Powerpoint 2007 always prompts UAC

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Bent

When I start Powerpoint 2007 I'm prompted by Vistas UAC: "A program needs
your permission to continue (= Powerpoint)". It started after installing the
programs to convert Powerpoint to flash / creating screencast.

I have been testing different tools for producing screencasts and converting
Powerpoint to flash/video. Among them I have bought and installed Adobe
Articultate and Camtasia Studio. Others I have tried is Wondershare
PPT2flash, Articulate Presenter and AuthorPoint.

Now ALL programs have been uninstalled again, but UAC is still prompting
when starting Powerpoint.

The UAC prompt is REALLY REALLY REALLY annoying, so I have cleaned my PC -
with no luck. I have

* uninstalled all relevant programs
* checked for addins in Powerpoint
* checked in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\ADDINS
* checked C:\users\%user%\appdata\Roaming\Microsoft\AddIns
* searched the registry and removed leftover keys and hives
* repaired the Office installation (one hour!)

- and spent to much time on this s+++. I have tried Camtasia support (great
guys), searched http://www.sameshow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3290 (no
answer: "UAC is good!"), sent a question to Adobe support (no answer yet) -
and searched the net.

Where/how to stop the AUC prompt? (and no: I don't want to stop using UAC).

I run Vista Business UK and Office 2007 (DK).

Hope to hear from one of the wizards out there,

Bent
 
Hi Steve

Thank you for spending some time to help me on this.

1) Which program? Suspected programs are

suspect a) Wondershare. There were some other bugs and I decided to uninstall.

suspect b) Camtasia. The addin installs a (2003-) commandbar. After
uninstalling, the commandbar is not removed. The addin was removed and the
buttons had lost their function. I deleted the commandbar with some vba code,
and it has not turned up again.

suspects c+) The other programs including Adobe Captivate and authorPOINT
Lite, but maybe also ShortCut manager???

2) The UAC prompt: I click 'Continue' and Powerpoint starts. And this is
does every time. In the detailsbox it says: Microsoft Powerpoint (with
correct path to exe).

3) I checked PowerPoint > Office Button > PowerPoint Options > Add-ins. It
shows
Active addins (empty)
Inactive addins (4 x OFFRHD.DLL in Office12 folder)
Document related addins (empty)
Deactivated addins (empty)

If I go to 'Manage Powerpoint addins' I get the dialog 'Addins', Active
Addins: List is empty. Add new: Open the empty folder in
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\AddIns.

I don't find anything anywhere.

Somehow it could be in the registry database. But where???

Regards, Bent
 
Hello Steve

Values in registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\PowerPoint\AddIns = nothing
= (Default) / (Value not set)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\PowerPoint\Addins =
nothing = (Default) / (Value not set)

About ShortCut manager: It's a nice tool, but I uninstalled it because it
sometimes just shut down Powerpoint (2007) when I activated a shortcut. So it
would be nice to hear from Chiraq.

Regards, Bent
 
I have search for COM, Powerpoint, Powerp (and others) in keynames and data.
I find nothing that attracts my attention.

I *could* uninstall/reinstal Office AND Vista - but I can't afford to loose
two days of work to this c***. In my imagination there must exist some
documentation that tells what Powerpoint is doing when starting:

1) Start
2) Read and locate something
3) Do somthing else
4) Check for addins
5) ---
6) If condition y send message to Vista: 'Non secure exe/folder has to be
accessed'
etc.....

It would then ve easy to step through the sequence and find what step is
triggering the UAC. But maybe it is Vista that has some left-over?

Uark!
 
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