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My Places = my mistake (2003 SP-1)
Well, Magoo you've done it again! Before realizing that I don't need
Microsoft's Add-in, "My Places", I went ahead and installed it. I had to manually register the Places.dll file to get the "Set Places" item to appear in the Tools menu. Well, after setting it all up and trying it out, the Icons didn't change from large to small as they were supposed to do. THEN... I saw that there was already an option to add/remove items to the My Places column. Okay.... so I did what I thought was reasonable and unregistered the Places.dll file and removed all the associated Add-in files. The problem I now have is that in the Tools menu, the "Set Places" item is still there and I don't know what else needs to be done to remove it. Have I missed something that I should have done in addition to what I did? Is this just a matter of doing something in the Registry?? Somebody want to bail me out of this one? |
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If all the add-in gubbins have been removed, then the entry has been written
to normal.dot. Either use tools customize and drag the entry from the menu, or use the destructive cursor CTRL+ALT+hyphen to select it (watch where you click this!) or if all else fails rename normal.dot to oldnormal.dot and use the organizer to move your customisations from old to new. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Pilgrim wrote: Well, Magoo you've done it again! Before realizing that I don't need Microsoft's Add-in, "My Places", I went ahead and installed it. I had to manually register the Places.dll file to get the "Set Places" item to appear in the Tools menu. Well, after setting it all up and trying it out, the Icons didn't change from large to small as they were supposed to do. THEN... I saw that there was already an option to add/remove items to the My Places column. Okay.... so I did what I thought was reasonable and unregistered the Places.dll file and removed all the associated Add-in files. The problem I now have is that in the Tools menu, the "Set Places" item is still there and I don't know what else needs to be done to remove it. Have I missed something that I should have done in addition to what I did? Is this just a matter of doing something in the Registry?? Somebody want to bail me out of this one? |
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Hi Graham
not heard about CTRL + ALT + HYPHEN before, could you explain what it is used for ? Cheers JulieD "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... If all the add-in gubbins have been removed, then the entry has been written to normal.dot. Either use tools customize and drag the entry from the menu, or use the destructive cursor CTRL+ALT+hyphen to select it (watch where you click this!) or if all else fails rename normal.dot to oldnormal.dot and use the organizer to move your customisations from old to new. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Pilgrim wrote: Well, Magoo you've done it again! Before realizing that I don't need Microsoft's Add-in, "My Places", I went ahead and installed it. I had to manually register the Places.dll file to get the "Set Places" item to appear in the Tools menu. Well, after setting it all up and trying it out, the Icons didn't change from large to small as they were supposed to do. THEN... I saw that there was already an option to add/remove items to the My Places column. Okay.... so I did what I thought was reasonable and unregistered the Places.dll file and removed all the associated Add-in files. The problem I now have is that in the Tools menu, the "Set Places" item is still there and I don't know what else needs to be done to remove it. Have I missed something that I should have done in addition to what I did? Is this just a matter of doing something in the Registry?? Somebody want to bail me out of this one? |
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The 'destructive cursor' is explained at
http://www.gmayor.com/clear_recently_used_file_list.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JulieD wrote: Hi Graham not heard about CTRL + ALT + HYPHEN before, could you explain what it is used for ? Cheers JulieD "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... If all the add-in gubbins have been removed, then the entry has been written to normal.dot. Either use tools customize and drag the entry from the menu, or use the destructive cursor CTRL+ALT+hyphen to select it (watch where you click this!) or if all else fails rename normal.dot to oldnormal.dot and use the organizer to move your customisations from old to new. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Pilgrim wrote: Well, Magoo you've done it again! Before realizing that I don't need Microsoft's Add-in, "My Places", I went ahead and installed it. I had to manually register the Places.dll file to get the "Set Places" item to appear in the Tools menu. Well, after setting it all up and trying it out, the Icons didn't change from large to small as they were supposed to do. THEN... I saw that there was already an option to add/remove items to the My Places column. Okay.... so I did what I thought was reasonable and unregistered the Places.dll file and removed all the associated Add-in files. The problem I now have is that in the Tools menu, the "Set Places" item is still there and I don't know what else needs to be done to remove it. Have I missed something that I should have done in addition to what I did? Is this just a matter of doing something in the Registry?? Somebody want to bail me out of this one? |
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thanks
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... The 'destructive cursor' is explained at http://www.gmayor.com/clear_recently_used_file_list.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JulieD wrote: Hi Graham not heard about CTRL + ALT + HYPHEN before, could you explain what it is used for ? Cheers JulieD "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... If all the add-in gubbins have been removed, then the entry has been written to normal.dot. Either use tools customize and drag the entry from the menu, or use the destructive cursor CTRL+ALT+hyphen to select it (watch where you click this!) or if all else fails rename normal.dot to oldnormal.dot and use the organizer to move your customisations from old to new. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Pilgrim wrote: Well, Magoo you've done it again! Before realizing that I don't need Microsoft's Add-in, "My Places", I went ahead and installed it. I had to manually register the Places.dll file to get the "Set Places" item to appear in the Tools menu. Well, after setting it all up and trying it out, the Icons didn't change from large to small as they were supposed to do. THEN... I saw that there was already an option to add/remove items to the My Places column. Okay.... so I did what I thought was reasonable and unregistered the Places.dll file and removed all the associated Add-in files. The problem I now have is that in the Tools menu, the "Set Places" item is still there and I don't know what else needs to be done to remove it. Have I missed something that I should have done in addition to what I did? Is this just a matter of doing something in the Registry?? Somebody want to bail me out of this one? |
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Graham,
Thanks for the information. All is now well. Jeff "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... If all the add-in gubbins have been removed, then the entry has been written to normal.dot. Either use tools customize and drag the entry from the menu, or use the destructive cursor CTRL+ALT+hyphen to select it (watch where you click this!) or if all else fails rename normal.dot to oldnormal.dot and use the organizer to move your customisations from old to new. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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Good oh!
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Pilgrim wrote: Graham, Thanks for the information. All is now well. Jeff "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... If all the add-in gubbins have been removed, then the entry has been written to normal.dot. Either use tools customize and drag the entry from the menu, or use the destructive cursor CTRL+ALT+hyphen to select it (watch where you click this!) or if all else fails rename normal.dot to oldnormal.dot and use the organizer to move your customisations from old to new. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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