Windows 10, Microsoft Office 2007 preview pane "Word could not create the work file. Check the temp environment variable"

[dneill79]

I purchased a brand new computer with Windows 10 on it. I installed my Microsoft Office 2007 on it with no problem. Everything worked fine. Then a new update for Windows 10 downloaded on my computer and now all of a sudden when I am in my file folder with preview pane on, when I click on a Word document to preview it, I get an error message that states, "Word could not create the work file. Check the temp environment variable." I click OK and it goes away and I can see the preview just fine. It's more of an annoyance than anything. I can use Office just fine. It just happens when in Explorer. I have looked up the error message and tried all sorts of things to fix it, including creating the INetCache.Word folder and changing the registry keys. I even uninstalled Office and reinstalled. Nothing has worked. Is there a fix to this?

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