What connection does MS Office have to Netscape Navigator?
While poking around in the registry, I noticed a Netscape Navigator folder at the following:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareNetscapeNetscape Navigator
That folder contained two more folders "Suffixes" and "Viewers"; both referenced application/ppt, /msword, /msexcel, etc.
I've never installed or even used netscape navigator -- why are these there?
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While poking around in the registry, I noticed a Netscape Navigator folder at the following:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareNetscapeNetscape Navigator
That folder contained two more folders "Suffixes" and "Viewers"; both referenced application/ppt, /msword, /msexcel, etc.
I've never installed or even used netscape navigator -- why are these there?
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While poking around in the registry, I noticed a Netscape Navigator folder at the following:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareNetscapeNetscape Navigator
That folder contained two more folders "Suffixes" and "Viewers"; both referenced application/ppt, /msword, /msexcel, etc.
I've never installed or even used netscape navigator -- why are these there?
windows-10 windows-registry microsoft-office-2016
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While poking around in the registry, I noticed a Netscape Navigator folder at the following:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareNetscapeNetscape Navigator
That folder contained two more folders "Suffixes" and "Viewers"; both referenced application/ppt, /msword, /msexcel, etc.
I've never installed or even used netscape navigator -- why are these there?
windows-10 windows-registry microsoft-office-2016
windows-10 windows-registry microsoft-office-2016
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I think you have discovered some forgotten historical artifact of Microsoft Office.
I believe that these registry keys belonged to Microsoft Office FrontPage,
a discontinued WYSIWYG HTML editor and website administration tool from
Microsoft, which used Netscape software.
FrontPage was replaced in 2006 by Microsoft Expression Web and SharePoint Designer,
later also discontinued, but apparently Microsoft Office continues to faithfully
install it to this very day.
I can testify that these keys are still present in Office 2019.
They are to be found in all manual uninstall instructions for Office.
If this worries you, feel free to signal it as a bug via the Windows Feedback Hub.
answered 9 hours ago
harrymcharrymc
264k14272581
Very strange that they keep registering these presumably unused keys. If it ain't broke and all that I guess. I was mostly just confused and could find very little information about them (which is odd considering it's been haunting systems for about 13 years).
– Joshua Kuehn
8 hours ago
4
Most of these older "why are these here" keys are left in the software not because they are forgotten, but because there is a desire for backwards compatibility. While I doubt there are many people using netscape with office, you never know.
– AggrostheWroth
5 hours ago
1
Also, I don’t know anything about these specific keys; but it is shocking the amount of garbage files and keys that Windows and Office have to carry around, because some third-party critical Line-Of-Business software that has not been updated in 15 years from a company that went out-of-business 8 years ago, will crash if the garbage key is missing.
– Euro Micelli
1 hour ago
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I think you have discovered some forgotten historical artifact of Microsoft Office.
I believe that these registry keys belonged to Microsoft Office FrontPage,
a discontinued WYSIWYG HTML editor and website administration tool from
Microsoft, which used Netscape software.
FrontPage was replaced in 2006 by Microsoft Expression Web and SharePoint Designer,
later also discontinued, but apparently Microsoft Office continues to faithfully
install it to this very day.
I can testify that these keys are still present in Office 2019.
They are to be found in all manual uninstall instructions for Office.
If this worries you, feel free to signal it as a bug via the Windows Feedback Hub.
answered 9 hours ago
harrymcharrymc
264k14272581
Very strange that they keep registering these presumably unused keys. If it ain't broke and all that I guess. I was mostly just confused and could find very little information about them (which is odd considering it's been haunting systems for about 13 years).
– Joshua Kuehn
8 hours ago
4
Most of these older "why are these here" keys are left in the software not because they are forgotten, but because there is a desire for backwards compatibility. While I doubt there are many people using netscape with office, you never know.
– AggrostheWroth
5 hours ago
1
Also, I don’t know anything about these specific keys; but it is shocking the amount of garbage files and keys that Windows and Office have to carry around, because some third-party critical Line-Of-Business software that has not been updated in 15 years from a company that went out-of-business 8 years ago, will crash if the garbage key is missing.
– Euro Micelli
1 hour ago
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I think you have discovered some forgotten historical artifact of Microsoft Office.
I believe that these registry keys belonged to Microsoft Office FrontPage,
a discontinued WYSIWYG HTML editor and website administration tool from
Microsoft, which used Netscape software.
FrontPage was replaced in 2006 by Microsoft Expression Web and SharePoint Designer,
later also discontinued, but apparently Microsoft Office continues to faithfully
install it to this very day.
I can testify that these keys are still present in Office 2019.
They are to be found in all manual uninstall instructions for Office.
If this worries you, feel free to signal it as a bug via the Windows Feedback Hub.
answered 9 hours ago
harrymcharrymc
264k14272581
Very strange that they keep registering these presumably unused keys. If it ain't broke and all that I guess. I was mostly just confused and could find very little information about them (which is odd considering it's been haunting systems for about 13 years).
