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

Here are the registry keys corresponding to the version of PowerPoint.

Office 2013 32-bit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\COM Compatibility{8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2}

Office 2016 32-bit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\COM Compatibility{8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2}

Office 2013 32-bit CTR

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\15.0\ClickToRun\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\COM Compatibility{8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2}

Office 2016 32-bit CTR

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\ClickToRun\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\COM Compatibility{8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2}

Answer 4

Thanks for information

Answer 5

I could not find the registry info you gave in the previous threads.  This is the error I received and we just started using Office Pro 2016. I enjoy using LiveWeb for powerpoint in the past, so I need the work around so that I can keep the capability.