Word 2007 Configuring Every Time - Quick Fix:

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Word 2007 Configuration Fix

If you have Word 2003 and 2007 installed on the same machine, recent updates might have caused a condition in which 07 it runs the configuration dialog every time you open a document. A quick workaround is:

• Open regedit
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options
• Create new DWORD called NoReReg
• Give it a hexadecimal value of 1

Next time you open word you should no longer see the config dialog.

Thanks for this workaround, worked like a charm!
[I had this problem with Microsoft office 2013, and it worked great for all of the components]
One little thing you need to add, that in order for this fix to work you gotta restart the machine after creating the registry key.

It worked fine for MSWord 2007 and 2003.
Once added to the registry Word 2007 opened normally. Thanks!

Yay! That worked. I have both Office 2003 and 2007 installed on a Win 10 64bit machine. I did not even have to reboot.
Thanks man!

Owesam ! worked perfectly

This solution worked for me; in my case, Office 2007 Enterprise and Office 2016 Professional Plus were installed side-by-side on Windows 7. No reboot was required in my case.

Worked perfectly. Thanks!

Bravo - Thanks so much!

Cheers

Awesome sauce, I am so appreciative!

Your suggestion fixed the problem on Office 2007 Enterprise immediately. Thank you Luke.

Thanks, it works for me.

Worked like a charm!!! Thank you very much!!

It fixed the nuisance configuration problem, which renders the Word 2007 almost unusable in one of my Windows 10 machines. Thanks!

Thank you man, worked like a charm :)

Confirming that this worked for me on 13 Dec 2021.

Jan 9, 2022 - worked perfectly, thank you.

Awesome. It worked instantly. Thank you very much.

How do you enter the hexadecimal value of 1
Thank you

How do you enter the hexadecimal value of 1 Thank you

Just type number 1.

Eureka!!! worked like a charm on 2007 Enterprise, no restart required. Mille Grazie!!

Thanks. It worked.

Wow! Windows 2007 went through this tedious configuration process each time I opened it - installed on Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC. I pushed the fix you described and it worked instantly!

Thank you so much!