– Joshua Kuehn
8 hours ago
4
Most of these older "why are these here" keys are left in the software not because they are forgotten, but because there is a desire for backwards compatibility. While I doubt there are many people using netscape with office, you never know.
– AggrostheWroth
5 hours ago
1
Also, I don’t know anything about these specific keys; but it is shocking the amount of garbage files and keys that Windows and Office have to carry around, because some third-party critical Line-Of-Business software that has not been updated in 15 years from a company that went out-of-business 8 years ago, will crash if the garbage key is missing.
– Euro Micelli
1 hour ago
add a comment |
I think you have discovered some forgotten historical artifact of Microsoft Office.
I believe that these registry keys belonged to Microsoft Office FrontPage,
a discontinued WYSIWYG HTML editor and website administration tool from
Microsoft, which used Netscape software.
FrontPage was replaced in 2006 by Microsoft Expression Web and SharePoint Designer,
later also discontinued, but apparently Microsoft Office continues to faithfully
install it to this very day.
I can testify that these keys are still present in Office 2019.
They are to be found in all manual uninstall instructions for Office.
If this worries you, feel free to signal it as a bug via the Windows Feedback Hub.
answered 9 hours ago
harrymcharrymc
264k14272581
I think you have discovered some forgotten historical artifact of Microsoft Office.
I believe that these registry keys belonged to Microsoft Office FrontPage,
a discontinued WYSIWYG HTML editor and website administration tool from
Microsoft, which used Netscape software.
FrontPage was replaced in 2006 by Microsoft Expression Web and SharePoint Designer,
later also discontinued, but apparently Microsoft Office continues to faithfully
install it to this very day.
I can testify that these keys are still present in Office 2019.
They are to be found in all manual uninstall instructions for Office.
If this worries you, feel free to signal it as a bug via the Windows Feedback Hub.
answered 9 hours ago
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264k14272581
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Very strange that they keep registering these presumably unused keys. If it ain't broke and all that I guess. I was mostly just confused and could find very little information about them (which is odd considering it's been haunting systems for about 13 years).
– Joshua Kuehn
8 hours ago
4
Most of these older "why are these here" keys are left in the software not because they are forgotten, but because there is a desire for backwards compatibility. While I doubt there are many people using netscape with office, you never know.
– AggrostheWroth
5 hours ago
1
Also, I don’t know anything about these specific keys; but it is shocking the amount of garbage files and keys that Windows and Office have to carry around, because some third-party critical Line-Of-Business software that has not been updated in 15 years from a company that went out-of-business 8 years ago, will crash if the garbage key is missing.
– Euro Micelli
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Very strange that they keep registering these presumably unused keys. If it ain't broke and all that I guess. I was mostly just confused and could find very little information about them (which is odd considering it's been haunting systems for about 13 years).
– Joshua Kuehn
8 hours ago
4
Most of these older "why are these here" keys are left in the software not because they are forgotten, but because there is a desire for backwards compatibility. While I doubt there are many people using netscape with office, you never know.
– AggrostheWroth
5 hours ago
1
Also, I don’t know anything about these specific keys; but it is shocking the amount of garbage files and keys that Windows and Office have to carry around, because some third-party critical Line-Of-Business software that has not been updated in 15 years from a company that went out-of-business 8 years ago, will crash if the garbage key is missing.
– Euro Micelli
1 hour ago
Very strange that they keep registering these presumably unused keys. If it ain't broke and all that I guess. I was mostly just confused and could find very little information about them (which is odd considering it's been haunting systems for about 13 years).
– Joshua Kuehn
8 hours ago
Very strange that they keep registering these presumably unused keys. If it ain't broke and all that I guess. I was mostly just confused and could find very little information about them (which is odd considering it's been haunting systems for about 13 years).
– Joshua Kuehn
8 hours ago
4
4
Most of these older "why are these here" keys are left in the software not because they are forgotten, but because there is a desire for backwards compatibility. While I doubt there are many people using netscape with office, you never know.
– AggrostheWroth
5 hours ago
Most of these older "why are these here" keys are left in the software not because they are forgotten, but because there is a desire for backwards compatibility. While I doubt there are many people using netscape with office, you never know.
– AggrostheWroth
5 hours ago
1
1
Also, I don’t know anything about these specific keys; but it is shocking the amount of garbage files and keys that Windows and Office have to carry around, because some third-party critical Line-Of-Business software that has not been updated in 15 years from a company that went out-of-business 8 years ago, will crash if the garbage key is missing.
– Euro Micelli
1 hour ago
Also, I don’t know anything about these specific keys; but it is shocking the amount of garbage files and keys that Windows and Office have to carry around, because some third-party critical Line-Of-Business software that has not been updated in 15 years from a company that went out-of-business 8 years ago, will crash if the garbage key is missing.
– Euro Micelli
1 hour ago
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