office 10 clipart gone

all my clip art is gone for office 10, i dont think i deleted it. what directory should it be in, and is there a website i can download them from if they have been deleted? i dont have my CDs

 

when i click the search button it makes the error noise. i tried downloading clipart from microsoft but i cannot get the clip organizer to work, it seems to have deleted the "collections" because the list is empty, and when i try to add something theres no collection folder to put it into, when i try to make one, it tells me its too long or contains a /. i tried naming it "1" and "a" and got the same error message. i think maybe this is just a problem with the clip organizer.

 

i've never deleted the clip art but i have made other mistakes in office. try to detect and repair. this can usually restore any mistakes you have made. you can also re install office over the one you have now it will not over write any of your files

 

i cant reinstall because i dont have the cds, like i said before. how do i detect and repair?

 

Detect and Repair can be accessed through the Help menu on the top toolbar. However, you are going to need your CDs for that too, if the software was installed using CDs originally.

 

Open a office program (word, outlook,publisher) up top click help from the dropdown menu then click detect and repair. However if you are missing files it may ask you for the cd. Try it anyway it may run without asking for it.

 

i did detect and repair, and now when i run an office program it tells me it isnt installed and closes.

 

Is it in the list of Add/Remove Programs?

Where are your CD's? Having them handy could make this a whole lot easier for you

 

as ive said, i do not have the cds.
and it is not in my list of programs, but its certainly there, it opens the application, it just brings up a message saying it isnt installed and then closes

 

You can see the folder in the C:\Programs list? Run the office .exe file

 

theres no MSO folder, either hidden or unhidden, and lev, what do you mean office .exe? an office program? cause there is no exe for office itself.

 

Then again, you don't have it installed correctly and as both Halo and I have suggested, you will need to find your disks to successfully resolve this.

Let us know when you have and we will be happy to assist you if you still have issues we can help with

Also as Halo suggests, an alternative is Open Office, which I use myself and find it great.