Tuesday 21 February 2012

Micrsoft Office 2010 : Unable to open office application Error : side by side configuration is incorrect.


1)      Start > Control panel > programs and features.
2)      Uninstall All version of VC++ including VC++ 2005, VC++ 2008 and VC++ 2009
3)      Start > Run > regedit > Click on Edit > Find and search for Microsoft.VC90.CRT > delete Microsoft.VC90.CRT and click on F3 multiple times to find more entries  until the whole search is complete.
4)      Restart the computer
5)      Download and install VC++ 2008 and VC++ 2008 SP1
6)      Open office application > for the first time you will get configuration prompt wait till the configuration  is complete
7)      Close office application and re open it and you are good to go.

8 comments:

  1. This was the only thing that worked for me but I did need to install a windows Mai installer to remove a corrupt c++ file. Thank you so much!

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  2. It worked the first time! Thank you so much!

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  3. I did not have any versions of VC++ including VC++ 2005, VC++ 2008 or VC++ 2009, nor were there any hits in the registry for Microsoft.VC90.CRT. However, installing VC++ 2008 and VC++ 2008 SP1 worked like a charm. Thanks.

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  4. You are my hero! Thanks so much for this. Everything now working brilliantly, after weeks of teeth-gnashing :)

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  5. WHAT DOES "VC" MEAN ?

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  6. When I try to uninstall these it gives me the message "Window Installer Service could not be accessed. Installer not installed correctly"

    Now what do I do?

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  7. Should I delete application Microsoft.VC90.CRT with all files in there?

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  8. Thank you!!! it works great :-)

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