Hi,

I run Visio 2010 on windows 64 bit.

Each time I try to run Visio, a Windows configuration process starts with the following message: Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office Visio 2010. I can wait for the process to finish or cancel it; either will eventually start the program successfully.

I tried to reinstall the program, but it didnt work. Any suggestions? Its getting king of annoying...

Hi Alex,

Method 1:

If you have an earlier version of Visio installed, such as Visio 2003 or Visio 2007, follow these steps:

1. In Windows 7 or Windows Vista, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, and then select Run.
   In Windows XP, click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type the following command, and then press Enter:
   reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Visio\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1
3. (Optional) Instead of typing the command line, you can  copy it to your clipboard, right-click an empty section of the Run box, select Paste, and then press Enter.
4. Verify that the problem is resolved.

If the problem continues to occur, go to the next Method.

Method 2:
Start Visio 2010 in safe mode. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click All Programs, and then select Microsoft Office.
2. Press and hold the CTRL key, and then click the Microsoft Visio 2010.
   

If the problem does not occur in safe mode, this issue might be related to third-party add-ins. Disable the add-ins and start Office 2010 to see whether the problem continues to occur. To disable the add-ins, follow these steps:
Start an Visio 2010.

1. On the File menu, click Options, and then select Add-ins.
2. Click Go next to the Manage field that displays "Com-in Add."
3. Check whether there are any add-ins, and then clear the check box to disable them.
4. Close the Visio 2010 and restart it.

If the problem does not occur after un-checking the add-ins, repeat the procedure and select one add-in at a time. Restart Visio, and continue to add check marks until the issue reappears again. The last add-in that was rechecked should be disabled.

Best re

This solution worked for me using manual regedit.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2685120

In windows 7, once you click on the .vsd folder in the registry, you will see two entries, default and content type. Erase what says on default and replace with either Visio.Drawing.11 or VisioViewe.Viewer depending on which one you have. You will know which one by expanding the .vsd folder in the registry--you will see a folder for the one you have. For the content type, I changed it to application/Visio.Drawing.11 but I don't think this one matters too much. I made the change initially on content type alone but the message kept coming up. Once I made the change on default entry everything worked. However, I never reverted the change on content type so it might actually be working in conjunction with the default changes made so you could try changing both or just default and see what happens.

***Important note

    The problem I was having involved the constant configuiring message plus not being able to associate vsd files with Visio. Whever I clicked on a file it would ask me to choose a program, but Visio was never on the list so I could not use it as default. After making the changes I still kept getting the message when opening Visio straight from .exe link. I had to first try and open a vsd file and now, after registry changes, I was able to see Visio on the program list. I checked the box to make it default, clicked ok and all vsd files now had a Visio icon. I opened any of these files and Visio opened without the configure message. Afterwards I tried opening Visio through the normal .exe link and it opened without the message. So once you make the changes, if you try to open Visio and the message still pops up, try opening a vsd file and set Visio as default first. Everything should be fine aftwerwards. 

After 2 whole years of this nonsense, I decided to come up with my own targeted fix. Simply paste the below into notepad and save as a batch (.bat) file. Then run 5 times (or launch 5 times with each launch separated by a few seconds). You will need to download Subinacl.exe and copy it to your Windows\System32 folder.

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REM Begin Script

REM NOTE: YOU MUST RUN THIS BATCH AT LEAST 5 TIMES!!! as ownership/permission problems are not always recursion friendly.

REM Setting Ownership...

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsd /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vdx /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vss /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsx /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vst /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vtx /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vtc /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsw /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vdw /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.AddOn.11 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.11 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.3 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.4 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.5 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.6 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Drawing /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Drawing.11 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Drawing.3 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Drawing.4 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Drawing.5 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Drawing.6 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.DrawingConvertable.15 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.DrawingMacroEnabledConvertable.15 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.ExtendedData /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.ExtendedData.1 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.InvisibleApp /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.InvisibleApp.11 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Stencil.11 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Template.11 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.WebDrawing.14 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Workspace.11 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioBridger.Loader /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioBridger.Loader.1 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioDWGDisplay.VisioDWGDisplay /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioDWGDisplay.VisioDWGDisplay.1 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioDWGDisplayCreator.VisioDWGDisplayCreator /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioDWGDisplayCreator.VisioDWGDisplayCreator.1 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioGraph.Graph /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioGraph.Graph.2 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioModelingEngine.VisioModelingEngine /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioModelingEngine.VisioModelingEngine.3 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioSGFS.Engine /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioSGFS.Engine.1 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioSGProv.Provider /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioSGProv.Provider.1 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioUMLSolution.UMLVB /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioUMLSolution.UMLVB.1 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioUMLSolution.UMLVC60 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioUMLSolution.UMLVC60.1 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioViewer.Viewer /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioViewer.Viewer.1 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioViewerDWGDisplay.VisioViewerDWGDisplay /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioViewerDWGDisplay.VisioViewerDWGDisplay.1 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioViewerDWGDisplayCreator.VisioViewerDWGDisplayCreator /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioViewerDWGDisplayCreator.VisioViewerDWGDisplayCreator.1 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisOcx.DrawingControl /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisOcx.DrawingControl.1 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.CInfoTipShellExt /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.CInfoTipShellExt.1 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.CVisioFileFilter /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.CVisioFileFilter.1 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.IconHandlerShellExt /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.IconHandlerShellExt.1 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.ImageExtractorShellExt /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.ImageExtractorShellExt.1 /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.QuickViewShellExt /setowner=administrators
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.QuickViewShellExt.1 /setowner=administrators

REM Setting Permissions...

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsd /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vdx /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vss /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsx /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vst /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vtx /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vtc /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsw /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vdw /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.AddOn.11 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.11 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.3 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.4 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.5 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.6 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Drawing /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Drawing.11 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Drawing.3 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Drawing.4 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Drawing.5 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Drawing.6 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.DrawingConvertable.15 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.DrawingMacroEnabledConvertable.15 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.ExtendedData /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.ExtendedData.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.InvisibleApp /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.InvisibleApp.11 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Stencil.11 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Template.11 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.WebDrawing.14 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Workspace.11 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioBridger.Loader /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioBridger.Loader.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioDWGDisplay.VisioDWGDisplay /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioDWGDisplay.VisioDWGDisplay.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioDWGDisplayCreator.VisioDWGDisplayCreator /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioDWGDisplayCreator.VisioDWGDisplayCreator.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioGraph.Graph /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioGraph.Graph.2 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioModelingEngine.VisioModelingEngine /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioModelingEngine.VisioModelingEngine.3 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioSGFS.Engine /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioSGFS.Engine.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioSGProv.Provider /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioSGProv.Provider.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioUMLSolution.UMLVB /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioUMLSolution.UMLVB.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioUMLSolution.UMLVC60 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioUMLSolution.UMLVC60.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioViewer.Viewer /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioViewer.Viewer.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioViewerDWGDisplay.VisioViewerDWGDisplay /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioViewerDWGDisplay.VisioViewerDWGDisplay.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioViewerDWGDisplayCreator.VisioViewerDWGDisplayCreator /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisioViewerDWGDisplayCreator.VisioViewerDWGDisplayCreator.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisOcx.DrawingControl /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisOcx.DrawingControl.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.CInfoTipShellExt /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.CInfoTipShellExt.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.CVisioFileFilter /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.CVisioFileFilter.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.IconHandlerShellExt /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.IconHandlerShellExt.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.ImageExtractorShellExt /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.ImageExtractorShellExt.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.QuickViewShellExt /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisShe.QuickViewShellExt.1 /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f

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