Where is a reliable registry key to find install location of Excel 2007?

Question

Where is a reliable registry key to find install location of Excel 2007?

Answer 1

How about:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\X.0\Common\InstallRoot]

which contains a key named 'Path' with the installation directory of that version of Office. This is consistent for Excel 8.0 through 12.0. If you want to look for a specific product, use Excel, Word, Access, etc., in place of Common.

• Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP

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