How to: Disable Splash screen in Office 2010? Here is how *updated*

Wanting to disable the splashscreen in office 2010?
By 5entinel

1.Right-click on the desktop. 2. Click New and select Shortcut.
3. Click the Browse button and go to the Word executable (“C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE”).
4. After the full path and the end quotes, add one space and type in /q.
e.g. “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE” /q

5. Click Next.
6. Type a name for the shortcut.
7. Click Finish.

For Excel

1.Right-click on the desktop. 2. Click New and select Shortcut.
3. Click the Browse button and go to the Word executable (“C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE”).
4. After the full path and the end quotes, add one space and type in /e.
e.g. “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Excel.EXE” /e

5. Click Next.
6. Type a name for the shortcut.
7. Click Finish.


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For Powerpoint
1.Right-click on the desktop. 2. Click New and select Shortcut.
3. Click the Browse button and go to the Word executable (“C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE”).
4. After the full path and the end quotes, add one space and type in /s.
e.g. “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\POWERPNT.EXE” /s

5. Click Next.
6. Type a name for the shortcut.
7. Click Finish.

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Disable the splashscreen in office 2010 For Access

1.Right-click on the desktop. 2. Click New and select Shortcut.
3. Click the Browse button and go to the Word executable (“C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Access.EXE”).
4. After the full path and the end quotes, add one space and type in /s.
e.g. “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Access.EXE” /s

5. Click Next.
6. Type a name for the shortcut.
7. Click Finish.

Office 2010 configures everytime it starts

Office 2010 configures everytime it starts


Apparantly, some people have had problems with this issue, going back to Office 2007, when an upgrade has be performed, but not all programs in the Office suite are upgraded (ie, you have an older program from a previous suite still installed on your computer ie. you upgrade to Office 2010 Home & student, but your 2007 installation had Outlook, and the version of Outlook on your computer is 2007).

If this is the case, one fix is to create a new registry key for each of the 2010 applications installed on your computer.
Open regedit by pressing Windows+r, and typing regedit in the Run dialog box. Select OK, and approve the UAC warning if you are presented with it.

IMPORTANT: Please first back-up your registry before proceding, by highlighting 'Computer', selecting File>export and create a copy of the registry on your desktop. This way, if you have any problems, you can enter safe-mode, and reinstall a copy of your registry before this change.

That said, exit regedit, and again bring up a run dialog box by pressing Win+R
You will need to do this for each Office 2010 app you have on your computer.

In the Run dialog box type: 'reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\*OFFICE APP NAME*\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1', replacing *OFFICE APP NAME* with the office applications on your computer (Word, Excel, Powerpoint...etc) without the quotes of course.

restart your computer, and attempt to open an office program.

This solution works for most, but there are some people where this is not enough, and a long process of allowing permissions for different parts of all the applications is required.

Try the simple fix, and report back.