

Microsoft Office was initially released in the very early '90s, but in the interest of not turning this article into a book, I'll only be explaining the current version in use by most folks and what's currently available for download from Office 365.Knowing which version of Microsoft Office you are using.A suitable comfort level in using the Microsoft Regedit Windows Registry editor.In this article, I'll show you how to prevent this annoyance from happening and recover from it if it does. Invariably the registry entry misses the important files.Īn excellent observation (thanks Thomas) as that could be a valid concern for many readers. I have found that the best way to get these back is to have a second computer with everything opened. Note that you will also lose your recent documents for each O365 app, something I use a lot. In my previously published article here, a fellow Experts Exchange (EE) Expert and Editor ( Thomas Zucker-Scharff ) sent me the following note:
