Solve the problem of crashing when opening Office 2016/Office 2019 for the first time and clicking any option in "First Things"

Original link: https://www.itylq.com/first-run-office2019-setup-crash.html

Release date: 2022-09-19 Migration time: 2026-03-21

I reinstalled Office 2016 and the software was activated normally. However, when I opened the Word program for the first time, the "First Things" window that automatically popped up and selected any option would automatically crash... I tried the online tutorial to click XX, then click XX, and finally, it still crashed. Do you want me to uninstall Office and install it again? no no no~

1. Download the admx patch package from Microsoft's official website: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49030|Local download, then double-click to run and automatically extract it to any specified directory;

2. Run "%systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions\" with win+r to automatically open the "PolicyDefinitions" directory, and then paste all the files in the "admx" directory extracted in step 1 into this directory;

3. Run "gpedit.msc" with win+r, open the "Local Group Policy Editor", expand "User Configuration - Administrative Templates - Microsoft Office 2016 - Privacy - Trust Center", double-click the setting item "Disable the Voluntary Join Wizard on First Run" and set it to "Started", confirm and exit.

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