Disable "pick up where you left off"

Anonymous
2013-05-22T16:45:22+00:00

Have any of you figured out how to turn this "Welcome back, pick up where you left off" bookmark thing? I've gone through all the options and add-ins I can find, and I can't make it stop doing this.

Thanks!

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Anonymous
2013-06-11T20:49:21+00:00

On the same track I deleted all the subkeys under 'Reading Locations' and then made the 'Reading Locations' key read-only to everyone.

This has stopped Word writing to the key and I no longer get the message when I re-open a document.

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2013-06-10T03:54:05+00:00

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word\Reading Locations

That looks like a good place to start.

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  1. Stefan Blom 352.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-06-21T18:04:02+00:00

    My guess is that most experienced users want a way to turn off the setting in the user interface. However, recent versions of Word (since the introduction of the ribbon) have been made with the inexperienced user in mind, I believe.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-06-22T00:38:00+00:00

    With decades of programming experience behind them I would hope the guys at Microsoft can find a way to cater to both new and experienced customers. Like having a "turn off this feature" button.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-06-22T02:17:24+00:00

    With decades of programming experience behind them I would hope the guys at Microsoft can find a way to cater to both new and experienced customers. Like having a "turn off this feature" button.

    Sure they do, but they CHOSE NOT TO!

    They "KNOW" that this is a feature that EVERYONE will love, so GET REAL, there is no need to turn it off! <heavy sarcasm>

    This is the same "they" that made similar decisions about the "ribbon", "Metro", default save to skydrive, no need for "Start button" and other wonderful one way changes ... <sigh>

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