Get Started tab

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wilsona

I have included the Get Started tab in my Office installation. Is there a
way to remove this once a user gets acclimated to the new programs?

Thanks
 
B

Beth Melton

I believe each Microsoft Office Get Started add-in you installed will be in
Add/Remove Programs so you can uninstall it when you no longer need the
additional functionality.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.

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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
 
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wilsona

Thank you Beth. Other than that method, is there a way to do this through
GPO or even through the program itself (eg, Word)? I would like to have the
user be able to remove the tab, but they don't have rights to uninstall.

Thanks again.

Anthony
 
B

Beth Melton

It's a COM Add-in so you can disable it. Click the Office Button, click Word
Options, and click Add-ins. From the Manage list at the bottom, select COM
Add-ins and then click Go. Deselect the add-in to prevent it from loading
when Word starts.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
 
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wilsona

Thanks Beth. I tried that first but kept getting a cryptic message about not
being able to change the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. I found out that this means the
user has to be running MS Word (in my case) as an admin. I tried to look for
the Control ID for this particular tab but wasn't able to find one.
I'll keep looking.
Thanks for your help.

Anthony
 
W

wilsona

Beth,
I found a way to 'remove' the Get Started tab.
Basically, I changed the LoadBehavior in the registry and the tab doesn't
show up. This way, I can always re-enable it.

For anyone else having a similar problem, this worked for me, but there are
no implied guarantees :) . And remember to backup the registry, etc., etc.,
etc....
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins\MicrosoftOfficeWord2007GetStartedTab.Connect]
Change "LoadBehavior" from 3 to 0
(e.g., =dword:00000003 -> =dword:00000000)

Thanks again.
 
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