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I've an applications that allows a user to start MS Word. If the user holds the "CTRL" key while starting MS Word, following dialog is shown:

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This leads to errors in my application, because users seem to hold the "CTRL" key by accident and may click on "yes", which deactivates my office addins. Is there a way to prevent Word from showing this dialog and also from starting in safe mode? For instance, if you try to start Excel with the "\e" parameter + holding "CTRL" key, Excel starts without any dialog and not in safe mode.

The application is developed in .Net (c#)

Peter Jaghorn
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You tell the user to stop doing that!

AFAIK, There is no way you can, with code or otherwise, stop Word from starting in safe mode. That is a basic diagnostic built into the programs and is not optional.

Charles Kenyon
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  • If you try to start Excel with the "\e" parameter + holding "CTRL" key, Excel starts without any dialog and not in safe mode. So, there is a way, at least for Excel....I'll add that to my question.... – Peter Jaghorn Sep 11 '20 at 14:10
  • I assume you are familiar with the command-line switches for Word. * https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/command-line-switches-for-microsoft-office-products-079164cd-4ef5-4178-b235-441737deb3a6 * Perhaps the /ttemplatename switch will do this. I do not know. None are documented as avoiding safemode. How is it that you have uses casually holding down the Ctrl key. Seems very curious to me. – Charles Kenyon Sep 12 '20 at 18:08
  • /q starts without the splash screen. -- again, not documented to stop safe mode, but the /e switch in Excel is not documented to stop safe mode, either. – Charles Kenyon Sep 12 '20 at 18:16