Vista - Broken Start Search

Hi there people,
Had Vista not too long ago, been using it fine for the past few months.
All of a sudden Start Search is no longer working for office. When I type in
winword or word, Microsoft Office Word does not appear.
However if I try wordpad or media player, it brings up the entry on the
start menu.
I am a bit hesitant to uninstall and reinstall Office as I use Outlook as my
emailing program.

Anyone had a similar issue before?
Thanks in advance

"Porkribs" <anony@mouse.com> wrote in message
news:56D3AA32-8283-4D19-814B-C415D573BF2F@microsoft.com...
> Hi there people,
> Had Vista not too long ago, been using it fine for the past few months.
> All of a sudden Start Search is no longer working for office. When I type
> in
> winword or word, Microsoft Office Word does not appear.
> However if I try wordpad or media player, it brings up the entry on the
> start menu.
> I am a bit hesitant to uninstall and reinstall Office as I use Outlook as
> my
> emailing program.

Insert your Office CD and go through the motions of installing it, but you
will get an option to Repair your installation. Do that.

ss.