To resolve this issue, apply hotfix package 976477, and then enable the hotfix package. To do this, follow these steps:
- Apply hotfix package 976477. For more information about the hotfix, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
976477 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976477/ ) Description of the 2007 Office system hotfix package (Mso-x-none.msp): October 27, 2009
- Enable the hotfix package. To do this, follow these steps:
- In Windows Vista, Click Start
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In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK. - Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Office/12.0/Common/General/ - On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
- Type EnableLocalMachineVSTO, and then press ENTER.
- Right-click EnableLocalMachineVSTO, and then click Modify.
- In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
- Exit Registry Editor.
- In Windows Vista, Click Start
By default, VSTO-based add-ins are displayed in the COM Add-ins window. You have the option of hiding these add-ins in the COM Add-ins window by deploying the DontDisplayHKLMAddins registry entry.
For more information about the DontDisplayHKLMAddins registry entry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
When you deploy both the EnableLocalMachineVSTO and DontDisplayHKLMAddins registry entries, the add-ins are listed in the Trust Center of a 2007 Office system. Additionally, you cannot remove the add-ins because they do not appear in the COM Add-ins window