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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Anonymous
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. Anonymous
    2015-10-21T15:12:48+00:00

    It is much faster to just create a bookmark at the point where you left off.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-06T10:53:31+00:00

    Here's another vote for "Hate this feature". It's just plain annoying. I didn't ask for it, I don't want it, and there should definitely be an option to turn it off.

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  3. Stefan Blom 352.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-12-06T15:49:41+00:00

    Here's another vote for "Hate this feature". It's just plain annoying. I didn't ask for it, I don't want it, and there should definitely be an option to turn it off.

    You can post a suggestion at http://word.uservoice.com.

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