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MS Office Forum / Word / Menus and Toolbars / June 2008Remove Add-In Menu
I have Word 2003. I just uninstalled an application that added a menu to Word. The uninstall program did not remove the menu. I have removed all of the menu items from the menu. How can I remove the Menu heading? Tools>Customize does not do that. Thanks  SignatureGordon Clark >I have Word 2003. I just uninstalled an application that added a menu to >Word. The uninstall program did not remove the menu. I have removed all >of the menu items from the menu. How can I remove the Menu heading? >Tools>Customize does not do that. > >Thanks That application, whatever it was, probably placed a .dot file in Word's Startup folder to supply the menu and macros called by the menu, but the uninstaller failed to remove that file. With Word closed, use Windows Explorer to go to the folder %appdata%\Microsoft\Word\Startup If there are any files there that you didn't put there yourself, move them to a different folder or delete them. If you don't see any files there, try looking in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\STARTUP If both folders are empty, read http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011514521033.aspx to get instructions for looking for other types of add-in. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Jay: Thanks for your prompt reply. I checked the Word and Office startup folders. The Add-In was not there. I followed the suggestion in web address you cited to determine all of the add-ins that Word loads when it starts. The add-in was not there. I checked the COM add-ins, and it was not listed. I have removed all of the entries under the menu headings. By the way, the add-ins were installed by Adobe Acrobat Standard. The menu headings are are Adobe PDF and Acrobat Comments. I think that Adobe Acrobat Standard modified the list of menu headings used by Word even though no add-in is actually loaded. Any more suggestions? Thanks, SignatureGordon Clark > >I have Word 2003. I just uninstalled an application that added a menu to > >Word. The uninstall program did not remove the menu. I have removed all [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. >Jay: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Thanks, Since I don't have Acrobat, I can't give you any first-hand advice. Graham Mayor may be able to help, though -- read http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Jay: Again thanks for the suggestions. I visited Graham Mayor's web site. He mentioned changes to the registry. The registry entries were removed by the uninstall program. He also suggested changes to Word to prevent installing the Acrobat COM add-in. That add-in no longer exists. My opinion is that I will just leave the menu headings there. The only other option is to re-install Word which I do not plan to do. Thanks, Gordon SignatureGordon Clark > >Jay: > > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Acrobat's add-ins should not write to the program and removing the add-in *should* remove the menus, however I concede that Adobe's add-in programming leaves a little to be desired. If you clear any orphan temporary files and rename normal.dot with Word and Outlook closed, the problem should go away. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Jay: > [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the >> newsgroup so all may benefit. Graham: I did as you suggested. I renamed Normal.dot, and the menu headings no longer appear. Thanks, SignatureGordon Clark > Acrobat's add-ins should not write to the program and removing the add-in > *should* remove the menus, however I concede that Adobe's add-in programming [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > >> newsgroup so all may benefit. You are welcome :) Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Graham: > [quoted text clipped - 63 lines] >>>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the >>>> newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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