I have all of the programs in the Microsoft Office suite (i.e. Word, Excel, and etc.) on my computer "somewhere," but I cannot locate them. When I go to START, and then All Programs and then click on "Microsoft Office," the only thing that is displayed is a folder called Microsoft Office Tools. Clicking on that folder does not reveal the programs (i.e. Word, Excel, Powerpoint and etc). I am trying to find the programs so that I can attempt to use Outlook. I know that the programs exist somewhere because i can actually click on the Application shortcuts stored on my desktop and open the Applications and use them. I logged on to the computer under another user and the same situation existed. How can find the actual software programs so that I can find Microsoft Outlook and use it?

The shortcuts may have been deleted; have you tried looking in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office?

Since the shortcut works, right click on the shortcut, chose properties, and see where the program is, as it will show target.

I have MS Office 2000, and the application files (exe's) are C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office.