Protected MS Office drive, why?


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       #1

    Q Drive label, Microsoft Office Click-to-Run 2010 (Protected)


    I am trying to establish a new ext. HDD with multiple logical drives (for data only)

    In the process of assigning letters to the new drives, I wanted to assign "Q" to the CD/DVD drive
    - but this is what I get in Win-Explorer

    Protected MS Office drive, why?-click-run.png

    I uninstalled "Microsoft Office Click-to-Run 2010" about 18 months ago (with the help of this forum)
    Q1: why is Microsoft Office Click-to-Run 2010 (Protected) label-string sticking to "Q:\"
    Q2: how do I remove the Microsoft Office Click-to-Run 2010 (Protected) drive label?

    Thank you :)
    Last edited by bawldiggle; 26 Oct 2014 at 23:58. Reason: More meaningful title
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       #3

    Thanks Maxie ...

    Two good outcomes ...
    ------------
    I worked out a solution for the remnant nag label Microsoft Office Click-to-Run 2010 (Protected) label affix on my "Q" drive
    - (better than hiding the "Q" drive)
    - searched Registry for the affix string Microsoft Office Click-to-Run 2010 (Protected)
    - created a restore point as insurance (always when modifying the registry)
    - and deleted two occurrences of "Q" key
    In Registry
    Start > Run:= regedit
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons
    - there is a sub-key ... "Q"
    . eg, ~~\DriveIcons > Q > DefaultLabel (value)
    Name:= (default)
    Type:= REG_SZ
    Data:= Microsoft Office Click-to-Run 2010 (Protected)
    ** deleted the Q keys
    - do not disable, best to delete
    - (I usually disable keys and value-names with "_obs" affix, then all is not lost, if I have to re-instate)
    -retained the "DriveIcons" parent-keys intact.
    ** REBOOT
    ------------
    Your suggestion led me to Microsoft FixIt tool ... an excellent find (thank you)

    Several years ago I made the mistake of installing IncrediMail
    - it hijacked my browser and mail
    - was a real pest to uninstall because it had also installed a separate nag msg
    - The "FixIt" tool finally buried IncrediMail for good.

    Yesterday (here) was 35°C, down to 26°C today. I won't rub it in

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    Last edited by bawldiggle; 27 Oct 2014 at 06:31.
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    Most welcome ... And thanks for Posting back your solution ...
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