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 inC:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office##
(32-bit) orC:\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.