed.
If so what product/s?
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Im suspecting one of two things that you have, Either the extensions of doc. xls are changed in the registry. or the path to office directory is changed...

can you export the following keys and thier related values and attach them here.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xls
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\Winword.exe

To check if Doc and XLS extenstions are associated correctly and to the right path of Office Directory.
Open My Computer
Click Tools
Click Folder Options
Goto File Types
Scroll down till you see XLS
Click Advanced
Click On Open, It should be highlighted by default
Then Click on Edit
Under application used to perform action
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE" /e"
Make sure USE DDE check box is ticked
Below values should be as shown in the following link.

http://www.m3rlin.org/wordpress/slow-opening-excel-2003-files-in-excel-2007/

After you finish Click OK and then
Go back to the File type list and choose Doc
Do the same steps as above and make sure the value that's set to "Under application used to perform action" is as follows:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE" /n /dde

Just make sure that Winword.exe is located on C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE..

DDE message should have the value:
[REM _DDE_Direct][FileOpen("%1")]

Application
WinWord

Topics
System

If you done all that and it still didnt work. then I suggest that you run a registry fixer .
http://www.freeregistryfix.com/

Before you run it, Make sure you back up your registry... Or goto system restore and create a restore point.

Good luck.