Restart Office to apply changes to your privacy settings - endless notices

Anonymous
2019-10-31T14:41:27+00:00

I keep getting the following in my office products:

RESTART REQUIRED  Restart office to apply changes to your privacy settings

I have not made any changes to my privacy setting recently yet keep getting these prompts. Anyone else running into and discovered what the cause of it is?

GS

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-11-01T01:46:01+00:00

    Sorry but I'm not interested in Office analyzing my content so won't allow this.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-12-21T18:25:28+00:00

    I have the same problem.  However, when I get to File>>>Account>>>Manage Settings, I get another error message saying "Restart Required".  I cannot complete the remaining steps you recommended.  Any suggestions?

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-11-07T15:49:32+00:00

    Sorry but I'm not interested in Office analyzing my content so won't allow this.

    Ditto

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-12-23T19:12:11+00:00

    I thought that, with the latest forced installation of a revised version of Windows, the problem might stop. But it hasn't. Logically, any changes I might have made to the privacy settings should have been registered when I started the program--a restart would make sense only if I made changes WHILE THE PROGRAM WAS RUNNING. It makes no sense that appears when I first open a program.

    I have found, however, that I can close the restart box and proceed normally without a restart. Thus the only real consequence is that it's a repeated reminder of how unresponsive Microsoft is to its clients. But if it doesn't bother them, I'll simply tick up another point in favor changing to Mac.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-08-20T21:04:52+00:00
    • Close all your Office Applications.
    • Delete the 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\Identity' hive.
    • Re-launch the Office App and wait for a few seconds (re-login to Office Apps in case you get a prompt) to re-create the hive we deleted above.
    • Close and re-launch your Office Apps and this should address your issue.

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