Word 2007 launches "Configuration Process" every time

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft community and We will be glad to assist you with your concern.

This issue may occur if the registry settings are corrupted for Office installations. Let us add dword for Word in registry following the steps below:

If the above mentioned suggestion does not help, then you may follow these steps to manually and the Dword for each Word and PowerPoint 2010 applications to Windows Registry:

Disclaimer: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Back-up-the-registry

Note: The steps in the link also applies to Windows 8 OS.

Click Start, go to Programs, go to Accessories, click Run, copy each line one at a time and hit enter. You need to accept the changes for the registry, click OK.

reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1

Restart the computer and check for the issue.

Hope the suggestion is helpful. Reply for further assistance.

Thank you.

You have provided a solution for Windows 8 OS. I have Windows 10 OS and can't find Accessories in Programs to be able to get to Run and then type in your link. I'm not particularly tech savvy. Can you provide a solution for Windows 10 OS please?

The "registry hack" mentioned in Aravinda Balakrishna's post is discussed in MVP Graham Mayor's article at http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm.

However, you only need that solution if you are running multiple versions of Office on the same machine. If you are running a single version, the registry hack does not apply.