Windows Installer Appears Every Time a Program is Started

Guys, I've had this same problem now for a couple of days.. Since installing MS Office 2007 on the opening of ANY office suite program, It prompts me to wait for windows to configure...

upon searching the internet, I've found no real answer that works.. So... I found my own answer.

Navigate to your office folder in your Program Files.. This will be Microsoft Office (office10, office11, office12 depending on the version you have installed)

Now, while holding down your CTRL key, select all the EXE files for the office software
EXCEL
GROOVE
INFOPATH
MSACCESS
MSPUB
WINWORD
etc... (Above based on office 2007)

Now with them all selected, right click & create shortcuts.. Save these to desktop for easier use.

Now you have all the shortcuts on your desktop, close the program files and navigate to your startup menu (you will need to show hidden files & folders to find it...(C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsMicrosoft Office...) There you will see office shortcuts.. Those buggers is what's causing our problems..

Rename all the shortcuts on your desktop to the corrosponding shortcut in the start menu, for example, rename WINWORD (on your desktop) to Microsoft Office Word 2007 (if you are running office 2007)

Once ALL shortcuts referring to word on your desktop have been renamed, create a new folder in the Start Menu office folder (this is optional, but i like to backup stuff)... Cut & Paste all ORIGINAL shortcuts into that folder to get them out of the way... Now.. Cut and paste all the freshly renamed shortcuts on your desktop into the Start Menu Office Folder..

Now open any office program from start menu, and enjoy the fact that it no longer needs to configure itself first.

Hope this saves some people's sanity, because i know it was just about driving me nuts.

This seems to have worked for me, hopefully it works for you also.. I also did the same with microsoft expressions web, and it worked too..

Good Luck!

Terry