Vista - Microsoft Office 2007

I installed Microsoft Office 2007.I pinned the programs to vista start menu, unfortunately when I try to open them they will not open???. They are not short cuts,but from the office program.I have un-pinned them,and re-pinned them,without any luck??.. tried to copy the target,but that does not work either??,can anyone help me??..Please!Thankyou.
Riptorn.

Do they all run correctly off of your Start Menu -> All Programs... or your Desktop?

Thanks Zyonix, they all run ok from the desktop, and start menu-all programs, but if I pin them to the start menu,they will not run.

Ah, I've heard of this problem before... have you ever used CCleaner... if you've ever had like all of the boxes checked when doing a regular clean, I think that MAY be the problem.

But oddly, I'd recommend USING CCleaner and doing a full Registry Scan & Clean. If you've used a cleanup program that alters things on your Start Menu, there may be a File Path Reference registry error... something that could be fixed with programs like:

CCleaner
TuneUp Utilities
System Mechanic
Registry Clean Expert

I'd recommend TRYING CCleaners Registry Clean first due to it being the only FREE program out of the above listed applications.

I HOPE this helps... if these programs can't do it, we're going to have to do it manually.

I looked into this same issue for a friend. Seems it is somewhat common.

I found this fix, although my friend has not tried it yet.

Start Menu Office 2007 shortcuts have stopped working

Also, more info here:
vista office shortcuts in start menu do not work - Google Search=

So basically, it's a context menu update. If the person has downloaded, installed, or even manipulated, themselves, something that ALTERS the Context Menu, Start Menu, etc... This could be one of the issues found.

I recommend reading this thoroughly:

Start Menu Office 2007 shortcuts have stopped working

Thank You Zyonix.. after reading everything.. the programs worked ok..for three attempts..after that they will not open again??,after a reboot,they work again then stop.. very annoying??,any more ideas?? Thanks Rip.

It sounds like you may have something running automatically that is changing your settings on the fly, or else a scheduled task that is running something like CCLeaner after a certain amount of time after login?

have a look at your event logs and error logs to see if you can track down the error.
You say it works a couple of times so you should get an idea what timeline the program/error occures.

Thanks johngalt, I have ccleaner,it starts up with vista,I tried to remove it from startup,but it deleted itself,so I had to re-install it?,how does this affect my office??,can you please help me further??,thanks.