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
    2014-06-20T20:53:47+00:00

    Here is the only complete solution. Uninstall Office 2013 from your computer. Buy and download Office 2010 (or buy it on a disk so you can keep it forever). Then not only will you do away with "resume reading", you will get the excellent Picture Manager back (which Office 2013 has replaced with "Photo for Dummies.")

    Susan Varno

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-25T21:07:21+00:00

    Ok,

    I followed your instructions and made the "deny" to my account - "Charlie (Charlie - PC\Charlie)" and saved.  Restarted the system, went to Word and opened the document and NO pop-up.  I made changes to the document, save and closed.  Went back to it and NO pop-up.  Your instructions were great! 

    I owe you one!

    Charlie

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  3. Stefan Blom 352K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-05-25T18:49:57+00:00

    In my test, I denied full control (of the key) for my user account, only, and it seems to work so far.

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