Microsoft Office 2007, Missing Application Recovery Element

Cork Skate

Hi there,

I have Microsoft Office 2007 installed and i'm looking for the Application Recovery element. It seems some installations do not have that in the menu at Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft Office -> Microsoft Office Tools

Is that because the part is not installed or is it just not listed in the menu? Is there a way of calling up that element? If its not installed how would i go about installing it? Can it be downloaded from their website?

They are a bit light on info about it actually, assuming you have it installed when searching about it but little info on how to get it or troubleshoot it.

Dulchie

The repair option has been removed from within Office 2007.
To repair go to Control Panel and depending on which OS you are using choose
Add or Remove Programs OR Programs and Features.

Select Office 2007 the right click and choose Repair
This should bring up the Setup program and you can choose either Uninstall or Repair you should be able to install various components. You may need the original Office 2007 disk if the setup files were not copied to your hard drive when Office was originally installed.

Cork Skate

Dulchie wrote: »

The repair option has been removed from within Office 2007.
To repair go to Control Panel and depending on which OS you are using choose
Add or Remove Programs OR Programs and Features.

Select Office 2007 the right click and choose Repair
This should bring up the Setup program and you can choose either Uninstall or Repair you should be able to install various components. You may need the original Office 2007 disk if the setup files were not copied to your hard drive when Office was originally installed.

Hi Dulchie,

That is for Detect + Repair but not for Application Recovery

I have seen the same element installed on other PCs though. And it works; if they have excel open, they launch that element and it allows them to click on Excel and then review the spreadsheets that need to be restored, etc.

I was thinking was it something to do with the Service Pack for this version of Office, maybe i need a high one, not sure. Its a funny one

Dulchie

From Microsoft Technet

Office Program Recovery

Description: The Microsoft Office Application Recovery program is no longer installed. The 2007 Office system now automatically detects programs that are not responding, and provides document recovery and Software Quality Metrics (SQM) when the user attempts to close a program that is not responding.

Reason for change: Very few users were aware of the document recovery tool, and consequently the tool was seldom used. Document recovery now occurs automatically.

"OWC11

Description: OWC11 is removed from the 2007 Office system and now ships only with Microsoft Office Project 2007. The DataFinder functionality in OWC11 is also removed. This affects solutions that use the spreadsheet, chart, pivot table, and data source control functionality of OWC11 in a Web page or client program that requires installation of this ActiveX control on the user's computer. The user experience varies depending upon the host container of the OWC11 ActiveX control.

For Web pages, users might see a broken icon or a notification that OWC is required. For client programs, users might receive a runtime error or other notification. In these situations, users download OWC11 from the Microsoft Download Center. The notification message generated by Office programs provides a link to the download location for OWC11. Neither Microsoft Office Excel 2007 nor SharePoint Designer 2007 now generate Web pages that use OWC.

Reason for change: New technologies such as Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with Excel server side capabilities and the new charting component in the 2007 Office system replace some features of OWC11.

Migration path: When the 2007 Office system is installed, previous versions of Office are removed by default. This prevents software conflicts and ensures that you have the latest versions of shared components. As a result, OWC installed with previous versions of Office is removed. If you have documents or solutions that depend on OWC, these solutions do not function properly if the correct version of OWC is not installed on the client machine. There are three primary courses of action:

1.

Install the correct version of OWC on the appropriate client computers. The installation can be performed in the following ways:
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If there is wide usage of OWC throughout your corporation, OWC can be chained into the installation of the 2007 Office system using the Office Customization Tool. You can obtain the necessary version of OWC (OWC10 or OWC11) from the Microsoft Download Center at Office XP Tool: Web Components (for OWC10) or Office 2003 Add-in: Office Web Components (for OWC11).
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If there is small or localized use of OWC in your corporation, you could allow users to download OWC from the Microsoft Download Center on an as-needed basis. If OWC is not found on the client computer when the Web page displays, pages authored with Excel 2003, FrontPage 2003, and Access 2003 that require OWC display a link to the OWC download location. For custom solutions that use OWC, follow this same process of checking for OWC and displaying a download link if OWC is not installed.
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Migrate OWC-based documents and solutions to a comparable technology, such as Excel Services. This option largely depends on the importance of the documents or solutions, the length of time they will be in service, and the degree to which OWC solves your business issues."