I had an annoying issue with Office 2007 running the configuration installer each time I tried to open Word. I am running Windows Vista. Here is a fix I found off the Internet, I hope it helps someone else.
The fix to the problem is very simple as it turns out – simply run the following commands (by pressing the Windows Key+R or typing it into the Start/Run command box. Use the line with Office\11.0 if you have Office 2003 installed and Office\12.0 if you have Office 2007 installed. You can use both if you have both installed :
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1
18 responses so far ↓
1 Eileen // Jun 7, 2008 at 9:11 am
Thanks for the excellent input . Up to now my Word program is behaving properly, it is opening every time without going through the process of configuring.
Thanks again
Regards
Eileen
2 Luismq // Jul 23, 2008 at 9:14 am
Awesome quick and easy fix, works perfectly in Windows Vista for Office 2007
3 Lodi // Jul 23, 2008 at 12:28 pm
worked for me thanks:-)
Just a tip might work for you if you installed sp1 reinstall office 2007 enterprise and configuration stops only came up in word.
It may work or not ……..
4 Trip // Nov 14, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Its crazy that this worked…. thank you. Not sure why this isn’t in the service pack or auto updates because this is a serious flaw.
5 MGump // Nov 15, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Thanks. This worked great for Word on an XP Pro system with an Office 2007 Student edition. I also get the same thing happening when I open Excel and I tried to add a similar key to the Registry’s Excel section of Office 12 but it didn’t seem to make Excel stop doing the Configuring operation every time it started. Anyone have any ideas about that one?
6 Nanda // Jan 4, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Thats was a fantastic solution.It worked for me in a minute.Very brilliant
7 Hany Elsanhoty // Jan 11, 2009 at 12:30 pm
THANKS DUDE YOU ARE A GENIUS.
8 Justin // Jan 14, 2009 at 6:34 pm
THANKS! This worked for office 2007 enterprise for windows XP
9 AlyVF // Jan 18, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Thanks! This was way easy compared to some other solutions offered on the web, and it worked perfectly! My system is XP Pro with Office 2007 Pro. Thanks again!
10 BooBoo // Jan 31, 2009 at 11:35 am
Great fix Good job Thank- You
11 Uriel Maldonado // Mar 3, 2009 at 2:38 pm
thanks works great cant believe that was all i had to do! I apreciate it.
12 Beardie4 // Mar 21, 2009 at 4:38 pm
What a star…. you have saved many people a lot of time
13 Tanjin Ahsan // Mar 28, 2009 at 11:38 am
Thanks!! It works great!
14 Dale Trini Boy // Apr 12, 2009 at 8:56 am
Tnx really works great, it was difficult to find this solution and i think this problem is more prevalent than we know
15 Amanda Johnson // May 1, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Thank you so VERY much. That worked. I can’t believe that’s all I had to do. That was very frustrating with it configuring every time. Thank you for sharing that. The info is greatly appreciated it!!!!
16 Larry Williams // Jul 17, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Perfect and Easy fix. Thanks!
17 Billy Mitchell // Sep 30, 2009 at 9:47 am
It worked great for Word, but I continued to experience the problem in Excel 2007. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Billy
18 Jennifer // Oct 5, 2009 at 1:18 pm
I am running Vista Basic with Office 2007. I pushed the windows+R and put in the command for 12.0 A window opened saying “Value NoReReg exists. Overwrite ?” I put yes, and it did not solve the problem. What am I doing wrong?
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