Error Message: Cannot start application for the specified document. Check your program associations.

Problem:

ProjectWise integration has been working and no longer is working for one or more of the following Microsoft Office products:

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word

 At times, one or more of the following errors are encountered: 

When checking the user ProjectWise Program Associations there are no apparent problems and no user associations have been created.

Troubleshooting Steps:

1. Open Word or Excel outside of ProjectWise and go to the options dialog box (file>options)
2. From menu on the left hand side select Add-Ins.  
3. From here select COM Add-ins from the Manage drop down menu and choose go                                                 
4. Verify that the ProjectWise Add-In is checked and has not been disabled                                                
5. If the box for the ProjectWise iDesktop Integration is not toggled on, toogle it on and select ok to close the dialog box.
6. If the selection does not stick, go back into the Options menu and this time choose Trust Center.
7. On the Add-Ins section, make sure that add-ins have not been disabled.