Get Rid of the Office Shortcut Bar
Posted by David Kirk in Windows
The office shortcut bar is one of the most useless pieces of code ever created. This tech-recipe explains how to uninstall it.
This works for win2k and XP.
1. Start -> Control Panel
2. Add/Remove Programs
3. Click on Microsoft Office
4. Click Change
5. Click Add/Remove Features
6. Click the “+” before Office Tools
7. Click on the gray box before Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar
8. Click Not Available with the red X
9. Click Update
10. Office will update itself.
The office shortcut bar should be uninstalled.
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May 15, 2009 at 3:57 pm, Doug Lockood said:
Can’t stand the the office shortcut bar – yet another instance of control by the Nazis of this world. Glad be be rid of it – many thanks for the help.
May 20, 2009 at 7:55 am, Robert said:
Thankyou, that worked. (ms shortcut bar).
April 03, 2012 at 2:44 pm, TJ K said:
Didn’t work. A window came up asking for the original MS Office program which is long gone. Any suggestions?