Problem With MS WORD.

Ok, my OS is legit. And my PC is fairly new XP Home ed. It had MS Office and stuff including Word. I now click on the icon in my start up for MS WORD and i get an error message.
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Problem With Shorcut
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(REDX) This action is only valid for products that are currently installed.

[OK]
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So thats it. Im not sure what is up? Anyone know what i did or didnt do?

JJ