How do I stop Microsoft Office Professional (Word) 2007 from launching when I open a .Doc in Word 2016?

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How do I stop Microsoft Office Professional (Word) 2007 from launching when I open a .Doc in Word 2016?

A Rose 21

Whenever I try to open a word doc in Word 2016 (created in Word 2016) using a PC, MS Office 2007 also launches a CONFIGURATION PROCESS page which I have to manually cancel and go to Task Manager to end that app. It's very frustrating.

I do have Word 2007 on the computer since some of my word documents will only launch in 2007.

Any tips on how to prevent this parallel launch?

Thanks!

Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,046 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-05-19T02:57:03.283+00:00

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Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,046 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @A Rose ,
What version of Windows did you use?
I suggest you try this method to help you:

Go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\Office Setup Controller or C:\Program Files\Common Files（x86）\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\Office Setup Controller
Under the folder and change the file name from SETUP to SETUP001
Win+R to open "RUN" box and enter the command: %windir%\Installer
Delete all files and folders from the Installer folder.

Try this method and let me know if you need further assistance.

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A Rose 21 Reputation points

2022-05-24T02:43:47.253+00:00

Thank you for your solution. It appears to have worked. Should I change SETUP001 back to SETUP or should I leave it as is?
Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,046 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-05-24T02:48:09.537+00:00

No, you don't need change back.

Answer 2

Stefan Blom 3,376 MVP Volunteer Moderator

You can make use of a registry edit to prevent two versions of Word from "competing" over file associations. See the "Hacking the registry" section in the article at https://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm.

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