"Paul-B" wrote:

> jimmuh wrote:
>
> > I've posted about this issue under Office General Questions, but we
> > haven't got very far with it. Location of that discussion --
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/communities...fault.aspx?que
> > ry=jimmuh&dg=microsoft.public.office.misc&cat=en_U S_24f872ec-a5b6-4cc1
> > -925d-0364c03e6da6&lang=en&cr=US&pt=&catlist=&dglist=&pt list=&exp=&slo
> > c=en-us
> >
> > I'll restate as briefly as possible:
> >
> > Systems are running Vista Business, Office Professional 2007, Office
> > Visio Professional 2007, Office OneNote 2007 -- all RTM. Complete
> > install was used for each of the Office applications.
> >
> > The Office shortcuts produced by the installation process in the
> > Start Menu work fine when selected by mouse or by arrow keys. The do
> > NOT work when selected with the Start Menu search function. It gets
> > weirder. If I pin any of these shortcuts to the Start Menu's top
> > level, they don't function at all, regardless of how they are
> > selected. Same for placing them in the Quick Launch toolbar. Drag
> > them from their non-functioning position on the Start Menu or in
> > Quick Launch to the Desktop, and they work. All user accounts behave
> > the same. I have seen this now on five systems. I have not seen the
> > shortcuts behave properly (or in a manner that I would deem to be
> > proper, anyway) on a single machine with this combination of software.
> >
> > Systems are configured very much alike -- using renamed primary
> > accounts, Ctrl-Alt-Del required to log in, not showing last logged
> > user. Nothing fancy.
> >
> > Am I doing something wrong / dumb? Is there a fix for this? A hidden
> > setting? An obvious setting? Folks in the Office discussion area
> > don't seem to be coming up with anything. I'm most CERTAINLY not
> > coming up with anything. Have tried Office diagnostics / repair -
> > nothing. Have tried a removal then reinstallation of the applications
> > on one system - same result. If I'm doing something dumb, at least
> > I'm being consistent about it.
> >
> > :\
>
> Do your shortcuts point to local or network files/folders?
>
> --
> Paul-B
>

They should be pointing to local files / folders. They are the standard
Office app shortcuts, and they don't actually tell you what the danged target
is. (Each of the shortcuts just has "Microsoft Office Professional 2007" in
the target field of its Properties dialog.)

Frankly, I've never understood why Microsoft thought it was such a great
idea to use this type of shortcut. There may be some slight advantages, but
there's something to be said for consistency and functionality. I find it
amusing, as well as extremely irritating, that the ONLY applications I have
running under Vista that have this annoying issue (or any kind of operational
issue, for that matter) are MICROSOFT applications.