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Old 04-14-2017, 09:45 PM
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Have Word 2007 on a notebook that also has Word 2016 that came with a new notebook. Word 2007 worked flawlessly for the first few times but recently launching 2007 reverts to a “configuration” process. Seeking guidance on how to resolve this issue.
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Old 04-15-2017, 02:52 AM
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If you have more than one Word version on a PC, they will share some resources and will view for control of the registry. In this case Word 2016 will always win, so unless you account for the fact that it is going to win, you need to ensure that Word 2007 does not reconfigure each time. You should also create separate templates and startup folders as it is not advisable to share the templates between the two versions.

The registry changes etc that you need to make are covered at http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm

Word 2016 needs to be the default version or it will simply change back whenever there is an office update.
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If Office 2016 is just a trial version (which isn't unusual whenever Office comes preinstalled with a new computer), you could just uninstall it to prevent the constant "re-configurations" from happening.
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Hi,

As metioned aboved, if you install more than one version of Word on your computer,it will happen. Here are two ways which may help.

1. Edit the Registry
1.1 Press “Window+ R” to open the “Run” window.
1.2 Enter “regedit” in “Open” text box.
1.3 Click “Yes” INsecurity message
1.4 In “Registry Editor”, first you need find the following keys accordingly(For Word 2007)
HKEY-CURRENT-USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options 1.5 In “Options” folder, right click on the empty place. Choose “New”-->“DWORD (32-bit) Value”
1.6 Name the new value as “NoRereg” right click on the new value. Choose “Modify”, Input “1” as value data, choose “Hexadecimal”, click “OK” .



2.Alter Windows Program Files
2.1For Word 2007, you should go to the following location:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\Office Setup Controller

2.2 Find the “SETUP” application and right click on it.

2.3 Choose “Rename”.You can add some letters or numbers to the original name. For instance, we can rename it as “SETUP123”


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