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If you choose to uninstall Office 2007 either before or after installing Office 2013, Office 2016, or Office 2019, make sure you have the Office 2007 product key so you can reinstall it, if you want.

Install all Office 2007 updates

Go to Update Office and your computer with Microsoft Update to see how to use Windows Updates to look for an install all Office 2007 updates. This is important, because there was a patch released for Office 2007 that made it work better together in side-by-side installations with newer versions of Office.

Updates that should be installed include KB 2596620 and KB 2767916.

Can’t mix 64-bit and 32-bit Office

If you have a 32-bit installation of Office 2007 and try to install a 64-bit version of Office 2013 or later, you'll get an error like this one:

Can't mix 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Office

To correct this, uninstall Office 2007, install Office 2007 using the same version you want to install for Office 2013 or later, and then install the same version of Office 2013 or later.

To learn more about whether you should install 32-bit or 64-bit, Choose the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Office.

Where to find the applications

If you have Office 2007 installed on a computer and you click Install from your My Account page, Office 2013, Office 2016, or Office 2019 installs without asking you about upgrading. You’ll see both Office groups in All Programs. The group name for Office 2007 is Microsoft Office.

Office 2010 and Office 2013 in the All Programs list

For more help, please see Can't find Office applications in Windows 10, Windows 8, or Windows 7?

File associations

The last app installed controls the file associations. For example, if Office 2019 was installed last, Office 2019 applications will open an Office file by double-clicking it..

The file extensions can’t be associated with Office 2007 if you haven’t installed the latest Office 2007 updates through Windows Update. Without the latest Office 2007 updates, if you right-click a file, and choose Open With, you’ll only see the latest version of Office installed on your machine.

You’ll also only see Office applications associated with the latest version of Office on your machine listed in Control Panel under Default Programs.

Outlook 2007 won’t start after installing Office 2013, Office 2016, or Office 2019

After you install Outlook 2013, 2016, or 2019, Outlook 2007 won't start, and you get the following error:

Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Unable to open the Outlook window. An OLE registration error occurred. Ths program is not correctly installed. Run Setup again for the program.

So you'll need to only use newer version of Outlook.

File sharing uses Outlook 2013, 2016, or 2016, and not Outlook 2007

When you try to share a file using an Office 2007 application using File > Send, Outlook 2013, 2016, or 2019, will start and correctly attach the document to an email.

Open files from Office 2007 with Office 2013, 2016, or 2019, on the computer

Open the application version you want, and choose File > Open. There is no way to open some documents with 2007 and some other ones with 2013, 2016, or 2019 because the file associations are controlled by the newest version.

Office 2007 most recently used list are not the same as Office 2013, 2016, or 2019

Newer versions of Office (2013, 2016, or 2019) have a shared most recently used feature that travel with you from device to device when you're signed into your Microsoft Account. But Office 2007 didn't have a shared most recently used list, so each Office 2007 application has its own list and specific to the device its installed on.

Custom shortcuts to Office 2007 applications won’t be updated

Office 2013, 2016, or 2019, doesn’t know about any shortcuts you created to the older applications and won't update them to point to newer version.

For example, after you installed Office 2007, you pinned a shortcut for the 2007 version of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to the taskbar and to the Start menu. After installing Office 2013, 2016, or 2019, these shortcuts still open the 2007 applications.

Shortcuts to Office applications added to Windows taskbar

If you have a shortcut to Office 2007 that you created and you uninstall Office 2007, the icon will become a generic icon.

Windows taskbar with unassociated icons

and when you click it, you'll get this error:

Can't open this item

It might have been moved, renamed, or deleted. Do you want to remove this item?

For more help, please see Can't find Office applications in Windows 10, Windows 8, or Windows 7?

Repair Office 2007

  1. Go to Control Panel.

    • In Windows 10, on the Start screen, type Control Panel, and select Control Panel in the search results.

    • In Windows 8, on the Start screen, type Control Panel, and select Control Panel in the search results.

    • In Windows 7 or Vista, click Start > Control Panel.

  2. Click Programs > Programs and Features.

  3. Click Office 2007 > Change.

  4. Click Repair > Continue.

Uninstall Office 2007

If you’ve installed the latest Office 2007 updates through Windows Update, you’ll see this:

  • Office 2013, Office 2016, or Office 2019 is associated with the file types.

  • If you uninstall the newer version of Office (2013, 2016, or 2019), the file type associations revert back to being associated with Office 2007.

  • If you uninstall Office 2007, the file type associations remain associated with the newer version of Office (2013, 2016, or 2019).

If you have not installed the latest Office 2007 updates through Windows Update, you'll see this:

  • Office 2013, Office 2016, or Office 2019 is associated with the file types.

  • If you uninstall the newer version of Office (2013, 2016, or 2019), the file type associations won’t be associated with Office 2007.

    To fix this issue, reinstall Office 2007 using Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.

  • If you uninstall Office 2007, the file type associations remain associated with the newer version of Office (2013, 2016, or 2019).

For complete uninstall steps, please see Uninstall Office 2007.

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