You receive a "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0150002)" error message when you start an Office 2003 program on a Windows XP Professional-based computer (822520)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP1
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP1a
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1a
- Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
- Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
- Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
- Microsoft Office Students and Teachers Edition 2003
- Microsoft Office Excel 2003
- Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
- Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
- Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
- Microsoft Office Word 2003
- Microsoft Office Access 2003
SYMPTOMSWhen you start an Office 2003 program on a Microsoft Windows XP Professional-based computer, you may receive the following error message: The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0150002). Click on OK to terminate the application. CAUSEThis behavior may occur if you install Office 2003 and Windows XP Service Pack 1a (SP1a) on your computer, and do any of the following:
- You upgrade your Windows XP Home-based computer to Windows XP Professional.
- You reinstall Windows XP on your computer.
- You perform a repair of Windows XP on your computer.
In this scenario, when you start an Office 2003 program, you may receive the error message that is described in the "Symptoms" section. RESOLUTIONTo resolve this behavior, after you upgrade your Windows XP Home-based computer to Windows XP Professional, or you perform a reinstall or repair of Windows XP, reinstall Windows XP SP1a on your computer.
After you reinstall the service pack, restart your computer.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 4/6/2006 |
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Keywords: | kbProgramming kberrmsg kbprb KB822520 kbAudEndUser |
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