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Clean up after unistalling M/S Office
I have used M/S Office XP pro (with Frontpage) for several years on my win 10 laptop without an issue.
I had suddenly stopped working. e.g. in any of the apps, like Word it shows the desktop icons and taskbar shortcut correctly, but when I try access it, it opens a blank page, which immediately freezes and then closes down. Same in powerpoint, excel etc
I think a recent Win 10 update might have corrupted the Office Suite.
I do prefer the simple version of Word from several years ago.
So I uninstalled the whole suite using right click Start and using apps and features.
I all went away quietly. In then did a full malware and virus check and that came out showing no issues. Then Re-booted
I try to re-install - it all goes well - but the same happens, except now .e.g. Word opens 5 blank documents automatically and the the whole program closes down.
Feels like the uninstall has not done a full clean up and the registry is full of duplicate entries. NO idea where they might reside. I am not too tech savvy.
Any ideas? Do I need to reinstall Win 10 first? Win ver - 22H2 build 19045.2728