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Old 01-08-2017, 06:48 AM
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I brought my PC up yesterday and noticed that my desktop no longer had workable Office icons. I tried to reinstall Office but found that components of the old installation were still on my PC. I removed these components using a MS utility and then reinstalled Office. I went to look for the Office executables so that I could send to desktop. I couldn't find the executables. I then did a search on the folders Program Files and Program Files (x86) for winword.exe. My PC is a 64 bit machine. My search did not find the executable. I then did the same search using *.exe with the same results. I did the searches at a high enough level that all subfolders should have been included. Either I am not looking in the right path or the installation did not complete properly. Any suggestions?
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On a Win 10 installation, the Office executables for a 32-bit Office installation should be in:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office#
where # is the version number. I guess the Office executables for a 64-bit Office installation would be in:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office#
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Paul,

Thank you for your response. I searched in both Program Files and Program Files (x86). I am somewhat confused re Office#. I see both Office 15 and 16. If I am running Office 2016 would the executables be in Office16? In either case my C drive search was at a higher level than the subfolder that should contain the executables. I did a manual search in the root subfolder but do not see anything in the files labeled "application". It almost seems to me that the installation did not complete properly but I don't know why this would have happened. Also I am not completely convinced that the executables are not "somewhere" on my PC.
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An 'Office 15' folder suggests you've had Office 2013 installed at some stage. Regardless, the Office 2016 executables should be in:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16
If they're not, Office 2016 isn't installed.
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Paul,
Thanks again for your response. OK, your response leads me to believe that the executables do not reside in an obscure location but right where they would be expected to be - in Office16. Therefore, it would seem that there was something wrong with the installation. I will investigate the installation as the issue.
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Paul,

You are completely correct Office15 does refer to Office 2013. When I did a search on Office16 all files reside in Program Files (x86) on my PC.
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Paul,

I found the executables in C:Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Office/root/Office16. I have no idea why they were not found in my previous searches. I now have shortcuts on my desktop for the programs I licensed from MS. All shortcuts function properly and bring me to the programs.

Thank you very much for all your help!
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