Unable to click on excel object within a word 2010 document

Whenever a user tries to click an Excel Object within a Word 2010 document, the error "Microsoft Word can't start the application required to open this object. An error occured and this feature is no longer functioning properly. Would you
like to repair this feature now?". Clicking YES runs a repair on Office 2010, which does not resolve the issue. Clicking No gets you the following prompt: "The program used to create this object is Excel. That program is either not installed on your
computer or it is not responding. To edit this object, install Excel or ensure that any dialog boxes in Excel are closed."
Operating System: Windows 7, Office Version: 2010
I've tried the following to resolve the issue, without success:
Running the Office Repair as suggested in the prompt
There are no open dialog boxes in Excel
There are no COM add-ins or Excel add-ins active in Excel
Starting Word in Safe Mode (clicking CTRL on open) does not resolve the issue.
"Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)" is unchecked in Excel.
I am able to edit this document with no problem on a machine running Windows 7 with Office 2007 or even office 2013.

Hi,
Do you see this problem if you start Windows in Safe Mode? You might want to have a try and verify result, some outside application may be preventing the OLE server/client connection.
Have you ever checked your anti virus? Try to disable it and check again.
Please make sure to install any updates to your system or Office products. It's important to make it up to date.
Try to go to your task manager to kill any excel process and then try again.
I have seen a case that user finally fixed this with a clean uninstallation and reinstallation, if issue presists with all above steps, you might want to do a completely reinstallation and then try again.
Thanks,

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