This activex control cannot be inserted Powerpoint 2016

Question

I cannoot insert Microsoft Web browser activex control. I get this information box  that says 

translated is : "The ActiveX control cannot be inserted". I am using Powerpoint 2016 and I try to delete all .exd files but still nothing.

I am using Click to run type program. Please help me!

Answer 1

This is not caused by the exd update problem.

MSFT deliberately inserted a killbit to prevent this because they consider it unsafe and vulnerable to attack.

It's a little more difficult to delete this but if you are confident working in the registry:

Do a search for the GUID of the Web Browser {8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2}

If this key's compatibility flag is set to a value of 1024 this is the kill bit. Change to 0 and see if that helps.

DON'T GO HERE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!

Answer 2

You got it working. But for anyone else, here is the kb article which is applicable for 2013 - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2793374 - but will work for PowerPoint 2016 too.

Answer 3

Thanks a lot. Now is working

Answer 4

even that doesnt work for me, i do not find any of the keys asked.

Answer 5

I found the registry keys but I can  help only if you have the ClickToRun version. If not you need to install  the ClickToRun vesion.

          Here are the registry path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MASHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\COM Compatibility\8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2

then set the compatibiity flag from anithing that is not 0 to 0

I hope to help you