Problem: If you copy something to the clipboard twice in any part of Microsoft Office 2000 a tiny “Clipboard” toolbar will appear. This toolbar, covers your work and requires that you stop what you’re doing to close it or move it out of the way. It’s not only annoying, but it’s practically impossible to turn off.
Solution: Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE) Reg hack.
1. Expand the branches to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Office\ 9.0\ Common\ General.
2. If any of these branches aren’t there, just create them – one by one – by selecting New and then Key from the Edit menu.
3. Once you’ve highlighted the General key, select New and then DWORD Value from the Edit menu. As the name of this new key, type AcbControl. Double-click on the new value, select Decimal, type 1 in the Value Data field, and click Ok when you’re done.
This change should take effect immediately.
Congratulations, that annoying pesky little clipboard is still working but now hidden!
Dog not included!
Regards,
Jared Blake
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The problem usually occurs when MS Photo Editor gets uninstalled after upgrading MS Office.
The Symptom: When you open a folder that is configured to show a thumbnail view of .jpg files, you see an outline of the thumbnail and a small program icon rather then the image that should be displayed.
Note: before doing the following steps, make sure you make a backup copy of the registry.
To resolve this issue, use Regedit to re-associate the .jpg file extension in the registry:
1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Locate and click the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg registry key.
3. Right-click the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg registry key, point to New, and then click Key. Name the new key ShellEx.
4. Right-click the ShellEx registry key that you created, point to New, and then click Key. Name the new key {BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}.
5. Click the {BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1} registry key that you created, right-click the Default value in the right pane, click Modify, and then type the following value data in the Value data box: {7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}
Reboot…That’s it…
Dog not included!
Regards,
Jared Blake
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