Windows 7: There was a problem sending the command to the program

Can someone please help me with this stupid issue? Every time I try to open a Microsoft Word file or Excel file, a popup comes up displaying the "There was a problem sending the command to the program." message. I've done my research online but people's solutions didn't work for me.



Here is a list of things I've tried so far:

1. Deleted the "Data" registry key from the correct registry path.
2. Ran the "winword.exe /r" command from command prompt
3. Repaired Microsoft Office using the installation CD.
4. Ran the Microsoft Diagnostics (which didn't find any issues).
5. Reassociated the extensions in Control Panel > Default Programs.
6. Ensured that the "Run as administrator" checkbox isn't ticked in winword.exe's properties.

None of these work. Please advise.

Thanks,

Hey,

What version of office is this ?.

Hey Braddersz,

I am using Office 2007. I was, however, able to get the problem fixed by reinstalling Office for a second time in a row... Not sure exactly how that worked but glad to get it working. Thanks for the help!

Its a strange issue that Microsoft are yet to fix. I've had this error numerous of times,
With many different issues causing it,

Sometimes, changing the default printer can resolve it. How? And why. I have no idea.

Office gets its security settings from ie, so in some cases a ie reset can resolve it too ,

In the past, I've manually cleared the office temp folder. And that's resolved it

Having open office installed can cause this too, along with power poi t viewer.

How strange.

Yeah, and it's VERY annoying man. I've also had this same issue yesterday, but I was able to get it resolved yesterday by going to the control panel and re-assigning the default program for doc files.

Seems like everyone's solutions never work for me. I'm hoping it doesn't start back up tomorrow once I reboot the system again.

I'm back here again. I've rebooted my system and the problem has come back. This is the second time the problem has come back after rebooting. I am now convinced that it might be fixed while reinstalling Office, but it comes back again the minute I reboot.

A fix for "There was a problem sending the command to the program." in Word 2013 is at
Fix for There was a problem sending the command to the program
I am confident that a similar fix will work for other Office apps and for earlier versions of Office apps