Word prompting to open in safe mode when generating templates

Word prompting to open in safe mode when generating templates

This pops up every time a user generates a template



Option 1. Run office repair. 

Option 2. Open Registry editor and follow this path : Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\Open Find

Then Follow the steps below:












Reboot the PC and re generate the templates in expd8 again and should not get the pop up message anymore.


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