error from microsoft word when opening, : This file does not have a program associated with it...

Can you run any other executables?

Check and make sure that you are trying to open a < .doc > and not a < .docx >.  DOCX has to be openened with Word 2007 or newer.

To associate a program with a file, right click the icon of the file and choose open with. Check the box to always use this program and then browse to the Word program.

Question.
Please ask,
Ken

coalnine: all, non office .exe's run just fine

ken2421:
office installed is home and student 2007, but the extensions of the documents are .doc, either way the other error that is being recieved is :
The application failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect.

That is after right clicking, open with microsoft word...

re-install MS Office.....

yatin-81 did twice, even used the office removal tool... :(

Just so I understand correctly - the applications won't open or you can't open documents through the application?  In other words, if you run Word from the start menu does it open that way?

Can you open Excel in Safe Mode?  (Start - Run.  Type "Excel /s" in the box (without quotes.))

john15-16:
It won't open in anyway, when i tried your suggestion of excel this is what i received:

the application has failed to start because it's side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail.

I don't know where to find the event log though...

srart-->run
type eventvwr.msc

that type of entry should be in the application log

There are other forums that suggest this is a conflicting issue with Antivirus Software.  What antivirus are you running, if any?

In the event viewer, both word and Panda have the same :sidebyside errors.... see below


John15-16:
Panda is the antivirus software

coalnine:
Here are two of the logs from the event viewer....
Level: Error     Source: SideBySide        Event Id 59
Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\Windows\WinSxS\manifests\x86_policy.8.0.microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.4053_none_516e2e610f48bda6.manifest" on line 0. Invalid Xml syntax.

Level: Error     Source: SideBySide        Event Id 59
Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files (x86)\Panda Security\Panda Global Protection 2009\TPConfWow.DLL".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\Windows\WinSxS\manifests\x86_policy.8.0.microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.4053_none_516e2e610f48bda6.manifest" on line 0. Invalid Xml syntax.


When trying to open word from the startmenu i get this error:
C:\program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE

This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel.

If it's free or if you still have all of the install information (license number, etc), I would start by uninstalling the antivirus, uninstalling office, and doing a clean install of office BEFORE installing the antivirus software.

Thanks John, will do, I'll let ya know how it goes....

So, I've uninstalled Panda and office again. i left the antivirus uninstalled, and just installed the office 07, but i am still receiving the same errors...

I also tried creating another user account to see if i would be able to access the office programs, and it still didn't work....

So , I installed Office 2003 and everything works... I really need 2007,
Any Suggestions?

Wow.  So 2003 works, but not 2007.  Are you doing a clean install of 2007 or an upgrade from 2003?  If it is a clean install, are you doing all of the office updates?

no, did a clean install... I was looking for a removal tool for office 2007, but am not sure which one to use.. I haven't found one from microsoft..

It baffled me too! I just thought well, its a shot in the dark but what the hey, and it worked...

FWIW, here is a removal tool from Microsoft.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218

I will ask additional experts to look at your question.

I ran the removal tool, and it will not uninstall all of the office accounting stuff, which i cannot manually uninstall either...
Tried reinstalling with that still there, and same problems

could the SQL server have anything to do with it?

I doubt the SQL Server would have anything to do with it.  Microsoft products are generally pretty good about working with each other, it's just other products that seem to mess them up.  Let's try this step:

Start the computer in Safe Mode and see if any of the Office products will open that way.  If they open correctly you'll know it's another program that's loading at startup causing the issue.

If it doesn't open, it would point more to the registry being corrupt.

I am thinking totally in an off tangent.... so please be gentle if I am wrong :-)

1) Could be you Installation CD is Faulty?
2) Try installing the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package

Sid

i found that the .NET Framework was the cause of the issue..