Microsoft Office Starter 2010 will no longer open

Having tried most if not all of the suggested fixes for "Microsoft Office Starter not starting" that I can find on the net, and not having found a fix, I stumbled across this: Check to make sure that Microsoft Update, not merely Windows Update, is enabled on the PC. Secunia PSI alerted me to the fact that Microsoft Update was not installed on the subject PC. After installing and running Microsoft Update, Word Starter and Excel Starter are now working again! The client is delighted.

I encountered this problem today and resolved the issue by simply restoring my computer to a date 24 hours earlier. It worked !