Automatically re-register MS Office application
Sunday, November 26, 2006 at 9:50 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Justin
(1 messages posted)
I have a solution for Windows
Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application:
This solution is related to the Installer launching when starting any of the Microsoft
Office products (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, etc.).
There was a solution posted on this thread that requires you to edit the registry
keys for MS Office. This solution will do the same thing without having to directly
edit the registry:
1. Open the folder containing the EXE file for the Office application. Eg. C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11
2. Create a shortcut of the EXE file (eg. EXCEL.EXE) by right-clicking on it and
select "Create Shortcut".
3. Edit the shortcut and add the "/o" switch to the end of the "Target" string. Eg.
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE" /o
4. Now double click on the shortcut. The "/o" switch will force Windows to re-register
the Office application, thereby fixing the registry for you automatically.
There you go, the Windows Installer will not launch anymore when you start an Office
application.
Note: This fix was found using the following MS support document:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291288
|
Responses to this message:
|
|
