Hello,

I am getting the "Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Visio Professional 2013" window on every load of this program. I have found no resolutions from Google searches.  I have tried a full reinstall of Visio, registry modifications (per http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2685120?wa=wsignin1.0), tried running it in safe mode (still happens), tried a clean boot (still happens). I'm out of ideas. Does anyone know of a fix?

Thanks,

Nick

Hi,

Try the following method:

If you have an earlier version of Visio installed, such as Visio 2003 or Visio 2007 or Visio 2010, follow these steps:
1.In Windows 7 or Windows Vista, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, and then select Run.
 In Windows XP, click Start, and then click Run.
2.Type the following command, and then press Enter:
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Visio\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1
3.(Optional) Instead of typing the command line, you can  copy it to your clipboard, right-click an empty section of the Run box, select Paste, and then press Enter.
4.Verify that the problem is resolved.

I'm having same issue.

Tried command above. 

Did not resolve it.

I'm having the same problem.

please wait while windows configures microsoft visio professional 2013

I do not have any other versions of Visio installed, but I do have Office 2010 installed.  Could it be related to Office/Visio version mismatch?

Running Win 7 64 bit.

Perhaps related: double click on .vsd file brings up

"Do you want to open or save this file?"

and clicking Open just repeats it.

I am having this same issue.  I also tried creating the registry described in the response tagged at the answer, but to no avail.

I do not have any other versions of Visio installed, I did have Office 2010, which I uninstalled before installing Office 2013.

Looking for other approaches to resolve.

Same problem here. We are moving from Office 2007 ProPlus to Office 2013 ProPlus. We uninstall the old version of Office but keeping Visio and Project 2007.

Once Office 2013 has been installed, every time we start Visio 2007 it gives the "Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Visio" message. Project 2007 works fine.

I have tried the suggestion above, I have tried to re-register Visio manually with the /r option, I have tried Office repair. Nothing worked.

I have checked that the .vsd extension points to Visio.Drawing.11 and it does.

The only way to not show the message is to run Visio with the parameter /noreg which is not an option for us.

This solved it for me, HKCR change:

A repair/reinstall of Visio would typically fix this automatically, as would allowing Visio to finish configuring. However, if the repair/reinstall/configuration does not complete successfully, the user will continue to receive this message at each launch of Visio. To manually fix this issue, run 'regedit' and manually change the value of [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsd] to Visio.Drawing.11 (if using the Visio client) or VisioViewer.Viewer (if using the Visio Viewer).

I saw this recommendation, but when I open regedit, go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and click on .vsd, I don't see any key there.  I do see what look like three folders underneath that:  PersistentHandler; ShellEx; and Visio.Drawing.11    Not sure what I'm supposed to change.  ??

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

• Proposed as answer by blackhaz3 13 hours 22 minutes ago

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

• Proposed as answer by blackhaz3 Friday, March 13, 2015 6:03 PM

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

• Proposed as answer by blackhaz3 Friday, March 13, 2015 6:03 PM

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

• Proposed as answer by blackhaz3 Friday, March 13, 2015 6:03 PM

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

• Proposed as answer by blackhaz3 Friday, March 13, 2015 6:03 PM

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

• Proposed as answer by blackhaz3 Friday, March 13, 2015 6:03 PM

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

• Proposed as answer by blackhaz3 Friday, March 13, 2015 6:03 PM

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

• Proposed as answer by blackhaz3 Friday, March 13, 2015 6:03 PM

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

• Proposed as answer by blackhaz3 Friday, March 13, 2015 6:03 PM

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

• Proposed as answer by blackhaz3 Friday, March 13, 2015 6:03 PM

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

• Proposed as answer by blackhaz3 Friday, March 13, 2015 6:03 PM

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

• Proposed as answer by blackhaz3 Friday, March 13, 2015 6:03 PM

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

• Proposed as answer by blackhaz3 Friday, March 13, 2015 6:03 PM

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

• Proposed as answer by blackhaz3 Friday, March 13, 2015 6:03 PM

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

• Proposed as answer by blackhaz3 Friday, March 13, 2015 6:03 PM

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

• Proposed as answer by blackhaz3 Friday, March 13, 2015 6:03 PM

The item labeled (Default) in the right window pane.  This worked for me as well, I tried all other fixes but changing Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsd  (Default) to Visio.Drawing.11 was what worked.

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

Thanks a lot, that worked for me. 

Forgot one other item,  Also had to change:

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vsdx (Default) to Visio.Drawing.15

That was set to vsdx_auto_file 

Once I changed both locations then visio 2013 opens without re-running configuration..

change both .vsd and .vsdx

(Default) .vsd needs to be Visio.Drawing.11

(Default) .vsdx needs to be Visio.Drawing.15

This is what worked for me and it drove me nuts trying to figure that out.

This worked wonders! Thank you!