Tasks and Main tool boxes disappear after installing Office 2013

	Product:	MicroStation
	Version:	V8i SS2
	Environment:	N\A
	Area:	GUI
	Subarea:	Docking / Resizing

Background

After installing Office 2013, tasks and main tool boxes disappear in MicroStation V8i SS2, due to Office 2013 install either deletes or unregisters the capicom.dll file located in C:\Windows\System32 folder.

Steps to Accomplish

1. Option

Copy the capicom.dll file over and register it, MicroStation v8i SS2 goes back to working as expected.

2. Option

Running a repair of MicroStation also regenerates the capicom.dll file.

3. Option

Other possibility: from Windows 8 Start-> Command Prompt (admin) paste command line (msiexec /i {7E9B0F70-EEF6-41E1-BF89-FDC4B9EDBD9C} REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=omus /qb )

and press enter, this will use the SS2 product code to find the MSI that is cached on the machine and repair the MicroStation installation.

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