How to stop the “configuring Visual Studio…” message when opening Microsoft Office applications

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Ever since I installed Visual Studio 2012, when starting any Office application, I get a box that says "Please wait while Windows configures Visual Studio 2012…" and I have to sit around for about a minute.

This happens every single time I open an Office application, even though the progress bar on the window seems to complete every time.

I Googled a bit, and I found a note about disabling the Visual Studio add-ins for Office (which must have installed with Visual Studio). I have done this.

Yet, the problem persists.

Best Answer

This is old, but likely applies to this version: The Windows Installer dialog box may appear every time that you start Visual Studio .NET.

Try removing the Mso.dll file in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office## (32-bit) or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office## (64-bit), where ## is the Microsoft Office version number. Then perform a repair installation of Visual Studio. Be sure to create a restore point before you do this.

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